Museum of the City of New York the incoming administration of Michael Bloomberg, which decided to use the Courthouse as the headquarters for the new New York City Department of Education, causing MCNY's then-director Robert R. McDonald to tender his resignation. McDonald was replaced in 2002 by Susan Henshaw Jones, who was at the time the president of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. There was also an attempt to merge the museum with the New-York Historical Society, which did not come to fruition, and the museum was passed over for space at Ground Zero. The Museum's former director, Susan Henshaw Jones, recommitted MCNY to its
Jersey City Museum 10,000-piece collection remains. Due to financial difficulties, the Museum was closed to the general public in December 2010. and was not expected to re-open. The building was purchased by the Jersey City Medical Center in February 2012, to use partially as offices, with the remaining space and theater re-opening as a museum in June. In April 2016 it was announced that the city was considering purchasing a building at Journal Square, now owned by Hudson County Community College. Jersey City Museum Jersey City Museum is an art museum located in the Van Vorst Park section of Downtown Jersey City, New