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On May 11, New York City's Whitney Studio, now part of the New York Studio School, launched a new tour program that will allow visitors to see the historic space that was not only once home to the Whitney Museum of Art, but also the workspace of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and many more artists.

The National Trust has worked extensively with the New York Studio School on the interpretation of the space for the free, public tours. The Trust also provided grant support for the restoration of the former hay loft that has been a studio, salon, and exhibit space as Whitney expanded her footprint in Greenwich Village to eventually include nine buildings along 8^th Avenue as part of the first Whitney Museum of Art in 1931.

We are thrilled that more people can see the National Treasure up close with the launch of the tour program next month! Book your chance to see the historic spaces before they fill up!

As our work to restore the Whitney Studio continues, we couldn’t help but stop and admire the shiny new Whitney Museum of American Art that opened this month.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney left her mark on the world when she welcomed the work of neglected American artists to her Whitney Studio in 1914. As a sculptor and arts patron, she spent her entire life supporting creatives across the country. Now more than 100 years later, the Whitney Museum of American Art is entering into a new era with a building that CBS calls, “a true artists’ museum.” The 50,000 square foot indoor gallery space hosts more than 20,000 works of art and is now open to the public.

Learn more about the new museum at www.whitney.org.