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