Museum resources in NYC

Given the last post, I thought I'd leverage some cultural institutions in our great city. Want to take students somewhere? Here's info for many of the museums in our great city. At the bottom are all the ones free for NYC students. Enjoy!

Updated 2/7/09

American Indian Museum

One Bowling Green

New York, NY

(212) 514-3700 – General information

www.nmai.si.edu/

American Folk Art Museum

45 West 53^rd Street

New York, NY

(212) 265-1040 – General information

(212) 265-1040 x381 – Group tours

www.folkartmuseum.org/

www.folkartmuseum.org/default.asp?id=1331

Closed Mondays

American Museum of Natural History

Central Park West and 79^th Street

New York, NY

(212) 769-5100 – General information

(212) 769-5200 – Group tours

www.amnh.org/

www.amnh.org/education/school_groups/

Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 638-5000 – General information

(718) 501-6221 - Education

www.brooklynmuseum.org/

www.brooklynmuseum.org/education/schools/schools.php

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Children’s Museum of the Arts

182 Lafayette Street

New York, NY

(212) 274-0986 – General information

(212) 274-0986 x114 – Group tours

www.cmany.org/intro.php?pn=home

www.cmany.org/pages.php?pn=artsed2_about

Group visits on Mondays and Tuesdays only

K-6^th grade only

Children’s Museum of Manhattan

212 West 83^rd Street

New York, NY

(212) 721-1223 – General information

(212) 721-1223 x225 - Education

www.cmom.org/

www.cmom.org/teachers.html

Closed Mondays

Open on Mondays for school and outreach programs only

Pre K-6^th grade only

Cloisters Museum and Gardens

99 Margaret Corbin Drive

Fort Tyron Park

New York, NY

(212) 923-3700 – General information

(212) 650-2280 – Group tours

http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters/

http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters/groups

Closed Mondays

Free for NYC schools

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

2 East 91^st Street

New York, NY

(212) 849-8400 – General information

(212) 849-8351 – Group tours

www.cooperhewitt.org/

www.cooperhewitt.org/EDU/

El Museo del Barrio

1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street)
New York, NY

(212) 831-7272 – General information

(212) 660-7113 – Group tours

www.elmuseo.org/

http://www.elmuseo.org/PDF/ElMuseoEduProgFall08.pdf

Galleries closed until Fall 2009

Frick Collection

1 East 70^th Street

New York, NY

(212) 288-0700 – General information

www.frick.org/

www.frick.org/education/schools.htm

Closed Mondays.

Guided visits Tues, Wed, and Fri only

Guided tours 5-12^th grade only

Fusion Arts Museum

57 Stanton Street

New York, NY

(212) 995-5290 – General information

www.fusionartsmuseum.org/index.htm

Closed Mondays

Guggenheim

1071 Fifth Ave

New York, NY

(212) 423-3618 – General information

(212) 423-3637 – Education

www.guggenheim.org/new-york

www.guggenheim.org/new-york/education

Closed Thursdays

Jewish Museum

1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street
New York, NY

(212) 423-3200 – General information

(212) 423-3225 – Group tours

www.jewishmuseum.org/

http://www.jewishmuseum.org/Education

Closed Fridays

Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)

1000 Fifth Ave at 82^nd Street

New York, NY

(212) 535-7710 – General information

www.metmuseum.org

www.metmuseum.org/events/schoolgroups/

Closed Mondays

Free for NYC schools

Morgan Library and Museum

225 Madison Ave at 36^th Street

New York, NY

(212) 685-0008 – General information

www.themorgan.org/

www.themorgan.org/education/default.asp

Closed Mondays

Free for schools

Museum of Art and Design (MAD)

2 Columbus Circle

New York, NY

(212) 299-7777 – General information

(212) 299-7720 – Education

www.madmuseum.org/

www.madmuseum.org/LEARN/teachers.aspx

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Museum of Chinese in America

211-215 Centre Street (starting spring 09)

New York, NY

(212) 619-4785 – General information

(212) 619-4785 – Group tours

www.mocanyc.org/

www.mocanyc.org/visit/tours

Guided walking tours

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art

594 Broadway, Suite 401

New York, NY

(212) 254-3511 – General information

www.moccany.org/

Closed Mondays

Museum of Jewish Heritage

36 Battery Place

Battery Park City

New York, NY

(646) 437-4202 – General information

(646) 437-4304 – Group tours

www.mjhnyc.org/index.htm

www.mjhnyc.org/teach_teachers.htm

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

11 West 53^rd Street

New York, NY

(212) 708-9400 – General Information

(212) 708-9795 – Education

www.moma.org

www.moma.org/education/

Closed Tuesdays

Open on Tuesdays for pre-scheduled visits only

Free for NYC public schools

Museum of the Moving Image

3601 35^th Ave #1

Astoria, NY

(718) 784-4520 – General information

(718) 777-6820 – Group tours

www.movingimage.us/site/site.php              

www.movingimage.us/site/education/index.html

Closed Mondays

4^th-12^th grade only

National Academy Museum

1083 Fifth Ave

New York, NY

(212) 369-4880 – General information

(212) 369-4880 x225 – Education

www.nationalacademy.org/

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

National Jazz Museum in Harlem

104 E. 126^th Street

Suite 2C

New York, NY

(212) 348-8300 – General information

http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/index.php

New Museum

235 Bowery

New York, NY

(212) 219-1222 – General information

(212) 219-1222 x235 – Group tours

www.newmuseum.org/

www.newmuseum.org/learn/school_and_youth

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Open on Tuesdays for pre-scheduled visits only

