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Earlier this week, the editors at Time Out named our list of the best new things to do all over the world in 2025, giving you a whole slew of options for New Year’s resolutions, travel destinations and more. While there are other spots included across the U.S., including a tantalizing Museum of BBQ in Kansas City, one New York City attraction was on the list—and it comes after a nearly seven-year wait!
The Studio Museum, Harlem’s haven for work by Black artists, is reopening next fall. After a long history at 144 West 125th Street, the museum decided it was time to rework the space, which led to its closure back in 2018. Now, with a new, expansive building, the studio is reopening with a celebration of sculptor Tom Lloyd, whose work was a part of the institution’s first shows in 1968. Across five stories, the new space provides 82,000 square feet of expanded potential for the well-loved museum.
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It’s not the only museum on our list either, with inclusions ranging from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum to FENIX in the Netherlands. But few places can match The Studio Museum’s scope, as one of the reopening shows will look across the studio’s collection of nearly 9,000 pieces of artwork. The reopening will continue on the legacy of the artists, activists, and philanthropists who founded The Studio Museum in 1968 with a goal of addressing the lack of work from Black artists in most prominent corners of the art world.
"Taken in its entirety, our collection traces, as few institutions can, a history of creativity by artists of African descent that we will continue to nurture far into the future," said Thelma Golden, the museum’s director and chief curator said in a press release from October.
As of today, The Studio Museum doesn’t have an official opening date. But we’ll be the first in line for that reopening celebration!