New York City Museum School

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New York City Museum School

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Felix, Amedeo. "Welcome - N.Y.C. Museum School - M414 - New York City Department of Education". NYC Department of Education site. NYC Department of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Richards, Erin (February 7, 2020). "These activists are too young to vote in 2020 election, but climate change has them fed up". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  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. doi:10.1080/10598650.1998.11510371. ISSN 1059-8650.
  4. ^ Takahisa, Sonnet (1998-01-01). "A Laboratory for Museum Learning". Journal of Museum Education. 23 (2): 5–8. doi:10.1080/10598650.1998.11510372. ISSN 1059-8650.
  5. ^ Takahisa, Sonnet (2000). Transforming Practice. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315416496-20. ISBN 978-1-315-41649-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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