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Because public transportation is only 2 blocks away, you are only a short train or bus ride to other sites in New York City such as Soho, Chelsea, Wall Street, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Wall Street, South Street Seaport, and Silicon Alley as well as the many NYC museums along 5th Avenue.
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The Hotel Wolcott has taken the opportunity of gathering the following list of NYC museums for your convenience.
New York City
1900: Art at the Crossroads, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/423-3500
Description: A radical reassessment of artistic cross-currents at the turn of the last century, Artists included Degas, Eakins, Matisse, and Picasso.
All That is Glorious! Hudson River School Painting, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/369-4880
Description: Sixty-five paintings by sixty members of the famous Hudson River School.
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/956-3535
Description: Here visitors will find objects whose forms originate in function. Familiar things like baskets, chairs, teapots in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and exotic materials.
American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/595-9533
Description: Permanent collection, acclaimed exhibits. Conveniently located across from Lincoln Center. The Museum presents changing exhibitions. Museum shop.
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/769-5100
Toll Free: 888/548-7283
Description: Natural history museum: Dinosaur Hall, Hall of Biodiversity, Hall of Planet Earth, Rose Center for Earth and Space and the New Hayden Planetarium.
American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY
Local Phone: 718/784-0077
Description: Located at Historic Astoria studio. 15,000 sq ft of art, history, technology and screening rooms. Museum shop, cafe.
Artists Space, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/226-3970
Description: Non-profit contemporary art gallery featuring exhibitions of work by emerging artists.
Austen, Alice, House Museum, Staten Island, NY
Local Phone: 718/816-4506
Description: Museum interprets the life and art of Alice Austen in her former home. The historic house is located on New York City Harbor with a view of the New York Metropolitan region.
Bronx County Historical Society, Bronx, NY
Local Phone: 718/881-8900
Description: Poe Cottage, final home from1846-1849 (Poe Park). Revolutionary War era Museum of Bronx History. Archives.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Local Phone: 718/681-6000 xext164
Description: Changing exhibits focusing on contemporary arts. Educational programs.
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Local Phone: 718/735-4400
Description: Founded 1899. Participatory museum with over 27,000 authentic ethnological, natural history and technological artifacts, and natural science specimens.
Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
Local Phone: 718/222-4111
Description: Our national historic landmark is reopening on Oct 26 with the exhibition, Brooklyn Works: 400 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn. Enter re-created tenement buildings and sugar refineries, see original advertisements, and hear workers' stories.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Local Phone: 718/638-5000
Description: World-famous collection. Acclaimed Egyptian holdings, cutting-edge contemporary pieces, blockbuster exhibitions, films.
Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/721-1234
Description: Interactive exhibits and learning center for all ages. Newly added Body Odyssey and Word Play.
Cloisters Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/923-3700
Description: Devoted to the art and horticulture of medieval Europe. Branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift shop.
Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/849-8400
Description: Smithsonian Institute. Historic and contemporary design exhibits. Gift shop.
Course Of Empire, The, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/873-3400
Description: The five paintings Thomas Cole's epic series, a landmark of American landscape art and among the most significant works in the Society's collection, in its last New York appearance before going on an international tour two years.
D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center (DAC), Brooklyn, NY
Local Phone: 718/624-3772
Description: Gallery featuring work by contemporary artists.
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/831-7272
Description: Museum devoted to the art, culture of Puerto Rico and Latin America. Exhibits, lectures, films and concerts. Gift shop.
Equitable Gallery, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/554-4818
Description: Works from all fields of visual arts, exhibits.
Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY
Local Phone: 718/338-3799
Description: We are dedicated to preserving & teaching the military aviation heritage of Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field.
Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/425-1778
Description: Early American history and cultural museum. Rooms recreating 18th-19th-c. Flag gallery. Gift shop.
Frick Collection, The, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/288-0700
Description: Gilded Age mansion housing one of the most important private collections of Western fine and decorative arts in the world.
Garibaldi Meucci Museum, Staten Island, NY
Local Phone: 718/447-1608
Description: Historic house of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the legendary hero of Italian unification, Antonio Meucci, the true inventor of the telephone. Exhibits include Garibaldi's red shirt and models of Meucci's telephone.
Guggenheim Museum (Solomon R), New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/423-3500
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece of modern architecture. Home to a fine collection of 20th-c art, including works by Chagall, Degas, Kadinsky, Picasso and Van Gogh. Special exhibits.
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/857-0000
Description: Museum devoted to all aspects of photography; exhibits, bookstore and library.
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/957-3700
Toll Free: 800/888-8284
Description: Floating exploration center and launch pad into a world of sea, air and space technology. Historic ships and aviation collection.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island City, NY
Local Phone: 718/545-8842
Description: Over 200 works of world-renowned sculptor. Studio (1920s-1980s).
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, NY
Local Phone: 718/987-3500
Description: The Tibetan Museum is unique in displaying its art in a traditional Himalayan-style monastery building. It is the only museum in the country devoted primarily to Tibetan art.
