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New York Transit Museum
Board old subway cars in the former Court Street station in Brooklyn. The platform is where you can compare how different generations of New Yorkers rode. Reserve ahead if you want a particular time. An accessible entrance is available at Schermerhorn and Court Streets.
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Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Choose a guided apartment tour to see what daily life looked like at 97 Orchard Street. The rooms make the scale of tenement life tangible, from where people cooked to where they worked. Check the stair and elevator information for the tour you choose when you book.
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Museum of the Moving Image
Go to Astoria to see how a puppet becomes a character on screen. The Jim Henson exhibition pairs puppets with sketches and other production materials, so you can look at the work behind a familiar face. Make this your first stop if you’re more interested in building a character than watching clips.
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Queens Museum
Look down at the Panorama of the City of New York in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Built for the 1964 World’s Fair, the model lets you trace how parks, bridges, and neighborhoods sit in relation to each other. Choose a part of the city you already know and see how much you can recognize.
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Mmuseumm
Peek into the small Cortlandt Alley museum for everyday objects put on display as evidence of modern life. You can make it the shortest stop on your itinerary. Go during posted weekend hours if you want a closer look at what’s inside.
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The City Reliquary
Start with the miniature Statues of Liberty, then look at what else this Williamsburg storefront thinks the city ought to keep. The collection finds a place for souvenirs and everyday objects you would usually walk right past. Choose it when you want New York history at the scale of a curio cabinet.
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Nicholas Roerich Museum
Spend a quiet visit with Nicholas Roerich’s paintings of Himalayan peaks in an Upper West Side townhouse. The permanent collection is free without a reservation. Contact the museum at least a day ahead if you need wheelchair access and check its door-width limit.
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Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem
Follow the long fight for civil rights through the museum’s galleries about cities in the American North. Start at Freedom Square for some orientation, then pick an era to spend longer with. You can take the elevator from the West 125th Street lobby to the museum.
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Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
See how Lower East Side residents made use of vacant buildings and land, from squats to community gardens. Start in the storefront on Avenue C, then consider a neighborhood tour if you want to see the places behind the exhibits. Each garden sets its own hours.
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New York City Fire Museum
Compare hand-pumped, steam-powered, and motorized equipment at the Fire Museum in Manhattan. The first-floor displays help you see what changed as engines took over from horses.
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Skyscraper Museum
Take a close look at the scale models to understand how Manhattan’s towers relate to the streets around them. This free Battery Park City museum is useful if you want to think about how a skyline gets built before you go back outside to look up at it. Reserve a time or try for a walk-in.
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National Museum of Mathematics
Ride a tricycle with square wheels and see what happens when the track is shaped to fit them. The ride turns a geometry problem into something you can feel through the pedals. Use the current address on Sixth Avenue when you plan the visit.
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AKC Museum of the Dog
Look at dogs as artists and breeders have pictured them, then try the Find Your Match station to see which breed the museum’s software pairs with your face. You can make a short stop for dog portraits or spend longer following the distinctions between breeds.
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Poster House
Look closely at how posters sell a trip, a product, or an idea with a few images and lines of type. The changing exhibitions make this a good pick if you enjoy design with a job to do. General admission is free on Fridays and on the third Sunday of the month.
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Louis Armstrong House
Book the historic house tour in Corona to see where Louis Armstrong lived, including the bright turquoise kitchen. The original house requires steep stairs. If that rules it out, you can buy a ticket for the wheelchair-accessible Armstrong Center across the street.
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Noguchi Museum
Follow Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture between indoor galleries and a garden in Queens. Seeing the work outdoors gives you a chance to notice how its surfaces change in daylight. Let the garden be part of the visit if the weather cooperates.
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Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Make the hillside setting part of your visit to this Staten Island collection of Tibetan and Himalayan art. Look for scroll paintings and ritual objects. The narrow flagstone stairs to the gallery are uneven, and the museum has no elevator.
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National Lighthouse Museum
Look closely at a Fresnel lens and see how its ridges shape lighthouse light. The museum pairs optical equipment with models of lighthouses, making this a satisfying short stop for anyone who has wondered how ships found the way home. You can reach it on foot from the St. George ferry terminal.
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Historic Richmond Town
Pick an Open Village day to step inside historic buildings and see what a working shop looked like. Demonstrations can include trades such as blacksmithing, depending on what’s scheduled. The outdoor village and historical museum are part of the same Staten Island visit.
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Coney Island Museum
Go from the boardwalk to a museum of the things that used to make visitors stop and stare. Funhouse mirrors, old shooting-gallery targets, and a photo booth bring Coney Island’s amusements indoors. Check the seasonal calendar before visiting.
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New York Hall of Science
Play mini golf beside rockets in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The holes make a game of ideas such as propulsion and gravity, which is the reason to pick this museum if you want a hands-on stop. Check whether Rocket Park is open when you book, since it’s outdoors.
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