| American Folk Art Museum www.folkartmuseum.org 45 West 53rd Street T 212. 265. 1040 Permanent Collection: Folk art often related to critical moments in America's history, especially times of war or national celebration, and to an individual's personal response to those events. • $3.00 per student for 1-hour tour (grades 2–12) Sara Lasser, Manager of School and Docent Programs |
| American
Museum of Natural History www.amnh.org Central Park West and 79th Street in New York City. Permanent Collection: a series of exhibition halls that explores the traditional cultures of Asia, Africa, North and South America, and the Pacific, IMAX, Planetarium, and much more. Call Central Reservations at 212-769-5200, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Call at least five weeks in advance to facilitate processing of your request. |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052 Telephone: (718) 638-5000 Major objects from exceptional collections are joined by selections from the Museum's important holdings of Native American and Spanish colonial art. The galleries are organized according to a set of eight innovative themes, through which visitors can explore historical moments and crucial ideas in American visual culture over the course of nearly three hundred years. Educator-Led $50/$60 To receive a copy of the brochure and reservation form in the mail, email your request to youth.tours@brooklynmuseum.org |
| Cooper-Hewitt Museum http://www.cooperhewitt.org 2 East 91st Street New York, NY 10128 | 212.849.8400 Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s collection is international in scope, includes both historic and contemporary design, and extends from one-of-a-kind to mass-produced items. New York City Public Schools: Tour + Workshop = DESIGN sessions are free for New York City public schools. All requests must be made on school letterhead and are limited to one class visit per school year. For more information or to book a tour, please call 212.849.8351 or email youth.tours@brooklynmuseum.org. Reservations must be made at least four weeks in advance. Advance payment is required. |
| El Museo Del Barrio www.elmuseo.org 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, NYC - 10029 Permanent Collection: El Museo
del Barrio possesses an extremely varied, 8,000-object collection of Caribbean
and Latin American art, unique in the Eastern region of the United States.
The works range from pre-Columbian vessels to contemporary installations. |
| FDNY Fire Zone www.fdnyfirezone.org Rockefeller Center, adjacent to Radio City Music Hall.
34 West 51st Street Through a variety of hands-on exhibits and multimedia presentations, visitors become part of the firefighting team. Visitors will learn they can play a major role in preventing fires and making their families safer. Groups of 15 or more must make a reservation at least two weeks prior to visiting. Call the FDNY Fire Zone reservation line at (212) 698-4541 to make arrangements. |
| Fraunces Tavern Museum www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/ 54 Pearl Street Permanent Collection: Collections At Fraunces Tavern Include Manuscripts, Books, Paintings And Objects From the Revolutionary Era - Fraunces Tavern Museum has a number of valuable collections, including Revolutionary War period objects, paintings and books and manuscripts. Class Trip Information: Secondary, College and Adult Group Tours last one hour and usually begin at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The fee is $3 per person. Self-guided tours are available to secondary, college and adult groups for $2 per person. School visit fees are: Reservations: |
| The Frick Collection http://www.frick.org/ 1 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 Phone: 212-288-0700 Collection: Masterpieces of Western painting, sculpture, and decorative art, displayed in a serene and intimate setting. Each of sixteen galleries offers a unique presentation of works of art Partnership with The Lower East Side Tenement Museum offers students contrasting views of the nineteenth century in "Two Sides of the Gilded Age." For more information on these programs, contact: education@frick.org. |
| International Center of Photography www.icp.org 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 Permanent Collection: The Permanent Collection at the International Center of Photography houses over 60,000 photographs. The collection spans the history of the photographic medium, from Daguerreotypes and real photo postcards to iris prints. Contact the ICP Education Department at (212) 857-0001 for further information. |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum www.tenement.org 97 Orchard Street Permanent Collection: Lower East Side Tenement Museum interprets historic immigrant experience to illuminate the present. Exhibits stimulate dialogue on pressing social issues as a means of promoting humanitarian and democratic values. To make a reservation, call 212-431-0233 x 241. |
| Merchant’s House Museum http://www.merchantshouse.org/ 29 East Fourth Street Built in 1832 in the fashionable Bond Street area just steps from Washington Square, this elegant row house was home to a prosperous merchant family for 100 years. To visit the Merchant's House is to experience what life was like for a wealthy merchant family during the period of the 19th century when New York was transformed from a colonial seaport to a thriving metropolis. Themed tours include Ghosts of the Merchant House Musuem Contact: 212-777-1089 or education@merchantshouse.org |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art www.metmuseum.org 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street Permanent Collection: American Paintings and Sculptures, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Arms and Armor, Arts of Africa Oceania and the Americas, Asian Art, The Cloisters, Costumes, Drawings and Paintings. Egyptian Art, European Paintings, Greek and Roman Art and much more… All fees are waived for schools located within the five boroughs of New York City. Classes with special needs are welcomed; five different programs are designed with the specific needs of these students in mind. Contact Information
Telephone: 212-570-3711 |
| Museum of American Financial History www.financialhistory.org THE MUSEUM IS CURRENTLY CLOSED. THE MUSEUM'S NEW LOCATION WILL BE AT48 WALL STREET. Permanent Collection: The
Museum holds one of the largest collections of 18th century financial
documents as well as many of the papers relating to the Supreme Court
Case Gibbons-v-Ogden, the decision which established free competition
for interstate commerce. The Museum collects stock and bond certificates
from the Gilded Age, including companies such as U.S. Steel, Standard
Oil, and the New York Central Railroad.
