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Poster House is the first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters.[1][2] The museum is located in Chelsea, New York City, on 23rd Street between and Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue. The museum opened to the public on June 20, 2019.

Poster House
Established2015 (2015)
Location119 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
Coordinates40.74335°N 73.99349°W / 40.74335; -73.99349
TypePoster museum
DirectorJulia Knight
PresidentVal Crosswhite
CuratorAngelina Lippert
ArchitectLTL Architects
Public transit accessNew York City Bus:
M7, M20, M23 SBS, M55
New York City Subway:
  • ​ at 23rd Street
  • train at 23rd Street
  • ​​ trains to 23rd Street or 28th Street
  • ​ trains to 23rd Street or 28th Street
  • ​ trains to 23rd Street
Port Authority Trans-Hudson: HOB-33, JSQ-33 (via HOB), or JSQ-33 to 23rd Street
Websiteposterhouse.org

Building and Collection


Val Crosswhite organized supporters and founded Poster House in 2015 to recognize the art and social impact of posters overlooked by existing institutions.[3] LTL Architects and Lumen Architecture transformed the former space of Apple specialist business TekServe for museum-quality use, especially in creating its new centralized lighting system.[4][5]


SVA Subway Series


On June 19, 2019 SVA announced the donation of 98 of their Subway Series posters from 1996 to the present which also includes "each newly created poster." The gift includes works by Milton Glaser, Louise Fili, Paula Scher and the creator of the current SVA Subway Poster: Jonathon Rosen.[6]


References


  1. Hsu, Hua (July 1, 2019). "A Critic at Large: How Posters Became Art". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  2. Katz, Brigit (June 21, 2019). "The U.S. Is Now Home to Its First Poster Museum". Smithsonian. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  3. Samaha, Barry (June 6, 2019). "Poster House Hopes to Stick Around in Chelsea". Surface. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. Medina, Samuel (April 29, 2020). "Lighting Adds to the Graphic Quality of New York's Poster House". Metropolis. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  5. Graver, David (July 9, 2019). "Poster House Museum Celebrates the Historic, Influential Medium". Cool Hunting. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. Ferguson, Maeri (June 19, 2019). "SVA Donates Nearly 100 Subway Series Works to Newly Opened Poster House Museum". School of Visual Arts. Retrieved July 16, 2019.


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