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Museum of the City of New York General Admission Ticket

Museum of the City of New York General Admission Ticket

Overview

The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world’s most influential metropolis. It engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city’s past, present, and future. Housed in a newly renovated 1932 Georgian Colonial-Revival building, the Museum is located at the top of Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street, across the street from Central Park’s Conservatory Gardens, and at the southern end of the neighborhood of East Harlem.

City: New York

Sat 21 Sep

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Starting at $20.52

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Sat 21 Sep

Starting at $20.52

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What's Included

All special exhibitions

Permanent exhibitions

General Admission

Timescapes 28-minute documentary

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Meeting point

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1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, at 103rd Street

Please enter through 5th Avenue entrance and exchange your vouchers at the gift shop.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff

What To Expect

Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York features two ongoing exhibitions--the award-winning New York at Its Core, a three gallery exhibition that explores New York City’s history and future through objects, images, contemporary video, photography, and interactive digital experiences, and Activist New York, an exhibition which seeks to tell the story of activism in the five boroughs past and present. There are also several special exhibitions on view at any one time and the short documentary Timescapes, a multimedia historical storytelling, bringing viewers on a 28 minute journey through 400 years of history. The film runs every 40 minutes and headsets are available in French, Mandarin, and Spanish.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (35)

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N7435JBsusanc

Jan 2020

Upon entering this bright, welcoming museum, there is an introductory 20 minute film covering the history of Manhattan Island and the growth of the boroughs . Then there are large rooms with large, moving photo montages covering the arts, politics, daily life over the years. Another room has artifacts from New York’s first days. Then another the history of gay life in New York. There is a cafe with a small menu but clean and very tasty. I highly recommend this museum despite the long subway ride to get there. It gave me a deeper appreciation of this place and its people as well as a better understanding of how my grandparents lived after emigrating there in the early 1920s.

Mary P

Jan 2020

This lively museum has lots for kids and young adults. In addition to presentations on New York's distant past, they specialize in the 20th century, and are most concerned with the lives of ordinary people. checkout the website to see what's on when you visit. In May or June especially, don't miss the Conservatory Garden across the street, with some of the prettiest flowering trees and gardens in New York City -- for free. Rarely crowded!

Michael B

Jan 2020

This is a a very special museum. It presents an excellent history of the City of New York through a series of films, photographs, art, artifacts and exhibits. The museum does an exceptional job addressing the wide array of contemporary economic, political and social issues that impact and shape the evolution New York, the nation and the world. I particularly enjoyed the Social Activism exhibition which included the civil rights movement, women's rights, gay rights, immigration, labor and more.