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Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
11 West 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
New York, NY
(212) 708-9480
Sat - Tues, Thur, 10:30am- 5:45pm; Fri., 10:30am-8:15pm
Admission $9.50; $6.50 students and seniors
MOMA's permanent galleries chronicle the development of modern art from the late 19th century on.
www.moma.org
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave (At 82d St.)
New York NY (212) 535-7710
Tues.-Thur. and Sun, 9:30am-5:15pm; Fri-Sat, 9:30am-9pm
Admission $10; $5, students and seniors; children under 12, free
"The Met" is one of the greatest museums of art in the world. Its hundreds of collections make it a destination whose entire scope would take weeks to explore. The Museum offers walking tours in several languages, gallery talks, lectures, and films for adults as well as many activities for families and students.
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Metropolitan Museum
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Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Ave (At 75th St.)
New York NY
(212) 570-3600
Tues, Wed, Fri-Sun, 11am-6pm; Thur, 1-8pm
Admission $12.50; $10.50, students and seniors; children under 12, free.
The museum has an excellent permanent collection of 20th-century art, which can be seen in several new galleries opened in April 1998.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. (Between 88th and 89th Sts.)
New York NY
(212) 423-3500
Fri-Sat, 10am-8pm; Sun-Wed, 10am-6pm
Admission $12; $7, students and seniors; children 12 and under, free
While many art museums strive to make an architectural statement, few have succeeded as well as the Guggenheim Museum. The Guggenheim's initial focus was on abstract painting. The museum's scope has since expanded with acquisitions like an excellent collection of art from the late-19th and early-20th centuries and a contemporary art center, the Guggenheim Museum SoHo, on lower Broadway.
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Whitney Museum of American Art
Upper East Side 1109 5th Ave (At 92d St.)
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New York NY
(212) 423-3200
Sun-Mon, Wed-Thur, 11am-5:45pm; Tues, 11am-8pm
Admission $8; $5.50, students and seniors; children under 12, free. Tues., 5-8pm, free.
Located on Museum Mile, the Jewish Museum is dedicated to showing work that addresses issues related to Jewish identity and art by Jewish artists.
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American Museum of Natural History
79th St. and Central Park West
New York NY
(212) 769-5100
Admission is $9.50 adults, $6.00 children, $7.50 students and seniors.
The Museum's exhibition halls house a stunning array of artifacts and specimens from all corners of the world and all historical periods. These illuminate the natural history of our planet and its myriad species, and bring the world's cultures to life.
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The following museums are free at the stated times
- Tuesday Cooper-Hewitt (5-9pm)
- International Center of Photography (5-8pm, pay what you wish)
- Jewish Museum (5-9pm)
- Thursday Asia Society Gallery (6-8pm)
- New Museum of Contemporary Art (6-8pm)
- Friday Guggenheim (6-8pm, pay what you wish)
- Museum of Modern Art (4.30-8.15pm, pay what you wish)
- Whitney (6-9pm, pay what you wish)
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