Statues In The Park (44) City Of new York Museum Entrance Niche Not in a park but across the street from Central Park. Sculptures of Alexander Hamilton and DeWitt Clinton have been standing in the niches of the New York City Museum’s façade since 1941. However, in 2017, the Museum removed two 1,100 pound statues – likenesses of statesman Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) and senator, former New York City Mayor, and New York State Governor DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) – from the façade of the building in order to send them for cleaning and conservation. These two statues were designed and executed by noted sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952), specifically for installation in the marble niches on either side of the main entrance to the Museum on Fifth Avenue.
