In October 2016, the world’s first and only museum focused on LGBTQ art, the Leslie-Lohman Museum in Soho shutdown for a six-month renovation. When it reopened in March this year, the museum had nearly doubled in size.
If you had ambitions to check out the Queens Museum in the next week or two, you’re going to need to postpone your plans. Heightened security around the US Open is making the museum shut its doors.
A video from the new Museum of Broken Relationships takes a mournful look around the neighborhood, examining the evolution of Hollywood Boulevard from its golden age heyday to its current state as a hodgepodge of attractions.
Billed as the first and only museum of its kind in the country, The Loop’s long-planned American Writers Museum will officially open its doors on May 16.