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/423-3200
Description: Art, culture and history collection spanning 4,000 years. Ancient artifacts to contemporary art.
Judaica Museum/Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, Bronx, NY
Local Phone: 718/548-1006
Description: 3-gallery museum overlooking the Hudson River. Houses the Ralph and Leuba Baum collection of over 800 Judaica objects.
Julia de Burgos Cultural Center/Puerto Rican Workshop, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/831-4333
Description: Highly respected community arts organization that continues to be a proactive resource for the promotion of the Puerto Rican arts. Workshops, lectures and performances.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/431-0233
Description: Preserves and interprets the history of immigrants from many nations who lived on NY's Lower E Side. Famed bargain shopping district.
Madame Tussaud's, New York, NY
Toll Free: 800/246-8872
Description: Over 175 wax figures of celebrities, movers, and shakers in themed environments. Gift shop. Located in the heart of Times Square at 234 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/535-7710
Description: Over two million works of art from pre-historic through modern times.
Morgan Library, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/685-0610
Description: Museum and center for scholarly research. Rare books, manuscripts and drawings of Western Civilizations from middle ages to 20th-c.
Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/923-8008
Description: Manhattan's oldest house, built in 1765. Museum depicting 200 years of NYC's history, art and culture.
Museum for African Art, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/619-4785
Description: Over 40 widely acclaimed exhibitions exploring aspects of Africa's rich artistic traditional and cultural heritage.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/956-3535
Description: Resource for the exhibition and preservation of contemporary craft.
Museum of Chinese in the Americas, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/619-4785
Description: Preserves and shares Chinese American history and culture w/a broad audience of visitors.
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/968-1800
Description: Living memorial to the Holocaust. 2,000 photos, 800 artifacts and 24 documentary films. Gift shop.
Museum of Modern Art, Long Island City, NY
Local Phone: 212/708-9400
Description: Vast collection of 20th century art, paintings, sculptures, prints, design objects, architecture, films and books.
Museum of Television and Radio, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/621-6600
Description: Over 100,000 radio and television programs. Viewing and listening, seminars, radio and screening series.
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/534-1672
Description: Objects that evoke a range of perspectives on the events and personalities of New York City in the 20th century.
NBC Experience Store / Studio Tours, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/664-3700
Description: Tour features NBC's operations, including the opportunity to visit some of our famous studios, such as those that broadcast Saturday Night Live and the Today Show. High-tech, interactive store contains hundreds of items from all your favorite NBC shows.
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/369-4880
Description: Collection of American art includes famous works by Homer, Wright and Rauschenberg. Founded 1825.
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/514-3700
Description: Native American art, culture. 10,000 years of heritage, 1,000,000 artifacts.
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/219-1222
Description: Features work of living artists. Book store.
New York City Fire Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/691-1303
Description: Firefighting history through art and artifacts, 18th-c to present. Interactive safety education.
New York City Police Museum, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/480-3100
Description: Housed in the historic building that contained NYPD's 1st Precinct. Gives visitors an insider's look at the history and culture of the largest police force in the country. Exhibits include vehicles, weapons, and law enforcement techniques.
New York Hall of Science, Flushing, NY
Local Phone: 718/699-0005 xext323
Description: Hands-on science exhibits including 30,000-sq-ft science playground.
New York Historical Society, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/873-3400
Description: Paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, newspapers and books documenting the history of New York and American life.
New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Local Phone: 718/243-8601
Description: Located in an authentic 1930's decommissioned Brooklyn Heights subway station.
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
Local Phone: 718/448-2500
Description: Exhibitions in 15,000 feet of gallery space, plus outdoor and off-site projects, educational programs, 30 artists studios on site and an international artist residency program.
Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, NY
Local Phone: 718/447-6490
Description: Maritime Museum and Study Center with art exhibitions, library, education programs for children and adults and museum shop.
P.S 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Local Phone: 718/784-2084
Description: Founded by Alanna Heiss in 1971, P.S. 1 has been devoted to contemporary art & artists. P.S 1's Studio Program unites professional artists from varied cultural & aesthetic backgrounds
Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY
Local Phone: 718/997-3770
Description: College art gallery, located on the 6th floor of Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library at Queens College. Through changing exhibitions, the program brings to you a variety of shows on modern & contemporary art.
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY
Local Phone: 718/592-9700
Description: Panorama of NYC: 9,335 sq ft of the 5 boroughs. Exhibits, World's Fair memorabilia. Gift shop.
Reptiles: Real and Robotic, Flushing, NY
Local Phone: 718/699-0005
Description: Reveals the secret of the reptile kingdom's 300-million-year success through adaptation and evolution.
Roosevelt, Theodore, Birthplace, New York, NY
Local Phone: 212/260-1616
Description: Birthplace and museum depicting the life of the 26th president. Period furnishings. Gift shop. |
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