New York Museum

{{Short description|19th century museum in New York}}

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The New York Museum was a short-lived dime museum at 210 Bowery in Manhattan, New York City, operating from the early 1880s to 1896. Managed by a Louis Hickman,{{Cite news|url = http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=NYC18851017.2.107.1&srpos=23&e=-------en-20--21--txt-txIN-%22new+york+museum%22------#|title = Advertisement|date = 1885-10-17|work = The New York Clipper|page = 494|quote = New York Museum, 210 Bowery. Louis Hickman, Manager.}} it was refused a licence in 1883,{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980DE6DA1138E033A25752C0A9649D94629FD7CF&url=http:%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1883%2F12%2F01%2F106175184.html&legacy=true#|title=LICENSES REFUSED TO MUSEUMS.; ATTRACTIONS AT BOWERY RESORTS OF "HIGHLY RESPECTABLE" PEOPLE|date=1883-12-01|work=The New York Times}} and investigated for gambling and child prostitution in 1884, but remained in business. In 1889 it became the Fairyland Dime Museum and closed in 1896.{{Cite web|url = http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/resources/doc/SNR_BOW.pdf|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Bowery Historic District|date = October 1990|website = The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation|others = Cites New York Times 1883-12-01 and 1884-01-27}}