Nicholas Roerich Museum
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The Nicholas Roerich Museum is dedicated to the works of Nicholas Roerich
, a Russian-born artist whose work focused on nature scenes from the Himalayas
. The museum is located in a brownstone
at 319 West 107th Street on Manhattan
's Upper West Side
. The museum was originally located in the Master Apartments
at 103d Street and Riverside Drive, which were built especially for Roerich in 1929, but his followers and the museum were evicted less than a decade later.
Currently, the museum includes between 100 and 200 of Roerich's works as well as a collection of archival materials and still attracts pilgrims from throughout the world.
Nicholas Roerich
Nicholas Roerich, also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh , was a Russian mystic, painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. A prolific artist, he created thousands of paintings and about 30 literary works...
, a Russian-born artist whose work focused on nature scenes from the Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
. The museum is located in a brownstone
Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic or Jurassic sandstone which was once a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States to refer to a terraced house clad in this material.-Types:-Apostle Island brownstone:...
at 319 West 107th Street on Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
's Upper West Side
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 125th Street...
. The museum was originally located in the Master Apartments
Master Apartments
The Master Apartments is a landmark 29-story art Deco skyscraper on Riverside Drive, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City. Its address is 310 Riverside Drive. It sits on the Northeast corner of Riverside Drive and West 103rd Street. It is one of the city's major Art Deco residential buildings...
at 103d Street and Riverside Drive, which were built especially for Roerich in 1929, but his followers and the museum were evicted less than a decade later.
Currently, the museum includes between 100 and 200 of Roerich's works as well as a collection of archival materials and still attracts pilgrims from throughout the world.