The City Reliquary
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  Location in New York City | |
| Established | 2002 |
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| Location | 370 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11211 |
| Coordinates | 40°42′50″N 73°57′21″W / 40.7138751°N 73.9557643°W |
| Type | Local museum |
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| Website | www |
The City Reliquary is a
boroughs with its exhibitions of cultural ephemera
and relics. Besides a permanent display of New York City artifacts, the City Reliquary also hosts rotating exhibits of community collections and annual cultural events.
History
The beginnings of the City Reliquary date to 2002, when founder Dave Herman began displaying objects in the windows of his ground-floor Williamsburg apartment on the corner of Havemeyer and
ribbon-cutting ceremony and proclamation reading by Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President from 2002 to 2013.[2][3][4]
Collection
Many items in the City Reliquary's permanent collection have some connection to historical events in New York, such as a shrine to
burlesque dancer. Dave Herman's collection of Statue of Liberty figures, which formed the original core collection, is also on view. Also on display is the rope that held the mourning drape on the New York City Hall balcony following the September 11 attacks.[5] Other items are simply everyday objects, including a set of antique dentures washed ashore at Dead Horse Bay
, a "very old shovel", and neon signs discarded by restaurants.
In addition to the permanent collection, the City Reliquary features temporary exhibitions. Film series, workshops, and curator talks complement the theme of each exhibit. Previous exhibitions have covered topics such as
donut shops in popularizing the donut nationwide. The City Reliquary also displays objects loaned from members of the community in its Community Collections space. Past displays have featured unicorn figurines, argyle socks, and a "chicken museum" organized by a six-year-old boy and his father.[6]
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ Kulhanek, Jamie (June 1, 2013). "City Reliquary". Station to Station.
- ^ Pantuso, Phillip (September 3, 2014). "The City Reliquary: The City's Museum". Brooklyn Magazine.
- ^ Murphy, Blair (February 24, 2014). "Ch-Ch-Checking Out the City Reliquary Museum in Williamsburg". Brightest Young Nothings. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015.
- Forgotten New York.
- ^ Newman, Maria (August 10, 2012). "A New York Institution Steps Into The Sun". The New York Times.
External links
- Official website
- Interview with City Reliquary Founder, Dave Herman. Gothamist, August 23, 2011.
- 2007 interview with founder Dave Herman. Huffington Post, August 24, 2011. (Video)
- "Collection Agency," Village Voicearticle, September 12, 2006.
- Diantha Parker, "City Reliquary: Collecting the Lost Artifacts and Ephemera of NYC." NPR Special Series: You Are Here, October 1, 2006. (Audio) (Transcript)