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Joan and Arnold Saltzman
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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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