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1. Metropolitan Museum of Art
It would take days to take in all the treasures of this mammoth, ever - changing museum that includes a collection of more than 3,000 European paintings. The Greek, Roman, Cypriot, and Asian halls have had striking new renovations, and the Howard Gilman Photography Gallery is a growing presence.
- 1000 5th Avenue at 82nd St
- 212 535 7710
- Open 9:30am - 5:30pm Tue - Thu & Sun, 9:30am - 9pm Fri & Sat
- Adults $10, students and seniors $5, children under 12 and members free
2. Museum of Modern Art
MoMA is closed until 2005 for expansion but selections from their great collection, including Picassos, Van Goghs, and Warhols can be seen at a temporary location in Queens.
- MoMA Queens 33rd Street at Queens Blbd
- Free shuttles run from 11 West 53rd Street Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am - 5.30pm or take the #7 Queens local subway to 33rd Street
- Open 10am - 5pm Thu - Mon, 10am - 7:45pm Fri
- Admission charge
3. American Museum of Natural History
The largest museum of its kind in the world exhibits everything from dinosaurs to Chinese costumes and rare gems. In addition to the planetarium show in the Rose Center, there are nature films in a giant I - MAX theater.
- Central Park West between 77th & 81sts
- 212 769 5100
- Open 10am - 5:45pm Sun - Thu, 10am - 8:45pm Fri & Sat
- Adults $10, students and seniors $7.50, children $6, members free
- For advance tickets for The Space Show call 212 769 5200
- www.amnh.org
4. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim has expanded its collection with several major donations, including Justin Thannhauser's Impressionist masters, Peggy Guggenheim's Cubist, Surrealist, and Abstract Expressionist works, a collection of American Minimalist and Conceptual art, and 200 photos from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
- 1071 5th Avenue at 89th St
- 212 423 3500
- Open 9am - 6pm Sun - Wed, 9am - 8pm Fri & Sat
- Adults $12, students and seniors (with valid ID) $8, children under 12 and members free, 6 - 8pm Fri, donation only
- www.guggenheim.org
5. Whitney Museum of American Art
The entire range of 20th - century American art can be seen in the permanent collection housed in this striking Marcel Breuer building, along with changing exhibitions of contemporary art.
- 945 Madison Avenue at 75th St
- Open 11am - 6pm Tue - Thu, 1 - 9pm Fri, 11am - 6pm Sat & Sun
- Admission charge
6. Frick Collection
The mansion of industrialist Henry Clay Frick, with indoor garden court and reflecting pool, is the setting for his exceptional collection of Old Masters, French furniture, and Limoge enamels. Look for Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals in the West Gallery; Holbein, Titian, and Bellini in the Living Hall.
- 1 East 70th Street at 5th Av
- Open 10am - 6pm Tue - Sat, 1 - 6pm Sun
- Admission charge
7. Brooklyn Museum of Art
A world - class museum in a fine Beaux Arts building exhibiting cutting - edge contemporary work, permanent collections of Asian, Egyptian, African, and American art, Rodin sculptures, and decorative arts that include period rooms.
- 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn
- Subway Eastern Pkwy
- Open 10am - 5pm Wed - Fri, 11am - 6pm Sat & Sun
- Admission charge
8. Morgan Library
This palazzo was designed in 1902 to hold the collection of billionaire J. Pierpont Morgan, an extraordinary assemblage of rare manuscripts, books, and prints, and galleries with changing exhibits. His original opulent study and library are highlights.
- 29 East 36th Street, between Madison & Park avs
- Open 10:30am - 5pm Tue - Thu, 10:30am - 8pm Fri, 10:30am - 6pm Sat, noon - 6pm Sun
- Admission charge
9. Museum of the City of New York
New York's history is illustrated with photos, paintings, costumes, toys, silver, period rooms, a collection on American theater, and the most complete collection of Currier and Ives lithographs.
- 1220 5th Avenue at 103rd St
- Open 10am - 5pm Wed - Sat, noon - 5pm Sun
- Admission charge
10. American Folk Art Museum
The first New York museum built from the ground up in 30 years, the eight - level, innovative, skylit structure shows off a great collection of this whimsical, all - American art form. Paintings, sculptures, quilts, weathervanes, samplers and furniture are among the items on show.
- 45 West 53rd Street between 5th & 6th avs
- 10am - 6pm Tue - Thu, Sat, Sun, 10am - 8pm Fri
- Admission charge
