Voelker Orth Museum
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The Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden is a museum located in Murray Hill, Queens, New York City. In addition to preserving a German immigrant family's 1890s home and garden, the Voelker Orth Museum engages audiences through the arts, education, nature, horticulture and local history by offering house tours, temporary exhibitions, concerts, lectures and workshops, cultural festivals, and family and school programs. Its mission is to "preserve and interpret the cultural and horticultural heritage of Flushing, Queens and adjacent communities to engage their ever-changing populations, through the experience of an immigrant family’s 1890s home."[1] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.[2]
Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, and Victorian Garden | |
Location | 149-19 38th Ave. Flushing, Queens, New York, United States |
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Coordinates | 40.764618°N 73.816114°W / 40.764618; -73.816114 |
Built | c. 1891 |
Website | www |
NRHP reference No. | 100005569 |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 2020 |