Museums NYC
Planning on visiting one of the finest cities in America? If your vacation would include New York City, be sure that you do not miss their exquisitely grand museums that exhibit one of the finest architectures, art, television, radio, photography and many more. New York has been known for its magnificent and enchanting museums. Here is a list of some of the most famous Museums NYC that will surely make you want to come back for more.
The Skyscraper Museum exhibits New York City’s spectacular architectures and features the historical persons responsible for making the successive edifices of this city become a reality. Their galleries display a wide selection of skyscrapers as the name of the museum implies. The subjects of their exhibits include tall buildings, products of latest technology, real estate investments, construction sites, and a variety of work and residential properties. If you wish to visit this quaint museum that offers to give you high-end displays you can go to lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City, 39 Battery Place. This museum is open for visiting within 12 noon up to 6 PM. The gallery is open for viewing from Wednesdays until Sundays. This will cost you about $5 however, for students and seniors they get to pay half the original price.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is another one for the list. This museum offers more than 2 million collections of artwork coursing to about 5,000 years of celebrated culture. It covers a broad spectrum of world-renowned masterpieces tracing back to the treasures of ancient Egypt to the impressive New American Wing. It also features for over 30 exceptionally impressive exhibitions released every year. You can get your New York Pass to enjoy free admissions to some of the most attractive museums in the Big Apple. With your admission, you will get to enjoy the striking view of the city’s skyline and this is possible during the months of May to October or you can chill and unwind at the Balcony Bar located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which opens until 9 in the evening and relish the live music as you savour the dramatic ambiance of the place. This museum is located in Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street New York City. If you find it difficult to locate this place you can search for a map online that gives you precise and detailed direction on where to go. The museum is only open from 9:30 am until 9:00 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, they open at 9:30 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and close by 5:30 pm. The museum is closed on Mondays so make sure that you scratch that itinerary out on a Monday. The Admission price for adults will cost you a total of $20.
Another astounding museum that would surely make your jaw drop in horror coupled with fascination and amazement is the Bodies the Exhibition. A museum that showcases about 200 human corpses used as specimens and intricately dissected for display. This type of exhibit amazes people because it is not everyday that you get to visit and explore a museum that displays a large number of dead bodies arranged and presented in a beautiful and dignified way that arouses curiosity and stirs up imagination. It gives people a different perspective on how they view their bodies. The dissected body gives you the idea of what goes on beneath the skin and how each strand of muscle is carefully weaved against a thousand to shape our bodies and how each body system appears relatively different from among the other systems. It highlighted every part of the human body and gave justice to it by presenting it in a way that amazes us on how uniquely created we all are.
These are just to name a few of the museums NYC that we insist you go visit. Not only are they worth exploring, you will also have a grand time touring around gaining knowledge from one exhibit to the next. So when in New York City, make it a point to visit their museums.