On October 9, 1996, at 6:00 PM The Museums Council of New York is having a meeting at New York's wonderful and under-visited Audobon Terrace. The host institutions are The American Academy of Arts and Letters, The American Numismatic Society, and The Hispanic Society of America. Audobon Terrace is on Broadway between 155 and 156th streets. Travel Directions are below. 6:00 Cocktails and tour of The Hispanic Society by Marcus Burke, Curator of Painting and Drawings, featuring the Society's galleries of 19th and early 20th Century Spanish paintings. Founded in 1904, the Society provides a free public museum and a world-renowned research library representing the culture of Hispanic peoples. 6:30 Tour of the American Numismatic Society exhibition: "American Numismatic Design 1892-1922," by Alan M. Stahl Curator of Medieval Coins and Medals [I know that's eccentric, as the exhibition is distinctly not medieval, but I'm sure there's a reason.." (es)]. An international center for the exhibition, preservation, and study of coins, medals, and paper money, the museum houses nearly one million objects and has the world's most comprehensive library of numismatic literature. 7:00 Dinner in the Library of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, followed by a tour of the building by Virginia Dajani, Executive Director. The American Academy is an honorary membership organization limited to 250 preeminent American writers, composers, painters, sculptors, and architects. Its function is to foster the arts through an annual program of awards and works of art to museums nationwide. Travel information: Audobon Terrace is located on Broadway between 155th and 156th streets. #1 Subway to 157th Street. Car: Street parking is difficult, but there is a Kinney parking lot on 710 West 153rd Street between Riverside and Broadway. A bus will be leaving from the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 5:15, returning around 8:15pm. Reservations are required, calle Amy Fischetti at (718)347-3276. Please send a check in advance of the meeting made out to The Museums Council of New York for $25 for each person attending. Add $5 for each bus reservation. Mail to: Amy Fischetti, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY 11004. If your check will not arrive in time please call Amy at (718) 347-3276. If you make a reservation by phone and do not attend, you must still reimburse the Council. Please include a note with your name, and the institution that you represent. The Museums Council of New York is an informal membership association that was founded in 1930, and represents virtually all of New York City's not-for-profit museums. We gather several times a year to visit New York's museums -- both well-known and obscure -- and have curator's tours, directors tours, and dinner. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet your colleagues in a casual but focused setting. Participants include all levels and aspects of the museum profession, including board members and directors, development, marketing, curatorial, educational, business, and operations staff. Until recently, participation has been limited to those affiliated with member institutions. We have decided, on a trial basis, to open the meetings to people working in allied professions (from executive recruiters to exhibition designers); Museums Studies and Arts Administration students; and museum staff from other cities. These meetings are great, and I hope that you will join us. Please feel free to contact me by email, or Amy by phone if you have any questions. Eric Siegel Chairman, The Museums Council of New York [log in to unmask]