TY - JOUR TI - Art and the city: the issue of the development of museums in the landscape of New York City AU - Gadomska, Wiesława TI - Art and the city: the issue of the development of museums in the landscape of New York City AB - Other than their basic mission to collect and promote art, museums serve the important culture-producing role of creating architectural landscape in cities. This article provides an analysis of characteristic examples of museums’ spatial expansion (the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art) characterised by specific urban, architectural and cultural conditions existing in Manhattan borough of New York City. VL - 2016 IS - Architektura Zeszyt 2-A (8) 2016 PY - 2016 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 227 EP - 239 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.16.188.5799 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/art-and-the-city-the-issue-of-the-development-of-museums-in-the-landscape-of-new-york-city KW - museum expansion KW - Manhattan KW - urban landscape KW - genius loci