NEW YORK CITY-While the Bloomberg administration looks for a new institutional partner to replace the Museum of the City of New York, the city has taken control of the not-for-profit South Street Seaport Museum.

Last month, the Museum of the City of New York, which was given a $2-million grant to turn around the Seaport museum's finances, stated it could no longer run the museum, which suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy. Susan Henshaw Jones, president and director of the Museum of the City of New York, has estimated storm damage to the South Street Seaport Museum at $22 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Kate Levin, the commissioner for cultural affairs for New York City, says three "volunteer city government employees" will serve as a transitional board over the next few months in order for the museum to maintain its nonprofit status. The three trustees are: Tracey Knuckles, general counsel for the city's department of cultural affairs; Christie Huus, director of strategic planning and development in the mayor's office of citywide event coordination and management; and David Sheehan, managing director and director of fiscal operations for the mayor's office.

The waterfront director for the museum, Jonathan Boulware, has been named interim president of the South Street Seaport Museum. See story in the Wall Street Journal.