 Forbes Building (Forbes Magazine and American Heritage magazine) in New York City, at 60 Fifth Avenue. | |
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| Dissolved | November 2014 (2014-11) |
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| Location | Forbes Building |
| Coordinates | 40°44′06″N73°59′41″W / 40.734927°N 73.994639°W /40.734927; -73.994639 |
| Type | Art gallery |
| Website | Forbes Galleries |
TheForbes Galleries, housed within theForbes Building onFifth Avenue between West12th and13th Streets in theGreenwich Village neighborhood ofManhattan,New York City,United States, was the home ofMalcolm Forbes' collection, which the Forbes family continued to exhibit following his death.[1]
The galleries closed in November 2014.[2][3]
The collection stemmed from Forbes' lifelong collection of toys, most of which have since been auctioned off.[4] Among the museum's notable exhibits over time included "Olympic Gold", a collection of medals and other collectibles from some of the world's most accomplishedOlympians,[5] a number ofFabergé eggs,[6] anarmada of 500 ships and 12,000toy soldiers[7] and one of the originalMonopoly boards.[8]
Themuseum was more popular with visitors than it was withNew Yorkers.[7]
TheForbes Collection of nineFabergé eggs was sold in February 2004 toViktor Vekselberg for almost $100 million.[9][10]
The Forbes Galleries will close PERMANENTLY after Friday, November 14th.