Housed in the former Gilded-Age

Housed in the former Gilded-Age Housed in the former Gilded-Age mansion of Henry Clay Frick, The Frick maintains a collection of Old

A battle-hardened veteran World War II, the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid at Pier 86 has been repurposed as a floating m...
17/01/2023

A battle-hardened veteran World War II, the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid at Pier 86 has been repurposed as a floating museum since 1982. With a collection of military aircraft crowding its flight deck, the Intrepid also features the space shuttle Enterprise and a British Airways Concorde. It's chock full of educational facilities and is a non-profit institution, so your admission fee will be spent wisely!

The Museum of Arts & Design is housed in the former “Lollipop Building,” a baroque modernist structure that was consider...
17/01/2023

The Museum of Arts & Design is housed in the former “Lollipop Building,” a baroque modernist structure that was considered one of the ugliest buildings in NYC. After a 1998 renovation totaling $90 million, MAD moved in and began to mount lively exhibitions dedicated to the latest in contemporary art and design. Situated on Columbus Circle, right of Central Park it's a beautiful and fascinating spot to check out after a morning stroll. There are also online learning tools here.

Besides shining a spotlight on neighborhood artists as well as on African-American, Asian and Latino artists from the 20...
17/01/2023

Besides shining a spotlight on neighborhood artists as well as on African-American, Asian and Latino artists from the 20th- and 21st-centuries, this multicultural museum founded in 1971 has the virtue of being free. Ideal. It's also an internationally recognized cultural destination, with great educational resources, events, and exhibitions aplenty. If you're in the Bronx, stop off.

You know the saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words,” and at the International Center of Photography Museum is where you should go to immerse yourself in the world visual storytelling. The institution caters to a wide audience—not merely shutterbugs and Instagram-addicts. The center does offer stellar academic programming as well as a library containing back issues of photography magazines and thousands of biographical files. As of 2020, ICP is in a new space in Lower East Side’s Essex Crossing. The 40,000-square-foot grounds is home to educational programs for people of all ages, and media labs and shooting studios. That’s a lot of photos, and therefore, it would be almost too many words. A must-visit when you’re in the big apple.

Besides shining a spotlight on neighborhood artists as well as on African-American, Asian and Latino artists from the 20...
17/01/2023

Besides shining a spotlight on neighborhood artists as well as on African-American, Asian and Latino artists from the 20th- and 21st-centuries, this multicultural museum founded in 1971 has the virtue of being free. Ideal. It's also an internationally recognized cultural destination, with great educational resources, events, and exhibitions aplenty. If you're in the Bronx, stop off.

Located in Astoria, Queens, the Museum of the Moving Image presents exhibitions and screenings that relay the history an...
17/01/2023

Located in Astoria, Queens, the Museum of the Moving Image presents exhibitions and screenings that relay the history and cultural impact of movies, television and digital media. In addition to a state-of-the-art 267-seat cinema, the museum features ongoing installations such as “Behind the Screen,” which examines the filmmaking process. Film-nerds, if you haven't already been, it's a must. The NYC spot for going full geek.

Situated in a former public school, MoMA PS1 hosts an international studio program in addition to mounting exhibitions (...
17/01/2023

Situated in a former public school, MoMA PS1 hosts an international studio program in addition to mounting exhibitions (including career monographs) of cutting-edge artists. Affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art since 1999, MoMA PS1 is also known for its summer series of outdoor parties called “Warm Up.” If you find yourself in the area, you can basically guarantee popping by will be worth your time, whether it's for the exhibitions or just a hip event being hosted there.

With its mind-boggling holdings of artifacts and specimens from around the globe, the American Museum of Natural History...
17/01/2023

With its mind-boggling holdings of artifacts and specimens from around the globe, the American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869, tells nothing less than the story of creation, from the Big Bang to the present. Its dazzling highlights include the 94-feet long blue whale in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life and the Hayden Planetarium directed by famed astrophysicist and media personality, Neil Degrasse Tyson. Like many of these monster museums, you won't get around this properly within a day. Also, savvy tip, donate less than the cost price.

The biggest attraction at the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is undoubtedly The Panorama of the City of N...
17/01/2023

The biggest attraction at the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is undoubtedly The Panorama of the City of New York, an exacting 9,335-square-foot scale model of the five boroughs created for the 1964 World’s Fair. In fairness, though, there’s a lot of other great things to see, especially since the museum doubled its size during a 2013 expansion. Check the website – there's always something great going on. Or, when you're in Queens, just swing by. You'll likely end up making a day of it.

Devoted entirely to late-19th- and early-20th-century German and Austrian fine and decorative arts, this elegant additio...
17/01/2023

Devoted entirely to late-19th- and early-20th-century German and Austrian fine and decorative arts, this elegant addition to the city’s museum scene has the largest concentration of works by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele outside Vienna, including Klimt’s masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I. Well worth a visit in itself, but there's always plenty of great and undisocvered gems to view here. The Viennese-inspired cafe is great too.

Once the private library of J. Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Museum was gifted to the city by the Gilded-Age financier alo...
17/01/2023

Once the private library of J. Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Museum was gifted to the city by the Gilded-Age financier along with his collection of artworks and rare books—holdings that include drawings by Michelangelo and three Gutenberg Bibles. There’s also a first edition of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol that’s put on display every Chirstmas. A bookworm's dream. Make sure you don't spill your water anywhere! There's also exhibitions here from time to time, so keep an eye on their website.

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