Museum of Broadway

rdf:langString Museum of Broadway

rdf:langString Museum of Broadway

rdf:langString Museum of Broadway

rdf:langString Museum of Broadway construction, 2022

rdf:langString Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti

rdf:langString Times Square, New York City, U.S.

rdf:langString The Museum of Broadway, on West 45th Street in Times Square, is the first permanent museum dedicated to documenting the history and experience of Broadway theatre and its profound influence upon shaping Midtown Manhattan and Times Square. The museum covers more than three hundred years of Broadway history, including costumes and props. The Museum of Broadway was founded in collaboration with Playbill, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, Goodspeed Musicals, Creative Goods, and Concord Theatricals. The museum opened on November 15, 2022. It was originally scheduled to open in 2020, but its construction and development were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.The 26,000-square foot museum comprises three sections: The Map Room, featuring a short film that outlines the history of theater in New York and the location of the extant theatres, a two-floor Broadway timeline, and the Making of a Broadway Show.