Museums in New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York City 10028-0198
Phone: 212-535-7710

The Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. About 6,500 objects in all. See furniture, silver, pewter, glass, ceramics, and textiles from the late 17th to early 20th century, as well as domestic architecture in furnished period rooms. Portraits, landscapes, history paintings, still lifes, folk art, and sculpture from colonial times through the early 20th century. Stone reliefs and sculpture, ivory, and objects of precious metal from a vast area and time span: Anatolia to the Indus Valley, Neolithic period (ca. 8000 B.C.E.) to the Arab conquest (7th century C.E.). Art and architecture of medieval Europe, including sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, enamels, ivories, paintings, and tapestries. There are many more exhibits and collections.

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New York Hall of Science
111th Street, Flushing, NY 11368
Phone: 718-699-0005

The New York Hall of Science is New York City’s hands-on science and technology center. The Hall features more than 400 hands-on exhibits. Explore the wonder and excitement of biology, chemistry and physics. Exhibits include an interactive microbiology exhibition. View the millions of ordinary microorganism around us and learn how they affect our health and environment.

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Coe Hall Historic House Museum
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Phone: (516) 922-9200

Visit the former Gold Coast estate of the W.R. Coe family. This National Register property has over 400 acres of rolling lawns, gardens, woodlands, and nature walks. The Camellia Greenhouse displays the largest collection of camellias in the northeast, and the Main Greenhouse has extensive collections of hibiscus, orchids, succulents, and seasonal displays.

Coe Hall is the Tudor Revival residence of the Coe family and is open for guided tours from April to September. Guests sample the formal lifestyle of the 1920s and see stunning craftsmanship and impressive collections of furnishings, paintings, stained glass, and decorative arts. In addition to the mansion, visitors will experience a wide variety of gardens, specimen plantings, and charming outbuildings that make Planting Fields truly unique.

The Coes used the talents of the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, to create an English park setting. Guided tours of the grounds are available and the park welcomes group tours. A wide variety of special events and courses are offered year-round.