The New York City Fire Museum is an exceptional place – uniquely historic and modern. Make your special day an unforgettable one-of-a-kind experience! The mission of the New York City Fire Museum is to collect, preserve and present the history and cultural heritage of the fire service of New York and to provide fire prevention and safety education to the public, especially children. A Beautiful Event Space for Any Occasion The Museum’s third floor loft is the perfect place to host your next special event. The space may be rented by individuals, businesses and organizations for meetings, birthday parties, weddings and more! The loft space features hardwood floors, 12 foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, a vast expanse of southern facing windows and an equipped kitchen. During your special event, you and your guests are welcome to visit the two exhibition floors of the Museum and party in the third floor loft. The New York City Fire Museum’s roots date back to 1870 when it was established in the headquarters of the Fire Commissioners at 155 Mercer Street. Exactly when it was dismantled is not documented but was most likely at the time when headquarters was relocated to East 67th Street in the late 1880’s. In 1938, Chief of Department John McKenna ordered that the relics be set up as a museum, along with a library, on the seventh floor of the NYC Fire College in the Packard Building at 32-02 Queens Boulevard in Long Island City. A better home was secured in 1948 in the new FDNY apparatus repair shops at 48-58 35th Street. It remained there until 1957 when a bay was vacated at the quarters of Hook & Ladder Company 1 at 100 Duane Street in Manhattan. This location made it much easier for the general public to visit the impressive array of artifacts exhibited on three floors of the firehouse. The Museum remained there until the Home Insurance Company presented its own extensive collection of fire memorabilia to the city in 1981, making a move to larger space imperative.
