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New York City Fire Museum: SoHo: Manhattan: Firefighting: Historical and modern firefighting vehicles, equipment, uniforms New York City Police Museum: Financial District: Manhattan: Law enforcement: Closed in 2014, plans unclear Harbor Defense Museum: Bay Ridge: Brooklyn Military Located in Fort Hamilton, 19th-century fort with exhibits of NY ...
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, often called The Clemente, is a Puerto Rican/Latino cultural center named after Puerto Rican writer and activist, Clemente Soto Vélez. The Clemente, which was established as a cultural center in 1993, is located on 107 Suffolk Street in the former PS 160 in Manhattan 's historic Lower ...
The Hispanic Society's 1930 north building (left) and sculptures Certificate of membership for Benito Pérez Galdós. The Hispanic Society of America operates a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain and Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America, the Spanish East Indies, and Portuguese India.
Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, Inc. (the “Institute”) is a non-profit corporation founded in 1954 to stimulate American's interest in the Art, Culture, Customs, language, literature and history of the Spanish speaking world and to promote, among the Spanish-speaking peoples of the world; knowledge and understanding of ideals, culture and customs of the people of the United States, to the ...
The New York City Education Department is striking up a partnership with the consulate of the Dominican Republic to bring more Spanish-speaking teachers to public schools. The “cultural exchange ...
Neighborhood art center Cultural center with art gallery Japan Society: Midtown Manhattan Manhattan Cultural Asian and Asian-American Features exhibit gallery for Japanese art Jewish Children's Museum: Crown Heights: Brooklyn Children's European Jewish and Jewish-American Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding Jewish Museum ...
Instituto Cervantes (Spanish: [instiˈtuto θerˈβantes], the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. [2] It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature.
In those early years, the Society served as an essential support system for Spaniards immigrating to the United States – providing food and shelter; tending to their health care needs; arranging afterlife services; and acting as their de facto home away from home in New York. The Spanish Benevolent Society is an American not-for-profit, 501(c ...