Theater
NYU Ticket Central Discount tickets for students on various shows and events in New York City. For more information, visit NYU's Ticket Central. The Ticket Central box office will close at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26th so be sure to get your tickets for the holiday weekend in advance!
The Nutcracker performances by the New York City Ballet begin Friday, November 28th through January 3rd. For more information visit the NYC Ballet website.
The legendary Radio City Christmas Spectacular celebrates over 75 years of performances! Featuring 20 shows performed from Wednesday, November 7th to December 30th. For more information, visit the Radio City Website.
TKTS Booths offer discounts to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows daily. Manhatta booths are locations include 47h Street and Broadway and Front and John Streets; The TKTS Downtown ticket booth is located at 1 Metrotech Center at the corner of Jay Street and Myrtle Street Promenade. For more information, visit the TKTS website.
Museums
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | With two million works in the permanent collection, the Met could keep you busy for days. Current special exhibitions include Jeff Koons on the Roof, and Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. Visit www.metmuseum.org for more. | |
| The Guggenheim | Art of the modern period. Don't miss the Louise Bourgeois retrospective opening June 27th. dmission is "pay what you will" Fridays after 5:45 pm. Fifth Avenue and 89th Street. www.guggenheim.org | |
| National Museum of the American Indian | The architectural splendor of the Customs House now hosts exhibitions, performances, and video screenings that present the diversity of the Native peoples of the Americas from the earliest times to the present. Free. Bowling Green at Battery Park. http://www.nmai.si.edu | |
| American Museum of Natural History | This museum covers an astonishing diversity of topics from Astronomy to Zoology. The current special exhibit, The Horse explores the vital role of this majestic creature in human history. Don't forget to check out the Planetarium! Central Park West & 79th Street. www.amnh.org | |
| Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art | Two millenia of art from Earth's highest peaks. Catch From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley highlighting the variety of forms and subjects, techniques and media that emerged from the area around modern Nepal. $7 with student I.D. Free Friday evenings www.rmanyc.org | |
| The Brooklyn Museum | One of the oldest and largest museums in the US, with diverse holdings including a vast collection of Egyptian antiquities and the new Sackler Center for feminist art. www.brooklynmuseum.org | |
| The Whitney Museum | American art from the 19th century to the present. Fridays after 6 pm, pay what you will. Madison Avenue at 75th Street. www.whitney.org | |
| The Jewish Museum | Jewish culture as expressed through art. Free admission Saturday afternoons. Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street. www.jewishmuseum.org |