Paley Center for Media

Paley Center for Media is a media museum in Upper Midtown, Manhattan. It was formerly called The Museum of Television & Radio (MT&R) and The Museum of Broadcasting.

The Paley Center for Media often holds exhibitions, screenings, live events and broadcasts. In this unique museum visitors get to listen to news and its wide collection of entertainment and sports documentaries, collected from the earliest days of radio and television to present time.

Paley Center for Media, New York City
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Whether you are a pop fan looking for early and obscure footage of the Beatles or Elvis Presley, or a sports fan looking for old footage of the Olympic Games ceremonies, you can find them at the Paley Center for Media. History students can find extensive footage on World War II. In all, the library has over 50,000 programs. There are private as well as large screening areas where retropectives of artists, directors and topics are shown.

The Paley Center for Media was the idea of William S. Paley, former head of CBS TV network. It opened in 1975 as the Museum of Broadcasting, at East 53rd Street. It was so popular that it had to relocate into its present home, a high-tech $50 million building that looks like an antique radio, in 1991, and was given its present name.

How to reach the Paley Center for Media

The Paley Center for Media is now located at 25 West 52nd Street. Take the E or V train to the Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street subway station. Walk south along Fifth Avenue until intersection with 52nd Street. Turn right, walk west along West 52nd Street until you reach the Paley Center for Media on your right.

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