Girl Scout Museum and Archives

The Girl Scout Museum and Archives was part of the Girl Scout National Historic Preservation Center at the Girl Scouts headquarters located at 420 Fifth Avenue in New York City.^[1] It was founded in 1987 to promote and preserve scouting history and its collection dates back to 1912 when the Girl Scouts were founded.^[2] The museum held more than 60,000 photos, 7,000 publications, 650 uniforms and an a/v collection dating back to 1918.^[3] The museum is now permanently closed.^[4]

References

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^ "An international experience for local Girl Scouts". Daily Record. Morristown, New Jersey. August 5, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via ProQuest.
^ "Girl Scout Museum". Girl Scouts. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015.
^ Leckert, Oriana (May 3, 2016). "THE 27 MOST UNUSUAL MUSEUMS IN MANHATTAN". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
^ "Girl Scout Museum and Archives". WhichMuseum. Retrieved August 10, 2024.

External links

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Official website (Archived)

Structures on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan

Below 34th Street
1 47 (Salmagundi Club) 110 (Judge) 153 (Scribner) 159–161 170 (Sohmer Piano) 173 (Flatiron) 200 (Toy Center) 255 (Grand Madison) 272 (Marble Collegiate Church) 276 (Holland House) 277 284 (The Wilbraham) 339 (Demarest) 350 (Empire State)

34th–59th Streets

59th–96th Streets

Above 96th Street
Mount Sinai Hospital 1220 (Museum of the City of New York) 1230 (El Museo del Barrio) 1280 (The Africa Center) 2067 (St. Andrew's Episcopal Church) 2366 (369th Regiment Armory)

Parks and park features
Bryant Park Central Park Arsenal Central Park Zoo Conservatory Garden Harlem Meer Grand Army Plaza William Tecumseh Sherman Pulitzer Fountain Madison Square Park Marcus Garvey Park Harlem Fire Watchtower Washington Square Park Arch

Subway stations
42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street

Former

Midtown (30th–42nd Sts) and Midtown South

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

8th Av – 5th Av	One Penn Plaza 5 Times Sq 11 Times Sq 15 Penn Plaza 130 W 30th St 350 5th Av 452 5th Av (HSBC Tower) 1065 6th Av 1095 6th Av American Radiator Building The Bryant Bryant Park Studios Bush Tower Candler Building The Continental NYC Empire State Building Engineering Societies' Building Engineers' Club Building The Epic Greenwich Savings Bank Building James A. Farley Building Lord & Taylor Building Macy's Herald Square Manhattan Mall Marbridge Building Million Dollar Corner Music Bldg Nelson Tower New York Times Bldg Pennsylvania Plaza Springs Mills Building Times Square Tower
5th Av – 3rd Av (incl. Murray Hill)	One Grand Central Place 2 Park Av 3 Park Av 4 Park Av 10 E 40th St 18 E 41st St 29 E 32nd St (Grolier Club) 101 Park Av 110 E 42nd St 146 East 38th Street 152 East 38th Street 200 Madison Av 275 Madison Av 425 5th Av 461 5th Av Adelaide L. T. Douglas House Allerton 39th Street House Chanin Building Civic Club / Estonian House Colony Club Demarest Building George S. Bowdoin Stable Jonathan W. Allen Stable Joseph Raphael De Lamar House (Polish Consulate) Lefcourt Colonial Building Madison Belmont Building Pershing Square Building Robb House Socony–Mobil Building Tiffany and Company Building Union League Club Williams Club
Former	Bryant Hall Building Kaskel and Kaskel Building Latting Observatory Pennsylvania Station Waldorf–Astoria

Culture

Shops, restaurants, nightlife	Ai Fiori Café China The Cutting Room J. Levine Books and Judaica Keens Steakhouse Lan Sheng Okdongsik Wolfgang's Steakhouse
Museums/cultural centers	Girl Scout Museum and Archives Houdini Museum of New York Morgan Library & Museum Museum of the Dog Scandinavia House
Hotels	Grand Hotel The Knickerbocker The Langham Library Hotel Martinique New York Hotel McAlpin Hotel Pennsylvania The Roger Hotel The Wilbraham Hotel Wolcott Wyndham New Yorker Hotel
Venues and theaters	AMC Empire 25 New Amsterdam Theatre Nederlander Theatre Madison Square Garden The Theater at Madison Square Garden
Former	Anco Cinema Belmont Hotel Broadway Theatre Browne's Chop House Cafe Rouge Garrick Theatre Herald Square Theatre Hotel Pierrepont Kajitsu Liberty Theatre Maxine Elliott's Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Morgans Hotel Princess Theatre Reuben's Restaurant Sam H. Harris Theatre Savoy Theatre

