| The City That Never Sleeps. The Big | | | | The Guggenheim is a vintage piece of |
| Apple. Gotham. New York City has many | | | | architecture on the Manhattan skyline. |
| names and many faces. With 8.2 million | | | | The Frank Lloyd Wright design, with |
| people in 322 square miles, the | | | | iconic spiral staircase, stirs instant |
| metropolis is dense and frenetic. | | | | visual recognition. To not enter the |
| Manhattan, the New York City borough of | | | | Guggenheim however, would be a shame. |
| primary importance, can overwhelm and | | | | Rather than point and check it off your |
| intimidate. Skyscrapers stab the clouds | | | | list of New York City landmarks, give |
| like giant steel stalagmites. Yellow | | | | the museum a few hours of your time. The |
| cabs dart in and out of traffic like | | | | structure represents one of the most |
| honeybees. People swarm sidewalks and | | | | pleasurable in which to view and |
| march in unison like ants. Poor visitors | | | | appreciate art. The Guggenheim |
| get lost in the Manhattan street grid. | | | | collection is remarkable. Every modern |
| New York is larger than life. Of this | | | | and contemporary master with household |
| there is no quarrel. As a result, you | | | | name recognition is here, aside from |
| should start small and parcel the city. | | | | scores of others. Exhibits in the |
| Narrow your focus and slice and dice The | | | | beautiful main gallery change and rotate |
| Big Apple into segments. Think | | | | throughout the year, with sculpture, |
| neighborhoods. Think monuments. Think | | | | film and canvas on display. |
| museums. | | | | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| On that note, Manhattan has some of the | | | | 1000 Fifth Avenue |
| best on the planet. A world capital of | | | | In terms of sheer size and scope, few |
| culture, no New York experience would be | | | | rivals can compete with the Metropolitan |
| complete without a visit to one or | | | | Museum of Art. Over 5 million people |
| several monumental museums. So without | | | | visit The Met every year, which makes it |
| further ado, here are New York City's | | | | one of the most popular attractions in |
| Must-See Museums. | | | | New York City. The collection is |
| American Museum of Natural History | | | | enormous and could easily spawn and |
| Central Park West at West 79th Street | | | | furnish many museums at once. Whatever |
| With one of the most impressive and | | | | your interest in art, The Met has an |
| familiar architectural façades in | | | | exhibit for you. From Ancient Egypt to |
| New York City, the American Museum of | | | | musical instruments, the Roman Empire to |
| Natural History is a major draw with | | | | modern art, costumes to Islamic Art, |
| locals and tourists alike. The museum | | | | there are scant periods, movements and |
| houses over 32 million specimens, a | | | | aspects of art that the museum does not |
| colossal collection of which only a | | | | cover. Short on time? Take a Highlights |
| fraction is available to the public. | | | | Tour, which breaks exhibits down into |
| With 46 permanent exhibition halls, the | | | | digestible portions and provides a |
| museum is a prodigious site to navigate. | | | | superb overview of The Met. |
| Popular features include the Fossil | | | | The Museum of Modern Art |
| Halls, home to two dinosaur exhibits and | | | | 11 West 53 Street |
| the world's foremost collection of | | | | The Museum of Modern Art, or MoMa for |
| vertebrate fossils, and Bird and Mammal | | | | short, is a requisite stop for lovers of |
| Halls. The 11,000 square foot Hall of | | | | modern art and visual expression. |
| Biodiversity epitomizes the museum's | | | | Exhibits include works of photography, |
| mission to spread environmental | | | | film, sculpture, architecture, design |
| awareness and appreciation of our | | | | and traditional art. A veritable |
| Earth's natural treasures. The most | | | | pioneer, the MoMa was the first museum |
| recent structural masterpiece on the | | | | to devote space to modern art and is the |
| Manhattan map is the inspirational Rose | | | | world epicenter for creative works that |
| Center for Earth and Space. The massive | | | | reshape our notions of what constitutes |
| 333,500 square foot planetarium complex | | | | art to begin with. In typical New York |
| is a center for research and education | | | | City fashion, the actual MoMa edifice is |
| that redefines the museum experience | | | | itself a work of art. The interior |
| altogether. All in all, reason alone to | | | | design of the museum is a fantastic |
| include the American Museum of Natural | | | | sight to behold and blends light and |
| History on your New York City itinerary. | | | | space into one unique structure in which |
| The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | | | | to appreciate art. |
| 1071 Fifth Avenue | | | | |