Long Island City Museums

Inspiring

1. Metropolitan Museum…

Neighborhood: Upper East Side

Give it up.  It's no use fighting it.  It's not happening.  You will not get through this museum in one day.  There is simply too much to take in…

2. Nicholas Roerich…

Neighborhood: Manhattan Valley

My roommate took me here on a whim and I still can't get over how cool this place is. Small and intimate with maybe 10 people in the museum at once,…

3. P.S.1 Contemporary…

Neighborhood: Long Island City

While I wasn't big on travelling out of Manhattan and wasn't initially blown away by the exhibits I saw, I spotted some one-of-a-kind and pretty…

4. American Museum of…

You could make an argument that the American Museum of Natural History might better be renamed the American Museum of Taxidermy.  The museum is a…

5. New York Transit…

This entrance of this place is not like a building, but it seems that you are actually going into an actual train station. This WAS on subway station…

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Creative

1. AIGA

Neighborhood: Flatiron

This graphic arts professional organization has a gallery/exhibition space on Fifth Avenue, just below 23rd Street. I don't think many people outside…

2. Children's Museum of…

Neighborhood: SoHo

My friend was in town visiting from Portland, OR with her four year old daughter. They had been here on a prior visit. Many of the stations had themes…

3. Tim Burton Exhibit @…

Neighborhood: Midtown East

YAY!   The crowd is a wonderful mix of Goth folks, children, and those of us who may not dress the part but have something inside that draws us into…

4. Museum of Modern Art

Neighborhood: Midtown East

For years, I have been looking for some type of public building (let's call it a "museum") that would display works of art, preferrably from the…

5. Studio Museum Harlem

Neighborhood: Harlem

I'm really not an art museum person so I don't know if I didn't appreciate half the collection or if it really just over my head. However, it was free…

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