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The Voelker Orth Museum

Flushing, United States of America

The Voelker Orth Museum

The Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden is a museum at 149-19 38th Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Queens in New York City. In addition to preserving a German immigrant family's 1890s home and garden, the Voelker Orth Museum offers house tours, temporary exhibitions, c

oncerts, lectures and workshops, cultural festivals, and family and school programs. Its mission is to "preserve and interpret the cultural and horticultural heritage of Flushing, Queens and adjacent communities to engage their ever-changing populations, through the experience of an immigrant family’s 1890s home." The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

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