New
York City has 150 of the most comprehensive and exciting
museums in the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of Natural History,
and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum are well known across the
globe but that leaves 146 phenomenal cultural institutions
that cater to interests including photography, crafts, movies
and television, Jewish heritage, news, history, medieval art,
design, pianos, fire, transit, skyscrapers, and oh so much
more.
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Museums
Alice
Austen House Museum
- Historic house museum at the entrance to New York
harbor on Staten Island. Tours of 1690 landmark home. Gift shop.
Admission: $2.00. Hours 12 noon-5pm. Closed Mon.-Wed. and
Jan.-Feb. Phone: 718-816-4506
Bronx
Museum for the Arts
- Presenting changing modern and contemporary
exhibitions. Educational and cultural programs celebrating
ethnic diversity. Three spaces available for weddings,
receptions, meetings, conferences, parties, dinners and other
presentations. Multilingual. Phone:
718-681-6000
Brooklyn
Children's Museum
- The world's first museum for children, founded in
1899. Permanent collection of 27,000 ethnological and natural
history artifacts. Hands-on museum with interactive galleries
focusing on science and culture. Special programs every hour.
Rental space. Phone: 718-735-4402
Children's
Museum of Manhattan
- Five floors of interactive exhibitions for children
and families. Exciting, fun, hands-on exhibits/daily workshops
for children 18 months to 10 years, featuring Seuss!, Waterwhirl,
and SoundsFun. Gift shop. AV staff. Auditorium. Phone:
212-721-1223
Cooper-Hewitt
Nat'l Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- In the Andrew Carnegie mansion. Historical and
contemporary design. Changing exhibitions, year-round public
programs. Outdoor garden. Library (50,000 volumes) by
appointment. Gift shop. Phone:
212-849-8400
Guggenheim
Museum Soho
- Located in the international center of contemporary
art in SoHo. Showcases special exhibitions. Contains gift shop.
Phone: 212-423-3500
Intrepid
Sea Air Space Museum
- Walk the decks of the historic aircraft carrier
Intrepid, tour a submarine and a destroyer, experience an F-18
mission. Admission. Closed Mon.-Tues. in winter. The museum is
available for conferences, dinners and receptions on indoor and
outdoor decks. Phone: 212-245-0072
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
- Spans the history of world art. Hundreds of
world-famous masterpieces. Gift shop. Closed Mon. Fax:
212-570-3825
Museum
of the City of New York
- New York's premier museum depicting the history of
the city. Changing and permanent exhibitions, educational
programs, and research services. Museum store includes multiple
items reflecting the dynamic stories of NYC. Closed Mondays.
Phone: 212-534-1672
New
York City Police Museum
- Historical and contemporary displays of NYPD
artifacts and memorabilia. Interactive exhibits. Gift shop. Free
admission. Available for private events and meetings. Phone:
212-301-4440
Art & Cultural Centers
DIA
Center for the Arts
- A museum that presents large-scale, long-term
installations and exhibitions of contemporary art. Gift shop,
bookstore, food service. Open Wed.-Sun. 12-6pm. Phone:
212-989-5566
Ellis Island-Aramark
- Famous immigrant gateway to America for ancestors
of one in four present-day Americans. Multilingual audio tours.
Ferry departs daily from Battery Park. Ferry fee; museum free.
Bus parking. Private rooms: 3, plus 2 theaters; event capacity:
1,000+. Phone: 212-344-0996
International
Center of Photography
- New York's only museum devoted exclusively to
photography. Changing exhibits, education programs, resource
library, collections. Admission. Phone:
212-860-1777
Jamaica
Center for Arts and Learning, Inc.
- Presents exhibitions of local and nationally known
artists, drama and dance performances, and holiday events.
Personalized workshops in ceramics, photography, dance, drama,
video production, painting, and drawing for all ages and skill
levels. Phone: 718-658-7400 x 10
Snug
Harbor Cultural Center
- National historic district of American
architecture, on 83 acres. 28 historic buildings, dance and
theatre, concerts, art, children's museum, gardens, gifts. Gift
shop. Free. Seven days. Phone:
718-448-2500
The
Museum of Television & Radio
- Collection of over 100,000 programs available for
viewing and listening. Holds screening and listening series,
seminars with the people behind radio and television, and
festivals to celebrate various aspects of radio and television.
Phone: 212-621-6600
New
York City has 150 of the most comprehensive and exciting
museums in the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of Natural History,
and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum are well known across the
globe but that leaves 146 phenomenal cultural institutions
that cater to interests including photography, crafts, movies
and television, Jewish heritage, news, history, medieval art,
design, pianos, fire, transit, skyscrapers, and oh so much
more.
