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Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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are two million+ works of art from ancient to modern times. A permanent
collection includes: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; an American Wing;
Ancient Near East, Egyptian, Asian and Byzantine galleries; musical instruments;
European painting and sculpture. Tours, lectures and musical events. Late weekend hours. Web: www.metmuseum.org
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Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) |
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The first museum to devote
its programs and collection entirely to the modern movement. It now holds more
than 100,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural
models and drawings, and design objects. The permanent collection includes Vincent
Van Gogh's The Starry Night, Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Henri
Matisse's The Dance, and Claude Manet's Water Lilies. MOMA's library regularly
showcases an extensive collection films and film stills. Located in Midtown.
Web: www.MOMA.org
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The Frick Collection |
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In a serene Fifth Avenue mansion with a magnificent
garden, built in 1913 by industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick,
is a collection of masterpieces of Western painting, sculpture, and fine arts.
An integral part of the Frick Collection is the Library and Reader Services,
which answers approximately 2,000 requests for information. Concerts,
lectures, and special exhibitions. Web: www.frick.org |
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Whitney Museum of American Art |
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Covering the entire breadth of twentieth century
American art, its Permanent Collection encompasses 12,000 works of paintings,
sculptures, multimedia installations, drawings, prints and photographs. The
Museum takes an in depth look at three artists: Edward Hopper, Alexander Calder
and Georgia O'Keeffe. There are also works by Louise Nevelson, who modeled her
sculptures on the fluid movement of performance.
Web: www.whitney.org
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The Guggenheim Museum |
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The circular building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
across from Central Park reflects the adventurous spirit of the founders.
In the late 1920s Solomon R. Guggenheim and his artist-advisor Hilda Rebay formed
the collection of mostly abstract paintings of Europe and America. It now has one
of the world's largest collections of Vasily Kandinsky and major holdings of works
by Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Paul
Klee, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. Separate guided tours for adults and children
are led by art professionals. Web: www.Guggenheim.org
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Rubin Museum of Art |
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The Gods must surely reside in this serene Chelsea space that hosts one of the largest
collections of art from the Himalayas. Ascend the graceful spiril staircase all the way
to the sky. . . View paintings, sculptures, and textiles dating back twelve
hundred of years. Learn about the deep spirituality of these poor mountain peoples and
the powerful forces pressing in from China and India. An oasis for enlightened
visitors. Open late Friday evenings for cocktails and sophistocated conversation.
Web:
www.rmanyc.org
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Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum |
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The only museum in the United States devoted exclusively
to historic and contemporary design. International in scope, it holds a quarter of a million objects
ranging from the unique to the mass-produced. There are four curatorial departments: applied arts and
industrial design; drawing and prints; textiles; and wall coverings. Its aim is to show how design
affects every aspects of daily life. Web:
www.ndm.si.edu
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Brooklyn Museum of Art |
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Houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Egyptian
art in the world, with more than 500 objects ranging from 1350 B.C. during the reign of Akhenaten
and his wife Nefertiti through the regime of Cleopatra VII. The Permanent collections include:
Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art; Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas;
Decorative Arts, Costumes, and Textiles; Paintings, Sculptures, Prints, Drawings, and Photography.
The Brooklyn Expedition Web site give a tour of the Brooklyn Museum of Art as well as the Brooklyn
Children's Museum and the Brooklyn Public Library. Web: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org
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Queens Museum of Art |
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Contains one of the most unusual exhibits in the world - a 9,000 square foot model of New York City complete with bridges, rivers and parks and more than 3/4 million buildings. Nearby is the New York Hall of Science containing unusual interactive exhibits. Located in Flushing Meadow Park, half-way between Manhattan and JFK airport. Web: www.queensmuseum.org
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El Museo del Barrio |
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Located near Spanish Harlem, are changing exhibits of works by Hispanic artists—especially those from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Mexico. A permanent exhibit is dedicated to the Tainos, nomadic hunters from the Yucatan who populated the Caribbean Islands starting in 1200 AD and who Columbus encountered on his trips to the New World.
