Noguchi Museum

The Noguchi Museum, chartered as The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, was designed and created by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi in 1985 to preserve and display his sculptures, architectural models, stage designs, drawings, and furniture designs. It is a two story museum with an outdoor sculpture garden. It is located in the Long Island City section of Queens, one block from the Socrates Sculpture Park. In 2004, a major renovation allowed the museum to remain open year round. The museum is a two story 24,000 square feet (2,200 m) building with an attached outdoor sculpture garden. There are 12 galleries within the museum. There is a gift shop. To house the museum, in 1974 Noguchi purchased a photogravure plant...