Museum charges a $100 group fee for all narrated tours and requires 1 chaperone for each 10 students. To make an appointment, please e-mail: educator@financialhistory.org |
| Museum of Arts and Design www.americancraftmuseum.org 40 West 53rd Street Dedicated to the collection and exhibition of contemporary objects created in clay, glass, wood, metal and fiber. The Museum celebrates materials and processes that are today embraced by artists in the fields of craft, art and design. Student K-12 group tours can be arranged by contacting the Education Department at info@madmuseum.org or |
| Museum of Chinese in the Americas www.moca-nyc.org 70 Mulberry St., 2nd Floor After more than 20 years of collecting artifacts, archival and library materials, this is one of the most important national archives of materials about Chinese life in America. From rare papers to priceless artifacts, there are many unusual and unique items indispensable for understanding this contemporary history. To arrange a visit, Phone: 212-619-4785 ext.104 Fax: 212-619-4720 email: info@moca-nyc.org |
| Museum of the City of New York www.mcny.org 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St Permanent Collection: Trade, Protect, New York Toy Stories, Rockefeller Rooms and Jacob Riis Photos. The Museum of the City of New York's collection of over 1.5 million objects and images is available to researchers by appointment. For information on our 2007-08 school year education programs, please call 212-534-1672 x 3334 or email schwarzcenter@mcny.org |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living
Memorial to the Holocaust www.mjhnyc.org 36 Battery Place Battery Park City Permanent Collection:
The Museum of Jewish Heritage--A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is New
York's primary institution of public education about modern Jewish history
and the Holocaust. The Museum tells the moving story of 20th century Jewish
life from the perspective of those who lived it. Weaving together personal
experiences and world events, it paints an evocative portrait of a people
and an indomitable spirit. Created as a living memorial to the victims
of the Holocaust, the Museum honors those who died by celebrating their
lives and legacy. It conveys a message of memory and hope that is of universal
significance. The weekday fee for a school or youth group visits is $60 per group of up to 30 students and three chaperones. On Sundays, the fee for all school and youth groups is $5 per person. We are able to reduce or waive admission fees and provide transportation for groups in need. Contact: Tracy Bradshaw 1.646.437.4304 tbradshaw@mjhnyc.org |
| The Museum of Modern Art www.moma.org 11 West 53 Street, The Museum of Modern Art's collection has 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. MoMA also owns some 22,000 films, videos, and media works, as well as film stills, scripts, posters and historical documents. General information: (212) 708-9400 For questions about guided visits for students K–12 or to be included on our school programs brochure mailing list, please e-mail schoolprograms@moma.org. Please be sure to include name, school, mailing address, and e-mail address. |
| National Museum of the American
Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/ 1 Bowling Green The collections are distinguished by thousands of masterworks, including intricate wood and stone carvings and masks from the Northwest Coast of North America; elegantly painted and quilled hides, clothing, and feather bonnets from the North American Plains; pottery and basketry from the southwestern United States; eighteenth-century materials from the Great Lakes region; the C.B. Moore collection from the southeastern United States; and Navajo weavings illustrating a broad range of very early types. |
| New-York Historical Society www.nyhistory.org 170 Central Park West (between 76th and 77th Street) The New-York Historical Society houses materials relating to the founding of our country, the history of art in America, and the history of New York and its people. The museum collection of more than 60,000 objects and works of art may be viewed online at emuseum.nyhistory.org, and in the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture. For more information about school programs and teacher workshops, or to make reservations for workshops, call the Education Department at : 212-485-9293 |
| Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) www.mtr.org 25 West 52nd Street |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center New York Tolerance Center - New York Office http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/ 226 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017 (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) The Museum of Tolerance, the Center’s educational arm, founded in 1993 challenges visitors to confront bigotry and racism, and to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts. |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Museum http://www.guggenheim.org 1071 5th Avenue (at 89th Street) Permanent Collection: Kandinsky's innovative work together with the museumís own visionary collectors, Hilla von Rebay and Solomon Guggenheim. Many works of art from are in New York museum's holdings encompassing both the classic and the new-from the Guggenheim's earliest work, an 1867 landscape by Camille Pissarro, through more recent acquisitions, a 1998-99 sculpture by Robert Gober. For more information, or to schedule any of the programs below, call 212 423 3637 |
| South Street Seaport Museum www.southstseaport.org 11 Fulton Street, at the corner of Fulton and Front streets next to the entrance to the Gap Founded in 1967, the mission of the South Street Seaport Museum is to trace the history of the Port of New York, and its commercial and cultural impact on the city, the state, and the nation. Permanent Collection: Monarchs of the Sea: Celebrating the Ocean Liner Era - Permanent exhibition features plans, models and memorabilia that evoke the majesty and magic of a time when ocean liners were considered to be the last word in luxury travel. Contact Lisa Brahms at 212.748.8753 or Mark Hayes at 212.748.8757. |
| Studio Museum in Harlem www.studiomuseuminharlem.org 144 West 125th Street Materials and educational events about the African American experience. tel: 212.864.4500 fax: 212.864.4800 |
| Uptown Treasures uptowntreasures.org 799 Fort Washington Avenue Information and travel instructions for historical sites and museums in Northern Manhattan. tel: 212.696.7995 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art www.whitney.org 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street Permanent collection has more than 12,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs, representing nearly 2,000 individual artists and providing the most complete overview of twentieth-century American art of any museum in the world. New York City public schools: free; non-New York City public schools: K-6, $175; 7-12, $125 (includes Museum educator fee and admission). For more information or to schedule an educator-guided school tour, a high school dispersal visit, or a pre-visit slide presentation, call (212) 570-7721 or e-mail to: schoolvisits@whitney.org at least four weeks in advance. |
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