Museum of the Dog

AKC Museum of the Dog

Painting of a Greyhound by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Established	1982
Location	101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178
Coordinates	40°45′03″N 73°58′39″W / 40.750804°N 73.977517°W / 40.750804; -73.977517
Type	Art museum; History museum
Collection size	Bronze and ceramic sculptures and paintings
Curator	American Kennel Club
Website	museumofthedog.org

AKC Museum of the Dog is a nonprofit canine museum at 101 Park Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The museum features exhibits that include: Dogs in film, dogs of presidents, war dogs, dogs in exploration.^[1] The museum features one of the largest collections of dog-related art.^[2][3]

The museum began in 1982 with donations from benefactors Frank Sabella, Marie Moore, Nancy-Carol Draper and the Westminster Kennel Foundation. The permanent collection of art consists of Bronze and ceramic sculpture, and paintings. The museum is a subsidiary of the American Kennel Club.^[2]

The museum displays artwork by renowned artists: Edwin Landseer, Maud Earl and Arthur Wardle.^[3] Much of the artwork is from the 19th century and the early 20th century.^[4]

A great deal of the work is from the late 1800s (the AKC was founded in 1884) and the early 20th century, with little abstract or contemporary art.

• 1982, New York Life Building at 51 Madison Avenue
• 1987, Queeny Park, West St Louis County, Missouri
• 2017–present, 101 Park Avenue, New York 10178^[3]

• Fashionable Dogs (September 7 - December 31, 2023)
• Identity and Restraint: Art of the Dog Collar (April 5 - September 3, 2023)
• Dogs of War and Peace: Wounded Warrior Dogs (March 16 -July 19, 2022)
• 9/11 Remembered: Search and Rescue Dogs (September 7, 2021 - January 2, 2022)
• Women and Dogs in Art in the Twentieth Century
• Women and Dogs in Art^[1]
• Dog Days of Summer^[2]

• Official website

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