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After last year's record attendance, the Children's Museum of Manhattan will now remain open on Mondays.

The exhibit at the FIT Museum on W. 27th Street showcases projects by graduate illustration students.

The Seaport Museum New York will soon have a new board and a new president, sources told DNAinfo.

The Met filed suit against a collector who has refused to return "The Innocent Eye Test" painting to the museum.

The "MoMath" is set to open in fall 2012 near Madison Square Park.

The founders of the beleaguered Seaport Museum spoke recently to volunteers at the institution about their plan.

The renovated Pier A could reopen to the public as soon as the summer of 2012.

Workers want to save a 19th-century print shop from Bowne & Co. Stationers, which has been closed since February.

The Seaport Museum furloughed 32 full and part-time employees on Monday, a spokesman confirmed.

The museum laid off at least five workers last week and is struggling to maintain its fleet of historic boats, sources said.

Many of Manhattan's major cultural institutions are increasing their web presence to reach their audience.

The mafia-themed gallery space Mob Scene recently opened in Little Italy.

The museum hopes to open a new $20 million Peopling of America Center in early 2012.

A policy that prevented museums from selling art to pay off debts will be allowed to lapse following Wednesday's decision.

Directors of Manhattan's most prestigious museums, like the Met and MoMA, live in rent-free and tax-free apartments.