It was designed by Thomas Lamb, and decorated with an Indo-Persian theme. The Landmark hosts Broadway touring companies, classic and recently released films, concerts, community theater productions, and more. I.M. Pei designed the building which houses the Everson Museum of Art. George Fiske Comfort, founder of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, founded the museum in 1896. The museum's permanent collections include an outstanding number of American paintings and ceramics, Chinese ceramics, and English pottery and porcelain.
Downtown has four other museums.
The Erie Canal Museum is housed in the Weighlock Building and maintains exhibits on canals, canal life and local history, and is also the site of the Urban Cultural Park Visitors Center. The Onondaga Historical Association houses the historical collection of the County, with a museum at 321 Montgomery Street. The museum is located in the former Jefferson Street Armory and includes over 200 exhibits as well as a 200-seat OmniTheater. The Museum of Automobile History houses over 10,000 items pertaining to well over 1,000 makes of automobiles, motorcycles and trucks, including advertising displays, posters, toys, models, design drawings, and more. The Cathedral School is a Catholic elementary school for children from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.