Guided tours 9-12 grade only

Noguchi Museum

32-37^th Vernon Boulevard

Long Island City, NY

(718) 204-7088 – General information

(718) 204-7088 x205 - Education

www.noguchi.org/

www.noguchi.org/education/stuteach.html#museum

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Free for NYC public schools

NY Food Museum

P.O. Box 222

Prince Street Station

New York, NY

(212) 966-0191 – General information

www.nyfoodmuseum.org/

NYC Fire Museum

278 Spring Street

New York, NY

(212) 691-1303 – General information

(212) 691-1303 x14 – Group tours

www.nycfiremuseum.org/

www.nycfiremuseum.org/education/index.php

Closed Mondays

P.S. 1 MoMA

22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46^th Ave

Long Island City, NY

(718-784-2084 – General information

(718) 786-7608 – Group tours

www.ps1.org/

Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Queens Museum of Art

New York City Building

Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Queens, NY

(718) 592-9700 – General information

(718) 592-9700 x132 - Education

www.queensmuseum.org

www.queensmuseum.org/education/k12_index.htm

Rubin Museum of Art

150 West 17^th Street

New York, NY

(212) 620-5000 – General information

(212) 620-5000 x345 – Group tours

www.rmanyc.org/index.xml?context=/

www.rmanyc.org/education/index.xml?context=education/index.xml

Closed Tuesdays

Free for public school groups

Skyscraper Museum

39 Battery Place

New York, NY

(212) 968-1961 – General information

(212) 945-6324 – Group tours

www.skyscraper.org/

www.skyscraper.org/LOCATION/group_visits.htm

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Open on Mondays and Tuesdays for pre-scheduled visits only

Sony Wonder Technology Lab

56^th Street and Madison

New York, NY

(212) 833-8100 – General information

(212) 833-5414 – Group tours

http://wondertechlab.sony.com/

http://wondertechlab.sony.com/sg-group_visits.html

Closed Mondays

Free for schools groups

3^rd-10^th grade only

Sports Museum of America

26 Broadway

New York, NY

(212) 747-0900 – General information

(800) 840-1157 – Group tours

www.sportsmuseum.com/

Studio Museum of Harlem

144 West 125th Street
New York, New York

(212) 864-4500 – General information

(212) 864-4500 x230 – Group tours

www.studiomuseum.org/

http://www.studiomuseum.org/public-programs/group-tours/

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Tenement Museum

108 Orchard Street

New York, NY

(212) 431-0233 – General information

(212) 431-0233 x241 – Group tours

www.tenement.org/

www.tenement.org/k12.php

Whitney Museum of American Art

945 Madison Ave

New York, NY

(212) 570-3600 – General information

(212) 570-7721 – Education

www.whitney.org

www.whitney.org/www/educational_programs/index.jsp

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Open on Tuesdays for pre-scheduled visits only

Free for NYC public schools

FREE FOR SCHOOLS

Cloisters Museum and Gardens

99 Margaret Corbin Drive

Fort Tyron Park

New York, NY

(212) 923-3700 – General information

(212) 650-2280 – Group tours

http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters/

http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters/groups

Closed Mondays

Free for NYC schools

Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)

1000 Fifth Ave at 82^nd Street

New York, NY

(212) 535-7710 – General information

www.metmuseum.org

www.metmuseum.org/events/schoolgroups/

Closed Mondays

Free for NYC schools

Morgan Library and Museum

225 Madison Ave at 36^th Street

New York, NY

(212) 685-0008 – General information

www.themorgan.org/

www.themorgan.org/education/default.asp

Closed Mondays

Free for schools

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

11 West 53^rd Street

New York, NY

(212) 708-9400 – General Information

(212) 708-9795 – Education

www.moma.org

www.moma.org/education/

Closed Tuesdays

Open on Tuesdays for pre-scheduled visits only

Free for NYC public schools

Noguchi Museum

32-37^th Vernon Boulevard

Long Island City, NY

(718) 204-7088 – General information

(718) 204-7088 x205 - Education

www.noguchi.org/

www.noguchi.org/education/stuteach.html#museum

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Free for NYC public schools

Rubin Museum of Art

150 West 17^th Street

New York, NY

(212) 620-5000 – General information

(212) 620-5000 x345 – Group tours

www.rmanyc.org/index.xml?context=/

www.rmanyc.org/education/index.xml?context=education/index.xml

Closed Tuesdays

Free for public school groups

Sony Wonder Technology Lab

56^th Street and Madison

New York, NY

(212) 833-8100 – General information

(212) 833-5414 – Group tours

http://wondertechlab.sony.com/

http://wondertechlab.sony.com/sg-group_visits.html

Closed Mondays

Free for schools groups

3^rd-10^th grade only

Whitney Museum of American Art

945 Madison Ave

New York, NY

(212) 570-3600 – General information

(212) 570-7721 – Education

www.whitney.org

www.whitney.org/www/educational_programs/index.jsp

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Open on Tuesdays for pre-scheduled visits only

Free for NYC public schools