U.S. Travel — New York
New York City, N.Y.
New York City Attractions
New York City Museums,
Art Galleries and Planetarium

American Museum of Natural History
Hayden Planetarium
The Frick Collection
The Guggenheim Museum
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Madame Tussauds New York
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of Sex

New Museum of Contemporary Art
New York City Fire Museum (FDNY)
New York City Police Museum
New York Transit Museum
The Paley Center for Media (formerly
Museum of Television & Radio)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Annex Experience
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
The Skyscraper Museum

American Museum of Natural History & Hayden Planetarium
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York
212-769-5100

More Info and Book Tickets to the American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History was voted the "No. 1 Family Attraction in New York City" and the "third most popular destination in the United States" by Zagat Survey U.S. Family Travel Guide. As one of the largest natural history museums in the world, it also features The Rose Center for Earth and Space which houses the Hayden Planetarium.

Museum Hours
Open daily Mon-Thurs,
Sun 10am-5:45pm,
Fri-Sat 10am-8:45pm.

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American Museum of Natural History
Hayden Planetarium
Rose Center

The Frick Collection
1 East 70th Street
New York
212-288-0700

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The Frick Collection

The Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave at 89th Street
New York
212-423-3500

Architecturally, this is one of the most beautiful buildings in New York. Built by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum features art from the 19th and 20th century, including works by Picasso, Chagall and Van Gough.

Guggenheim Hours
Open Sun-Wed 9am-6pm,
Fri-Sat 9am-8pm.
Closed Thursdays.

New Museum
of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
212-219-1222

The New Museum is dedicated to contemporary and cutting-edge art from around the world.

An architectural wonder, the off-kilter structure and its mesh exterior rises to seven-stories. The building really stands out in this lower Manhattan neighborhood — it's a mix of elegant and urban.

Formerly situated in Soho, the New Museum is now located at 235 Bowery (at Prince Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets, one and a half blocks south of Houston).

New Museum Hours
Wed 12-6pm
Thurs-Fri 12-10pm
Sat-Sun 12-6pm
Mon-Tues Closed

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New Museum of Contemporary Art

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Pier 86
12th Avenue & 46th Street
212-245-0072

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Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

The Paley Center for Media
(formerly Museum of Television
& Radio)
25 West 52nd Street
New York
212-621-6600

It's definitely worth a visit to this unique hands-on museum, infact you'll probably want to spend at least a couple of hours here. The museum has collected and preserved over 140,000 Television and Radio programs, each chosen for their artistic, cultural and historical significance. The collection covers more than 75 years of Television and Radio history — from News, Public Affairs Programs, and Documentaries, to the Performing Arts, Children's Shows, Sports, Comedy Shows and Advertising.

Our journey began back in time (or in this case, into the future) watching the unaired Star Trek pilot. We also chose the premieres of Cheers and Hawaii Five-O. Other selections included two classic performances on The Ed Sullivan Show — Elvis Presley's 1956 debut and the Beatles 1964 U.S. debut — which incidentally are the two most requested shows in the museum. Finally, we listened to Abbott and Costello's famous radio broadcast of Who's on First.

Paley Center for Media Hours
Open Wed-Sun 12pm-6pm, until 8pm on Thurs. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

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The Paley Center for Media
(formerly Museum of Television & Radio)

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