New York City Museum School Explained

The New York City Museum School (NYCMS) is a public school for grades 9–12 on West 17th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City, United States.^[1] It shares a building with the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies.^[2]

The school's curriculum requires weekly visits to museums all over New York City, where an NYCMS teacher conducts class in conjunction with Museum staff, and it has been a model for similar programs in other cities.^[3] These visits supplement conventional classes held inside the school.

NYCMS provides education to a heterogeneous group of students from a diverse community.^[2]

The museum opened in September 1994 as a fully accredited school and was co-founded by Sonnet Takahisa, staff member at the Brooklyn Museum with whom the school partnered.^[4] The Children's Museum of Manhattan was also among its founding partners.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome - N.Y.C. Museum School - M414 - New York City Department of Education. Felix. Amedeo. NYC Department of Education site. NYC Department of Education. 1 July 2011.
2. News: Richards . Erin . These activists are too young to vote in 2020 election, but climate change has them fed up . en-US . February 7, 2020 . . 2021-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210531213354/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/02/07/black-history-month-climate-change-nyc-doe-gun-control-segregation/4648485002/ . 2021-05-31.
3. Finnerty . Kelly O. . Ingram . Debra . Huffman . Douglas . Thimmesch . Karen . Gilman . Wayne . 1998-01-01 . Finding a Common Language for Museum Process . Journal of Museum Education . 23 . 2 . 3–5 . 10.1080/10598650.1998.11510371 . 1059-8650.
4. Takahisa . Sonnet . 1998-01-01 . A Laboratory for Museum Learning . Journal of Museum Education . 23 . 2 . 5–8 . 10.1080/10598650.1998.11510372 . 1059-8650.
5. Book: Takahisa, Sonnet . Transforming Practice . 2000 . Routledge . 2000 . 978-1-315-41649-6 . 10.4324/9781315416496-20.