The Godwin-Ternbach Museum is the only museum in the CUNY system, and in Queens, with a permanent co
The Godwin-Ternbach Museum is a professional not-for-profit art institution situated on the Flushing, Queens campus of Queens College, the City University of New York. A comprehensive permanent collection of 7,000 objects from all cultures, ranging from the ancient world to the present day, is used to organize exhibitions and programs as cultural and educational vehicles for students, faculty and
01/28/2026
This Black History Month, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum honors the legacy of three civil rights heroes through prints by renowned artist Ben Shahn.
The works commemorate Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner—young activists whose courage and sacrifice became a defining moment in the fight for equality.
01/27/2026
GTM is proud to announce our upcoming exhibition!
Opening Reception: February 10, 6–8pm
LEGENDS: Athleticism in Asian/American Art
📅 February 10 – May 14, 2026
📍 Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College (CUNY)
The first exhibition exploring the intersection of art and sports in contemporary Asian/American art. LEGENDS features artists examining identity, nationalism, the body, and performance through the shared language of athletics and artistic expression.
Featuring debut works by The Chinatown Basketball Club, Kaarina Chu Mackenzie, and Astria Suparak, among others.
Free and open to the public.
Curated by Jayne Cole Southard | Funded by The Thomas Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment
10/15/2025
Quinceañera tradition evolves as Queens families add their own spin The quinceañera tradition started centuries ago in Latin America. CBS News New York's Elle McLogan reports.
10/14/2025
Learn about the Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection in the Flushing campus of Queens College, City University
of New York. In this virtual tour, we discuss the history of the museum, its mission, and its collection.
Established in 1957, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum (GTM) is the only museum in the CUNY system with an extensive encyclopedic art collection of 7,000
objects. A part of the Kupferberg Center for the Visual
and Performing Arts, GTM activates its collection with a teaching mission—using its objects in exhibits, public
school and college classrooms, student/professor
research, tours, etc. Highlighting the wide ranging
collection, in the virtual tour we will showcase a 14th Century French stained glass window from the Dormition
of the Virgin in Troyes, a woodcut print by Susumu Yamaguchi, a sculpture of a “Wedding Cake” by Pat Lasch, a milagros-inspired piece by Claudia DeMonte,
and a painting by Roger Shimomura. Learn about GTM—a small institution with a rich collection of prints, paintings, sculptures, photographs, artist books, and so much more in the heart of the CUNY system in Queens, New York City.
Hosted by the Godwin-Ternbach Museum’s Collections Assistant, Elena Butuzova.
Registration link: https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/Le78VOagQaGSPPmXb7kzFw
09/24/2025
Two inspiring exhibitions are on view at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum — and we’re kicking things off tomorrow with a celebration!
🎉 Opening Reception: Quinceañera: Dress & Memory in Latine Culture
📅 Thursday, September 25 | 🕕 6–8 PM
Join us as we honor Latine traditions through the artistry, dress, and personal stories behind the Quinceañera. We can’t wait to welcome you!
🔍 While you’re here, explore our concurrent exhibition:
Wunderkammer III: The Language of Things
On view through May 29, 2025
📍 Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College
405 Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY
🔗 www.gtmuseum.org
See you tomorrow!
09/03/2025
✨ Coming soon to the Godwin-Ternbach Museum: Quinceañera: Dress and Memory in Latine Culture — a vibrant, community-centered exhibition celebrating the enduring power of the Quinceañera tradition across pan-Latine communities in the U.S.
Opening September 25, this immersive show brings together personal artifacts, oral histories, student-made fabric flowers, and powerful works by artists Steven Blum and Cinthya Santos Briones. Curated by Emily Ripley (Queens College Fashion and Design Program), with GTM Co-Directors Louise Weinberg and Maria Pio, the exhibition highlights dress as a living archive of memory, identity, and cultural continuity.
Join us for the public opening reception on Thursday, September 25, 6–8 PM. Free and open to all — RSVP by 9/22 to [email protected].
📍 Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall 405, Queens College
🔗 Learn more at www.gtmuseum.org
03/12/2025
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are celebrating the life and art of Margot R. Lovejoy (American,1930-2019).
