Dahesh Museum of Art Museum in SoHo

A museum in SoHo. Insider tip: Please note: There are no art exhibitions on view at 145 Sixth Avenue.

The Dahesh Museum of Art, in SoHo, focuses on collecting and exhibiting paintings and other works by European academically trained artists from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It places these artists within the wider setting of 19th-century visual culture. The permanent collection grew out of a collection assembled by Dr. Dahesh, and the museum runs traveling exhibitions from it.