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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 Raphael to Renoir: Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna, Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution, and Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors. Visit
www.metmuseum.org for more. |
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The Guggenheim |
Art of the modern period. Don't miss current exhibitions: The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989, Noguchi: The Bollingen Journey 1949-1956, and The Hugo Boss Prize 2008: Emily Jacir. Admission is "pay what you will" Fridays after 5:45 pm. Fifth Avenue and 89th Street.
www.guggenheim.org |
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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 |
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Museum of Chinese in America |
Documents the experiences of Chinese-Americans, with
special exhibitions on Chinatown on and since 9/11. 70 Mulberry Street.
$1 with student I.D.
www.moca-nyc.org |
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American Museum of Natural History |
This museum covers an astonishing diversity of topics
from Astronomy to Zoology. Current special exhibits include: Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future and Cosmic Collisions.
Don't forget to check out the Planetarium! Central Park West &
79th Street. www.amnh.org |
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Bodies...the Exhibition |
An up-close view of the human machine. At the South Street Seaport Exhibition Center, Fulton Street at Front Street.
www.bodiestheexhibition.com |
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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 |
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The Jewish Museum |
Jewish culture as expressed through art. Free admission Saturday afternoons. Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street.
www.jewishmuseum.org |