Margot Lovejoy was a groundbreaking multidisciplinary artist and Professor Emerita of Visual Arts at State University of New York, Purchase. Originally a printmaker and photographer, her use of new technologies for installations, artists’ books and websites in the 1990s opened a discourse on how new media can directly influence social engagement. Author of Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age (Routledge, 2004) and Postmodern Currents: Art and Artists in the Age of Electronic Media (Prentice Hall, 1997), her project TURNS www.myturningpoint.com was featured in the 2002 Whitney Biennial and is part of the Rhizome database. Lovejoy was a recipient of a 1988 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 1994 Arts International Grant in India, NYFA’s Gregory Millard Fellowship, several NYSCA grants, and the 2007 CAA Award for Distinguished Teaching of Art. She exhibited internationally at Institute for Contemporary Art Inaugural, Taiwan (2001) and featured in major exhibitions in Germany (ZKM), Reina Sofia Museum, Castello Museum and MediaLab Prado, Spain, she had many solo exhibitions in and around New York including those at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center; Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art; the Alternative Museum, and Queens Museum. Lovejoy created many artists’ books such as Labyrinth, Public Linen, and The Book of Plagues, and was a speaker at conferences on art and technology internationally.
Through the generosity of the Lovejoy Family, Godwin-Ternbach Museum now holds a significant number of works by the artist including photographs, prints, artists’ books, and lightboxes. These early works form the foundation of this important collection. Lovejoy’s archives have been shared with Special Collections & Archives, Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Queens College.
*Image Credit: 1. Self Portrait, circa 1950s Oil on canvas, Collection Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Courtesy Lovejoy Family, 2024.5.3
2. Singing in the Foliage, circa 1970s Screenprint, Collection Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Courtesy Lovejoy Family, 2024.5.4
03/06/2025
Margot Lovejoy was a multidisciplinary artist and Professor Emerita of Visual Arts at State University of New York, Purchase. Originally a printmaker and photographer, her use of new technologies for installations, artists’ books and websites in the 1990s opened a discourse on how new media can directly influence social engagement.
Author of Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age (Routledge, 2004) and Postmodern Currents: Art and Artists in the Age of Electronic Media (Prentice Hall, 1997), her website www.confess-it.com had an installation aspect exhibited at the Neuberger Museum (2009), while her pioneering website parthenia.com (1995, a monument to victims of domestic violence) has been archived by the Walker Art Center as part of the pioneering site adaweb.com.
Her project TURNS www.myturningpoint.com was featured in the 2002 Whitney Biennial and is part of the Rhizome database. Lovejoy was a recipient of a 1988 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 1994 Arts International Grant in India, NYFA’s Gregory Millard Fellowship, several NYSCA grants, and the 2007 CAA Award for Distinguished Teaching of Art. She exhibited internationally at Institute for Contemporary Art Inaugural, Taiwan (2001) and featured in major exhibitions in Germany (ZKM), and Reina Sofia Museum, she had many solo exhibitions in and around New York including those at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center; Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art; the Alternative Museum, and Queens Museum. Lovejoy created many artists’ books such as Labyrinth, Public Linen, and The Book of Plagues, and has been a speaker at conferences on art and technology internationally.
Through the generosity of the Lovejoy Family, Godwin-Ternbach Museum now holds a significant number of works by the artist including photographs, prints, artists’ books, and lightboxes. This painting is part of that important collection. Lovejoy’s archives have been shared with Special Collections & Archives, Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Queens College.
Image credit:
Margot Lovejoy (American, born Canada, 1930-2019)
Self Portrait, circa 1950s Oil on canvas
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Courtesy Lovejoy Family, 2024.5.3
02/14/2025
We L♥️VE our students, faculty, and community of learners that help us activate our museum by visiting and participating in our programs.
Here are some highlights from this week! 🩵🤎🩷💚💛🧡💙🤍
🗯️ A visit from to participate in a professional development session ✍️
🗯️A visit from our little friends at The Child Development Center to explore light through a 12th century stained glass window! 🪟
🗯️ A special musical instruments performance by QC alumna Eugenie using GTM collection instruments and her own 🎶
02/04/2025
Join us for a special demonstration of select musical instruments from the GTM permanent collection being played for the first time in the museum. New York-based artist, educator and musician Eugenie Chao, (QC MFA graduate 2024) will demonstrate the sounds of an Inca panpipe and share a few of the instruments that she has created as part of her thesis.
A special introduction by Professor Lawrence Waldron will shed light on these objects and their ability to create sound.
This program is FREE and open to students and the general public.
RSVP encouraged, please email: [email protected].
The museum is located on the Queens College campus in Klapper Hall, room 405.
| Monday | 10am - 4pm |
| Tuesday | 10am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 7pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 4pm |
10/15/2025