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Joan and Arnold Saltzman Fine Art Building

Ranked among the nation’s largest, most important suburban art museums, Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) is located 20 miles east of New York City in Roslyn Harbor, Long Island on the former Frick Estate, a spectacular 145-acre property in the heart of Long Island’s fabled Gold Coast. The main museum building, named in honor of art collectors and philanthropists Arnold & Joan Saltzman, is a three-story Georgian mansion that exemplifies Gold Coast architecture of the late 19th century. The museum’s main galleries host an ambitious schedule of major exhibitions, most of which are originated and organized by the museum’s own curatorial staff. These exhibitions span broad artistic vistas, including European and American art movements primarily from the 19th century to the present. The museum’s Contemporary Gallery, in the main building, showcases work by some of today’s most intriguing visual artists. In January 2009, NCMA launched the MiniArtMuseum for Children. Housed in the former Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum, the MiniArtMuseum is the sole institution in the region dedicated to art exhibitions and activities for children and their families to enjoy together.

The museum's magnificent 145-acre property includes restored Formal Gardens of historic importance, an architecturally-significant restored trellis, quiet spots to contemplate the lushly planted gardens, examples of rare tree specimens, marked walking trails and monumental outdoor sculpture sited throughout the property in one of the largest publicly accessible sculpture parks in the Northeast.

Once administered by Nassau County’s Office of Cultural Development, NCMA became a private not-for-profit institution in 1989 and is governed and funded by a private board of trustees which includes many of Long Island’s most prominent business, civic and social leaders and which is responsible for its governance and funding. The museum is chartered and accredited under the laws of New York State as a not-for-profit private educational institution and museum.


Mission Statement

The Nassau County Museum of Art preserves, enhances, and interprets its collections for the people of Long Island, the State of New York and beyond.  The Museum is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of art, with particular emphasis on the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries; to enhance and add to its outdoor sculpture garden; to widen the appeal of the Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum; to continue to improve its historic gardens and to keep an active schedule of exhibitions and educational programs for people of all ages and backgrounds.


Summary of Activities

  • Served over 370 visitor groups:
    • 20,000 school children from over 35 school districts from public schools in Nassau, Suffolk and beyond as well as parochial schools on Long Island
    • 125 Senior groups and groups with disabilities
  • Museum Ball raised revenue to support education Programs and exhibitions at the Museum
  • Various seasonal trips, lectures, gallery tours, art classes offer unique cultural and educational experiences for all ages
  • Benefactors Dinner held in the fall honored artist, Fernando Botero, who was in attendance and the featured exhibition at the time
  • Embarked upon Historic Building Restoration which will restore museum main building to its original grandeur


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