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military progress, all based on million paintings. The Museum
the decks of an aircraft carrier. of the Moving Image in Queens
If you missed a classic Lucille has a unique collection of
Ball sitcom or footage of motion-picture history. The
the first man on the moon, Jacques Marchais Museum
the place to visit is the Paley of Tibetan Art is a rare find
Center for Media, which holds on Staten Island, as is Historic
these and many other classics Richmond Town, a well-restored
of TV and radio. village dating from the 1600s.
Exhibit from the National
Museum of the American Indian Art from Other Cultures DIRECTORY
Artwork of other
History nations is the Finding the Museums
American history unfolds focus of several American Folk Art Museum p213
at Federal Hall, the United special collections. American Museum of
States’ first capitol, where Oriental art is Natural History pp210–11
George Washington took the specialty Asia Society p183
his oath as America’s first of the Asia Brooklyn Museum pp238–41
president on the balcony Society and the The Cloisters Museum pp246–9
in April 1789. Japan Society. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design
Visit the Fraunces Tavern The Jewish Museum p182
Museum for a glimpse of Museum features Ellis Island pp82–3
colonial New York. Ellis major collections Federal Hall p70
Island and Lower East of Judaica and Fraunces Tavern Museum p80
Side Tenement Museum has changing The Frick Collection pp196–7
re-create the hardships exhibi tions of Gracie Mansion pp194–5
Historic Richmond Town p258
faced by immigrants. The various aspects International Center of
Museum of Jewish Heritage of Jewish life. The Photography Museum p95
in Battery City is a living Museo del Barrio Intrepid Sea, Air & Space
memorial to the Holocaust. is dedicated to the Museum p145
The New York City Fire arts of Puerto Rico, Jacques Marchais Museum
Museum chronicles heroism including many of Tibetan Art p258
and tragedy, while the Pre-Columbian Japan Society pp154–5
South Street Seaport Taino artifacts. Jewish Museum p182
Museum re-creates early Egyptian For an impressive Lower East Side Tenement
maritime history. mummy, review of African- Museum pp92–3
Brooklyn American art and Merchant’s House Museum p116
Technology and Museum history, visit the The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Natural History Schomburg Center pp186–93
for Research in Black Culture. The Morgan Library & Museum
pp160–61
Finally, the Metropolitan Mount Vernon Hotel Museum p194
Museum of Art excels in its Museo del Barrio p225
multicultural displays, ranging Museum of Arts and Design p145
from the art of ancient Egypt Museum of the City of New York p195
to that of contemporary Africa. Museum of Jewish Heritage p76
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Libraries pp168–71
New York’s notable libraries, Museum of the Moving Image p257
such as The Morgan Library National Museum of the
Forest-dwelling bonga, American Museum & Museum, offer superb art American Indian p77
of Natural History collections as well as a chance Neue Galerie New York p182
to view pages from ancient New Museum of
Science museums hold manuscripts and rare books. Contemporary Art p94
exhibi tions from nature to The New York Public Library’s New York City Fire Museum p101
space-age technology. The collection includes historic New York Public Library p142
American Museum of Natural documents and manu scripts Paley Center for Media p167
Schomburg Center for Research
History has vast collections of many famous works. in Black Culture p223
covering flora, fauna, and cultures Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
from around the world. Its Rose Beyond Manhattan pp184–5
Center/Hayden Planetarium Other museums worth a South Street Seaport Museum p84
offers a unique view of space. visit include the Brooklyn Studio Museum in Harlem pp224–5
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, with a huge Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace p123
Museum is a repository of collection of artifacts from Whitney Museum pp108–9
technology that chronicles across the world and over one

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