Web: www.elmuseo.org/
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The Cloisters |
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Atop a hill in northern Manhattan, overlooking the Palisades cliffs along the Hudson River, sits this medieval museum - actually a collection of buildings assembled from parts of imported French and Spanish monasteries. The core collection consists of a medieval paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, enamels, ivories and tapestries, the most famous being the set of six hand-woven, fifteenth century tapestries depicting the Hunt of the Unicorn. Outside is a fragrance garden of medieval herbs. Web: www.metmuseum.org
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Sports Museum of America |
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The stamina of competition, the adulation of the victors and
the tears for the defeated. They intersect in this multi-media extravaganza devoted to
America's favorite obsession. A maze of some two-dozen rooms feature surround-sound
recordings and over-size videos of the most famous moments in each discipline. Trophies,
momentos and interactive exhibits keep the attention of parents and kids right up to the
impressive souvenir shop. Near Statue of Liberty ferries. A great addition
to a Downtown tour. Web:
www.SportsMuseum.com
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The Studio Museum of Harlem |
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An art museum with a mission to collect, document,
preserve, and interpret African-American art and the artifacts of the African
Diaspora. Its services include guided tours, workshops, readings, concerts,
lectures, seminars, museum/school cooperative programs, community out-reach
and research. Scheduled events include a "Sunday Salon," Friday night tours, a
Saturday "family day." Web:
www.studiomuseuminharlem.org
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The Jewish Museum |
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A major American art museum located along
Museum Mile. Its collections and programs illustrate the continuity and diversity
of Jewish culture for more than 4,000 years, as well as the common ground shared
by Jews with people of different cultural backgrounds. The question of how Judaism
has been able to thrive for thousands of years across the globe is addressed
through texts and objects. The museum hosts the New York Jewish Film Festival,
the National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting, and family programs. Its Café
Weissman serves kosher cuisine during Museum hours. Web: www.thejewishmuseum.org
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Museum of the City of New York |
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The diversity of its people, its
entrepreneurial spirit, and the struggle for individual liberty are the themes of
its permanent collection. It explores 400 years of stories of people, places, and
events from the time of the Leanne Indians to the World Champion Yankees in six
chronologically organized sections: First Nation: New York before New Amsterdam;
Colonization: The Arrival of Europeans and Africans; Building an American City;
The Urban Metropolis, The Global City, The City of Tomorrow. The Museum's History
Learning Center provides guided tours, teacher training workshops, and curriculum
materials. Web: www.mcny.org
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National Museum of the American Indian |
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Established by an act of
Congress in 1989 to foster and protect Native cultures throughout the Western
Hemisphere, with more than 800,000 works of unusual aesthetic, religious and
historical significance as well as everyday articles for utilitarian use,
from the Paleo-Indian to contemporary arts and crafts. There are also film and
audiovisual collections, paper archives, and a photography archive of
approximately 90,000 images of both historic and contemporary Native American
life. Web: www.nmai.si.edu
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Federal Hall |
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 Located just
opposite the New York Stock Exchange. Four galleries display artifacts of colonial
New York including dioramas that depict the trial of Peter Zenger, whose
publications were burned by the British Governor. A small gift shop
offers unique souvenirs including reproductions of the Declaration of Independence
as well as early paper currency and coins. Web: www.nps.gov/feha/
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Museum of American Financial History |
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A modest-size institution that tracks the history of Wall Street since colonial times. Galleries display early brokerage trading desks and stock tickers, historical stock and financial documents and currency as well as biographic and historical information. Located on lower Broadway, a little North of the Statue of Liberty Ferries. See also, Financial District Walking Tours
Web: www.financialhistory.org/
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Museum of Jewish Heritage |
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Located downtown near the Statue of Liberty ferries.
The Museum's
mission is to educate people about the 20th century Jewish experience before,
during, and after the Holocaust. The core exhibition is organized around three
chronological themes, each told on separate floors: Jewish Life a Century Ago;
The War Against the Jews; and Jewish Renewal. Special exhibitions complement the
core exhibit. Weeknight events feature readings by Jewish authors and musical
performances. Family programs take place on Sundays. Web: www.mjhnyc.org
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New York City Transit Museum |
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Housed in an authentic 1930s subway station in Brooklyn Heights. It contains vintage subway cars, antique turnstiles, and a working signal tower. The Museum Archives include a collection of photographs, documents, posters and drawings relating to the history of public transportation in the metropolitan area. A gallery annex operates at Grand Central Terminal with a store selling maps, miniature subway car models, T-shirts, books and other subway souvenirs. Web: www.mta.nyc.ny.us/museum
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Lower East Side Tenement Museum |
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Museum of Sex |
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Three modest size galleries provide a serious and sometimes whimsical look at past and present erotic culture worldwide. A recent exhibit chronicles the evolution of women as sex objects over 100 years since the beginnings of American photography. Another assembles art objects, advertising design, films and videos, machines, photography, and more from the Museum's permanent collections. An attached gift shop has both serious and entertaining books and an impressive collection of sex toys. Open 7 days. Near Empire State Building. Web: www.museumofsex.com
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New York City Police Museum |
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The stories, equipment and uniforms of "New York's Finest" over the past 150 years.
Pictorial displays of famous crimes and "purp" arrests. Located near the South Street
Seaport in a former station house of the first precinct. Chat with officers on staff
and purchase NYPD caps, T-shirts and jackets at the small gift shop. A recently
added exhibit is devoted to the NYPD's anti-terrorism activities.
Web: www.nycpolicemuseum.org
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American Museum of Natural History |
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Explore nature in this vast showcase of biology and physical
science. View wild animals in natural habitats as depicted in (sometimes) frighteningly
realistic dioramas; study life on the forest floor as if you were the size of an
ant; and stand next to a 66-foot long 40-ton Brontosaurus dinosaur. (Don't be afraid; he was a vegetarian!).
Web:
www.AMNH.org
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Rose Center for Earth & Space |
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 Inside the head-bending 87-foot sphere that "floats" in a giant glass box is a space theater. A light show illustrates the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. Elsewhere, are rocks, meteorites, and ingenious educational exhibits of volcanoes, planetary movements and natural events. A museum shop contains an impressive assortment of "science" toys. Web: www.amnh.org/rose
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