Other points of interest

Green spaces	Bryant Park
Education	CUNY Graduate School of Journalism CUNY School of Professional Studies Guttman Community College High School of Art and Design New York Public Library Main Branch Norman Thomas High School Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Stern College for Women William Esper Studio Wood Tobé–Coburn School
Religion	Armenian Evangelical Church of New York First Zen Institute of America Holy Innocents Church Millinery Center Synagogue Our Saviour Roman Catholic Church Redeemer Presbyterian Church St. Francis of Assisi Church

Transportation

Subway stations	33rd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 34th Street–Herald Square 34th Street–Penn Station 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal Grand Central–42nd Street Times Square–42nd Street
Railroad/bus	Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal New York Penn Station Port Authority Bus Terminal
Streets and intersections	Third Avenue Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue 34th 42nd Broadway Herald Square Lexington Avenue Madison Avenue Park Avenue Park Avenue Tunnel

Related topics
Caspar Samler farm Garment District Koreatown Murray Hill Sniffen Court Historic District Tenderloin

See also: Manhattan Community Board 5

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Financial District and Battery Park (Below Chambers St)	Castle Clinton China Institute Federal Hall National Memorial Fraunces Tavern George Gustav Heye Center Mercer Labs Museum of Art and Technology Mmuseumm Museum of American Finance Museum of Jewish Heritage National September 11 Memorial & Museum New York City Police Museum Skyscraper Museum South Street Seaport
Lower Manhattan (Chambers-14th Sts)	Asian American Arts Centre Drawing Center Eldridge Street Synagogue FusionArts Museums Hall des Lumieres International Center of Photography Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Lower East Side Tenement Museum Merchant's House Museum Museum of Chinese in America New Museum New York City Fire Museum The Theatre Museum Ukrainian Museum Whitney Museum of American Art
Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy (14th-34th Sts)	Center for Jewish History Dia Chelsea Fotografiska New York John J. Harvey The Museum at FIT Museum of Sex National Museum of Mathematics Print Center New York Poster House Rubin Museum of Art The Shed Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Tibet House
Midtown (34th-59th Sts)	Girl Scout Museum and Archives Houdini Museum of New York Intrepid Museum Japan Society John M. Mossman Lock Museum Madame Tussauds New York Morgan Library & Museum Museum of Arts and Design Museum of Broadway Museum of Modern Art New York Public Library Main Branch New York Transit Museum Paley Center for Media Scandinavia House United Nations Art Collection
Upper West Side (59th-125th Sts west of 5th Av)	American Folk Art Museum American Museum of Natural History Rose Center for Earth and Space Carnegie Hall (Rose Museum) Children's Museum of Manhattan New York Public Library for the Performing Arts New-York Historical Society Nicholas Roerich Museum
Upper East Side and East Harlem (59th-125th Sts on or near 5th Av)	The Africa Center Asia Society Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum El Museo del Barrio Frick Collection Frick Madison Gracie Mansion Grolier Club Guggenheim Museum Jewish Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Museum of Motherhood Museum of the City of New York National Academy Museum and School Neue Galerie New York
Upper Manhattan (Above 125th St)	American Academy of Arts and Letters The Cloisters Dyckman House Hamilton Grange National Memorial Hispanic Society of America Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center Morris–Jumel Mansion National Jazz Museum in Harlem National Track and Field Hall of Fame Yeshiva University Museum Studio Museum in Harlem
Islands	Ellis Island Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty Museum
Defunct	Chelsea Art Museum Dahesh Museum of Art Forbes Galleries KGB Espionage Museum Met Breuer Museum of Biblical Art Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Museum of Primitive Art Rock&Roll Hall of Fame: NYC
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