Poster House

Poster House
Established	2015
Location	119 West 23rd Street; New York, NY 10011
Coordinates	40°44′36″N 73°59′37″W / 40.74335°N 73.99349°WCoordinates: 40°44′36″N 73°59′37″W / 40.74335°N 73.99349°W
Type
Director
President
Curator
Architect	LTL Architects
Public transit access	New 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
Website	posterhouse.org

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.

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: .^[6]

References[]

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

External links[]

Official website

[New_Yorker:_How_Posters_Became_Art-1] Hsu, Hua (July 1, 2019). "A Critic at Large: How Posters Became Art". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 16, 2019.

[Smithsonian_SmartNews:_21_June_2019-2] Katz, Brigit (June 21, 2019). "The U.S. Is Now Home to Its First Poster Museum". Smithsonian. Retrieved July 16, 2019.

[Surface_Mag:_Poster_House_2019-06-06-3] Samaha, Barry (June 6, 2019). "Poster House Hopes to Stick Around in Chelsea". Surface. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

[lig-4] Medina, Samuel (April 29, 2020). "Lighting Adds to the Graphic Quality of New York's Poster House". Metropolis. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

[cool-5] Graver, David (July 9, 2019). "Poster House Museum Celebrates the Historic, Influential Medium". Cool Hunting. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

[SVA_Subway_Series_Donation-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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See also: Museum Mile



Established	2015 (2015)
Location	119 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011
Coordinates	40°44′36″N 73°59′37″W / 40.74335°N 73.99349°W / 40.74335; -73.99349Coordinates: 40°44′36″N 73°59′37″W / 40.74335°N 73.99349°W / 40.74335; -73.99349
Type
Director
President
Curator
Architect	LTL Architects
Public transit access	New 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
Website	posterhouse.org