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'{{Infobox museum |name = Museum of Ice Cream |image = Museum of Ice Cream SF.jpg |caption = The San Francisco location is the Museum's flagship |imagesize = 250px |map_type = |established = 2016 |dissolved = |type = [[Pop-up exhibition]] |visitors = 500,000 (November, 2017) |director = Maryellis Bunn (Founder) |website = {{URL|https://www.museumoficecream.com/}} }} The '''Museum of Ice Cream''' is a company that runs interactive retail experiences in major American cities. These "exhibits", typically hosted in storefronts, are ice-cream and candy-themed, with bright colors. The exhibits serve as backdrops for [[selfies]], and the posts made by visitors to [[Instagram]] and other social media sites have served to promote the company's offerings. Employees offer visitors tastings throughout. Tickets must be purchased in advance for specific time slots online only. The company does not produce "[[museums]]" in the traditional sense; the word was chosen for the original, temporary art exhibition because it was "something people would understand". ==Origins and history== Maryellis Bunn and Manish Vora founded the company.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wiener |first1=Anna |title=The Millennial Walt Disney |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/10/museum-of-ice-cream-maryellis-bunn.html |accessdate=9 July 2020 |publisher=New York Magazine |date=2 October 2017}}</ref> Its first location, a pop-up, opened in the [[Meatpacking District]] in 2016. Bunn and Vora initially self-funded the company. The company does not produce "[[museums]]";<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCormick |first1=Emily |title=What If the Museum of Ice Cream Is the Future of Retail? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-15/museum-of-ice-cream-predicts-experience-economy-future-of-retail?sref=CIpmV6x8 |accessdate=9 July 2020 |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=15 August 2018}}</ref> writers have described the locations as "...[playgrounds] with no age [limits]" and as an "interactive multi-sensory exhibit".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Silman |first1=Anna |title=Could You Survive a Day at the Museum of Ice Cream With No Phone? |url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/could-you-survive-the-museum-of-ice-cream-with-no-phone.html |accessdate=9 July 2020 |publisher=The Cut |date=21 February 2020}}</ref> The organization received criticism due to its "tone deaf" efforts to express solidarity with protestors after the [[killing of George Floyd]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Alexandra |last2=McGrath |first2=Maggie |title=The Meltdown at the Museum of Ice Cream |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrawilson1/2020/07/02/i-scream-you-scream-the-meltdown-at-the-museum-of-ice-cream/?utm_source=pocket-newtab#5d8ff2ce56c8 |accessdate=9 July 2020 |publisher=Forbes |date=2 July 2020}}</ref> A sign featuring the names of victims of police brutality was placed outside the company's Soho location in bright pink, with [[Killing of Ahmaud Arbery|Ahmaud Arbery's]] name misspelled.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakin |first1=Max |title=When Luxury Stores Decorate Their Riot Barricades with Protest Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/corporate-brands-protest-art.html |accessdate=9 July 2020 |publisher=The New York Times |date=22 June 2020}}</ref> At the same time, founder Maryellis Bunn also received attention for abuse directed at employees and difficult conditions for retail employees at individual locations. ===old=== The exhibition was co-founded by Maryellis Bunn, from [[Laguna Beach]], and Manish Vora, previously of equity research firm Monness, Crespi & Hardt. The exhibition is the brainchild of Maryellis Bunn who was looking for a way to connect to [[millennial]] audiences. She said "It's all about fun, and feeling like a kid again. Everyone loves ice cream. It's a way to bring people together." The exhibit first opened in Manhattan in the summer of 2016 and has since opened in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami. The San Francisco exhibit sold out its first batch of tickets in 18 minutes. As of November 2017 the exhibitions combined have had over 500,000 visitors. A New York location at 558 Broadway in the [[SoHo, Manhattan|SoHo]] neighborhood of Manhattan opened on December 14, 2019, and tickets were available until May 1, 2020,however, the location is intended to be permanent. ==Locations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! City !! Dates !! Location |- | [[Meatpacking District, Manhattan]] || July 2016 – September 2016 || 100 Gansevoort Street |- | Los Angeles || April 2017 – December 2017 || 2018 E. 7TH Pl. |- | San Francisco (flagship) || September 2017 – present || 1 Grant Ave.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/The-Museum-of-Ice-Cream-extends-SF-stay-and-will-12723563.php|title=The Museum of Ice Cream extends SF stay and will debut two new installations|author=|date=|website=sfgate.com|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> |- | Miami ||December 2017 – May 2018|| 3400 Collins Ave. |- | [[SoHo, Manhattan]] || December 2019 – ||558 Broadway |} == See also == * [[Color Factory]] * [[Dessert Museum]] * [[Museum of Pizza]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{commons category|Museum of Ice Cream}} *{{Official|https://www.museumoficecream.com/}} {{authority control}} Category:2016 establishments in New York City]] Category:Museums in Manhattan]] Category:Museums in Los Angeles]] Category:Museums in San Francisco]] Category:Museums in Miami]] Category:Visual arts exhibitions]]'