My Museum/Museum Review Essay #3

My Museum would be the most unique museum in the east coast. I would name it “Melting Pot Island Museum". The Museum would be located in the center of Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York. Roosevelt Island is a small island in-between Manhattan and Queens. I decided to place the museum there because it is the center of New York City, making it easy for  people from all five boroughs to attend the museum.

The museum would be a large pentagon shape with five large walls. One wall will be facing east towards Queens. Another wall would be facing southeast towards Brooklyn. The next wall would be facing southwest towards Staten Island. The next wall would be facing west towards Manhattan. The last wall would be facing north towards the Bronx. The walls would be covered with neatly spray painted graffiti by artist’s directly originating from the borough the wall faces. The wonderful graffiti art displayed at Melting Pot Island Museum would attract a hefty amount of young audience and modern artist.

The Museum would have an abundance of lights surrounding its borders that would brighten the entire Island. The museum would be nearly impossible to miss. The museum would be clearly visible from the most famous hotels in lower Manhattan and Astoria, Queens, making it a great tourist attraction. The Museum would further attract tourist because it would be clearly visible to planes landing at LaGuardia Airport. Melting Pot Island Museum would also be a tourist attraction because it will intercept the tourist’s route from JFK airport to Manhattan.

          The inside of Melting Pot Island Museum would be made of five exhibitions. Each exhibition would represent each of New York City’s boroughs. The art displayed in these exhibitions would consist of art created by artist from the borough that the exhibition represents. Melting Pot Island Museum’s mission is to provide a gallery where never before heard of artist can display their work. The museum will hold no famous artist’s work. The art would be work from very talented artist who hold no work in other Museum such as The Met, or The Guggenheim. The art would consist of painting and sculptures of ideas that directly represent New York City’s diverse population. The cost of entry for Melting Pot Island Museum would be $8 or your very own creative work of art representing the museum’s concept. Special works of art created by NYC residents will be installed into the exhibition where the artist originates, and eventually will be auctioned off to create room for more art. Sixty percent of the art auction's proceeds will go to the artist.