Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York will digitize and catalog 30,000 images documenting over 5,000 Broadway and Off-Broadway theatrical productions. The project will enhance stewardship and access to these holdings, which are an important resource for information on the nation’s largest, most commercially successful theater district, which has greatly influenced the history of theater. The museum will secure copyright permissions as needed and upload records into a user-friendly, searchable database. It will expand public access by uploading about 80% of the images to its online collections portal, with plans to add remaining images as their copyright protection expires. The museum will publicize the collection to a wide range of academic and general audiences, and evaluate online and onsite utilization.