Spending an afternoon at the Sports Museum of America may not yet be on your list alongside the Met Museum or MoMA, but consider adding it. This new museum is located on the second floor of the Beaver Street side of 26 Broadway in lower Manhattan (adjacent to a massive gift shop), a location near ground zero chosen by Philip Schwalb (the museum’s founder and CEO) in part to symbolize resilience and strength. For the opening of this new museum, SundayArts recently sent Thirteen/WNET president Neal Shapiro to interview Philip Schwalb about the its creation collection.
The museum snakes through many galleries, each showcasing a different sport. The breadth of the material can be dizzying, but it’s well organized and edited. And if you don’t get that Wide World of Sports “thrill of victory, agony of defeat” (mainly the former) feeling by the time you leave, you’re a robot. read more
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