The Paley Center for Media ‘s New York headquarters, the Paley Museum , is kicking off its 50th anniversary this week by unveiling a makeover — including two newly renovated theaters, a new exhibition and gathering area and more.

The Paley Museum, located in midtown Manhattan, was first created in 1975 by CBS founder William S. Paley as the Museum of Broadcasting, and then later as the Museum of TV & Radio. (The name was changed to the Paley Center in 2007). The museum later added a second building on the west coast in Beverly Hills (which opened in 1996 and closed in 2020).

“For fifty years The Paley Museum has preserved, celebrated, and explored the transformative power of media in shaping our world,” said Frank A. Bennack, Jr., executive vice chairman and former CEO of Hearst, and

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