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Location
Nicholas Roerich Museum
319 West 107th Street
New York NY 10025
The Museum is on 107th street, between Broadway & Riverside Drive closer to Riverside Drive.
Subway:, #1 train to 110th Street and Broadway.
Bus: M104 bus to 108th Street and Broadway; M5 bus to 108th Street and Riverside Drive
Car: The Museum does not provide for parking, which can be found on nearby streets. Parking garages can be found on 108th Street, east of Broadway.
Museum Hours
Saturday–Sunday, 2–5 p.m.
Tuesday–Friday, noon–5 p.m.
Closed Monday
Also closed New Years’ Day, Easter Sunday, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Admission
Admission is free, though donations are welcome.
Contact
phone: 212–864–7752
Events
Upcoming events
Sunday, October 2, at 5 p.m.
Phillip Dyson, piano
2016 Events
The Museum maintains a regular schedule of concerts and poetry readings.
Information about these events can be obtained here and also by calling the Museum during working hours at 212-864–7752.
Admission to the cultural events is free, though donations are welcome.
Collection
The Museum's collection comprises more than 200 paintings of the artist, exhibited on three floors of a classic townhouse in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
New Acquisition
In July 2015 the Museum acquired a set of two Nicholas Roerich’s sketches from 1905 for the majolica frieze “Northern Life” on the facade of the insurance company “Russia” building in St. Petersburg. Read more »
Biographical Facts
| 1874 | Born in St.Petersburg |
| 1893–1898 | Studied in the Imperial Art Academy |
| 1906–1916 | Director of the Drawing School of Imperial Society for Encouragement of Arts. Exhibited in major European cities |
| 1917–1919 | Karelia, Scandinavia, London |
| 1920–1923 | President Founder of the Master Institute & Roerich Museum in New York, exhibitions across the U.S.A. in more than 20 cities |
| 1923–1928 | Expedition to Central Asia: Sikkim, Kashmir, Ladakh, Chinese Turkestan, Altai, Mongolia, crossing Tibet from North to South |
| 1929–1947 | Settled in Naggar, Kullu Valley, India |
| 1934–1935 | Expedition in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia |
| 1935 | The Roerich Pact signed in the White House by twenty one countries |
| 1947 | Passed away in Naggar |
Archive
Photos
Below: Nicholas Roerich preparing for crossing the Gobi and Tibet from north (Ulaan-Bator) to south (Sikkim). Photo taken early April of 1927
Video clips
Below: Nicholas Roerich in Darjeeling, India, soon after his expedition in Central Asia. Photo taken in the Fall of 1928
Correspondence
Our archive holds tens of thousands of items of correspondence pertaining to Nicholas Roerich's artistic and other activities.
The Roerich Pact
A visionary and idealist, Roerich promoted peace and the protection of the world's cultural heritage, the unity of religions, and the notion that the creative people of the world bear the responsibility to save the world.
During the nineteen-twenties, he composed a treaty for protection of the historic monuments, museums, scientific, artistic, educational and cultural institutions in time of peace as well as in war.
Gift Shop
Prints » Large size prints » Books »
Guestbook
JAMES WARD, UNITED STATES:
January, 2012
What a treasure the Roerich Museum is! A wonderfully immersive experience to be surrounded by his art and artifacts in such relaxed, inviting and densely adorned surroundings.