Don't Miss: Mile Festival - June 12
Don't miss the Museum Mile Festival on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007, 6pm - 9pm, Rain or Shine, Free. Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic, the museums are open to the public, and street entertainers and musicians are everywhere. More info: http://www.museummilefestival.org/
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met is a universal museum: every category of art in every known medium from every part of the world during every epoch of recorded time is represented here and thus available for contemplation or study -- not in isolation but in comparison with other times, other cultures, and other media.
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street; (212) 535-7710; www.metmuseum.org; Subways: 4, 5, 6 to 86 St; Hours: Mon Closed, Tues-Thurs 9:30am-5:30pm, Fri-Sat 9:30am-9:00pm, Sun 9:30am-5:30pm; Suggested Contribution: General $10; Students/Seniors $5; 12 years and under are free, when accompanied by adult.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright architected this building, now designated the youngest New York City landmark. As you walk the spiral walkway toward the dome above, you will view works from artists of the 19th and 20th century including: Brancusi, Braque, Calder, Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Giacometti, Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Miro, Picasso, and Van Gogh. The amount of artwork on display is significant, so much so that a visitor might feel a kind of art overload, which is why the museum offers self guided audio tours and group tours for interested visitors. Expect to spend at least half a day.
1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street; (212) 423-3500; www.guggenheim.org; Hours: Sun-Wed: 9am-6pm, Fri-Sat: 9am-8pm, Thurs: Closed; Admission: Adults $12, Student & seniors: $7, Children under 12: FREE, Members: FREE; The Guggenheim Store offers beautiful, sleek accessories and books.
National Academy Museum
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts is one of the oldest artist-run organizations in the United States. Founded in 1825, they have always fostered the promotion of the Fine Arts in America, and house a sizeable collection of American Arts, over 8,000 works! Designated a New York City landmark, this elegant and stately six-story Beaux-Arts townhouse designed by Ogden Codman Jr. is one of the few remaining mansions on Fifth Avenue that is open to the public.
1083 5th Avenue at 89th Street; (212) 369-4880; www.nationalacademy.org; Subway: Lexington Ave 4, 5, 6 to 86th St; Bus: M1, M2, M3, or M4 on Fifth and Madison Ave to 89th St; Hours: Wed-Sun: 12pm-5pm, Fri: 10am-6pm during the Annual Exhibition, Closed Monday and Tuesday; Admission: Adults $8.00, Students / seniors $4.50, Free admission is offered to children under 6, Free on Fridays during the Annual Exhibition (May - June 24).
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution displays a virtual cornucopia of decorative and design arts in Andrew Carnegie's Upper East Side mansion, -- which looks like a building transplanted from a university campus; a black cast iron fence encloses a courtyard with grass and trees. The exhibits, in large part, focus on work that gives every day items like furniture, computers and toothbrushes a more unique appearance, adding form to the function. The museum is not as large as it looks. Plan to spend two hours or more.
2 E 91st St. (on 5th Ave); (212) 849-8400; http://ndm.si.edu/; Subways: 4,5,6 to 86 or 96 St; Hours: Sunday: noon-5pm, Monday: CLOSED, Tuesday: 10am-9pm, Wednesday-Saturday 10am-5pm; Admission: Adults $8.00, Seniors and students $5.00, Children under 12 free, Free on Tuesdays from 5-9pm.
Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum is a major American art museum, but also the largest Jewish museum in the Western hemisphere. Art is its primary medium of communication; yet the Museum's permanent exhibition presents, within an historical context, the multiple facets of Jewish identity as it has emerged during more than four millenia. The towers and windows make the building look, ironically, like a Gothic church, much different from the buildings next door, which are mostly plain and square. There is more to the Jewish Museum than meets the eye; it takes up all of the floor of its building. The galleries are arranged in a circuitous style which allows for a lot of material to be put on display and makes floor plans a necessity. Plan to spend three or four hours.
1109 Fifth Ave (at 92nd St); (212) 423-3200; www.jewishmuseum.org; Hours: Sun--Thu 11am-5:45pm, Tues 11am-8pm; Admission: General: $8, Seniors/students: $5.50, Children under 12 and members: Free, Tuesdays 5:00 to 8:00 pm: PAY WHAT YOU WISH.
Museum of the City of New York The Museum of the City of New York is a private, not-for-profit, educational agency established in 1923 to collect, preserve, and present original materials related to the history of New York City. It is one of the most elegant museums in the city, looks like a Colonial American mansion; it is a large red-brick building with white stone columns accenting the entranceway and marble floors and stairways. The Museum of the City of New York is the place to go to find out more about the city. Plan on a fairly long visit, three to four hours. 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St; (212) 534-1672; www.mcny.org; Hours: Wed-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday noon - 5 pm, Tuesday Open to groups only; Suggested Donation: $7.00 General, $4.00 Student/Senior/Child, $12.00 Family; Shop: the museum shop has an excellent selection of books, notecards, photographs and posters related to New York. They also sell clothing and accessories.
El Museo del Barrio Founded thirty years ago, El Museo del Barrio is New York City's only Latino museum dedicated to Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art. It doesn’t look like a typical museum from the outside, it looks more like an apartment building, and the museum only takes up a small part of the building it’s housed in. As is evident from the Spanish name, the museum is devoted entirely to Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art. Anyone who’s worried can rest assured that all of the literature at the museum is in both Spanish and English, and there is plenty to read about the art's history, symbols and imagery. Plan to spend about two hours. 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th St; (212) 831-7272; www.elmuseo.org; Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4; Subway: #6; Hours: Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm; Suggested Contribution: $5 adults, $3 students and seniors, Members and children under 12, accompanied by an adult or guardian, admitted free. |
Metropolitan Museum