Museum of the City of New York

Established in 1923, the Museum of the City of New York's (MCNY) mission is to collect, preserve and present objects related to the original culture and history of New York City â€" from the gritty to the stunning. Originally housed in Gracie Mansion, the present residence of the mayor of New York, the city was offered its present location in a Georgian Colonial-Revival building on 5th Ave. This museum has amassed a huge collection of unusual items, such as several of Eugene O'Neill's handwritten manuscripts, a complete room of Duncan Phyfe furniture, no less than 412 glass negatives by famous photographer Jacob Riis, a man's suit worn to George Washington's Inaugural Ball and displays of graffiti writing and art from the 1970s and 80s.