On our trip to New York one of the things I really wanted to do was go to the American Natural History Musuem.
I had seen it in some movies and thought it looked really good and so we did this on our first day in the city.
The museum is located near Central Park on the west side so a positive ... Read review
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Advantages: Something to do if it rains, Kids might like it more. Disadvantages: Expensive if you want to see it all.
...do was go to the American Natural History Musuem.
I had seen it in some movies and thought it looked really good and so we did this on our first day in the city.
The museum is located near Central Park on the west side so a positive is that you can walk through the park on your way there but it is a good 30 - 45 minute walk from the beginning of the parks 7th Avenue entrance.
Once you get to the museum it does ... ...in a beautiful building, as you walk in you enter a huge lobby area with the ticket kiosks and desks.
The musuem gives you a few choices of how to obtain your tickets, if you have previously purchased before entry you can go in the fast track queue, you can also obtain your tickets from an automated machine which was our plan but we gave up after 5 minutes as didn't understand what we were buying as it was very unclear and so we opted ... more
On our trip to New York one of the things I really wanted to do was go to the American Natural History Musuem.
I had seen it in some movies and thought it looked really good and so we did this on our first day in the city.
The museum is located near Central Park on the west side so a positive is that you can walk through the park on your way there but it is a good 30 - 45 minute walk from the beginning of the parks 7th Avenue entrance.
Once you get to the museum it does look very impressive with its stone steps and its located in a beautiful building, as you walk in you enter a huge lobby area with the ticket kiosks and desks.
The musuem gives you a few choices of how to obtain your tickets, if you have previously purchased before entry you can go in the fast track queue, you can also obtain your tickets from an automated machine which was our plan but we gave up after 5 minutes as didn't understand what we were buying as it was very unclear and so we opted for the good old fashioned manned desk to get our tickets.
This is when my great impressions of the museum started to wane, you would expect to pay one entrance price per adult or child and gain entry to all the museum yes?
Well no not here! You have to pay extra if you want to go into the special exhibits, you only pay a set price if you just want access to the main museum itself and you do only have to donate for this but as we wanted to see more as we will not be going back again (and we won't after visiting it now!) we brought a museum and space show ticket at $24 each as my boyfriend is really interested in space.
We were given a floor plan of the museum and off we went.
We got to the museum about 2.30pm and my first recommendation would be if your going for the first time and aren't local you really need to go for the whole day if you want to see everything as we only had 3 hours to walk around the 5 levels including seeing our 30 minute space show and I felt like I was running around for the whole time and didn't really get to spend as much time as I would liked to have in a few of the areas.
We did manage to get lost several times whilst in there, when you are in the vicinity of the elevators and stairs there are signs saying whats on the level you are on but there are no arrows to say "this way to the dinosaurs" which I found a tad annoying.
The space film that we saw "Cosmic Collisions" was the highlight of my visit, it was shown in the Hayden Planetarium and you really felt as if you were floating in space watching planets and stars fly around your head.
Apart from that aspect of the day everything else has turned into a bit of a blur, we were taking lots of pictures at first but this got boring after a while as we trudged around the museum trying to figure out where we were.
I felt the museum could have made more effort considering its size and status in assisting people with its visit, we only found one expert in the dinosaur department who was happy to talk to you about the exhibits, in fact he was overly enthusiastic but he was the only helper I saw throughout the 5 levels.
I also thought it was a bit of a cheek to charge for entrance to various exhibits, because of this we missed entry to the Climate Change and Butterfly exhibits as we didn't want to pay any more.
I am not sure if I would recommend it here or not, if I lived local I might as you would have more time to see it all or maybe go back again but if your just on a holiday like us unless you had kids begging you to go I would miss it and go to the one in London instead!
Advantages: Lots of things to see and do, beautiful park Disadvantages: Huge park
up and there were plenty of things we missed. The main attractions include the Wollman ice skating rink which is even lovelier to stake on in the snow; the Central Park Zoo where they keep 130 different species of animals including polar bears; the Bethesda Fountain, which I'm sure you'd recognise from many films and TV programmes; a Hans Christian Anderson statue; an Alice in Wonderland statue which is beautiful and so big that you can climb up and sit on a toadstool yourself; and Belvedere Castle which has some great views of the park and the city. There's a couple of arenas in the park were they hold shows in the summer and the Metropolitan Museum is actually in the park. The AmericanMuseum of NaturalHistory and the Guggenheim Museum are just on either side of the park. From way inside the park if you look around you can see trees in ...
frankiefromings13 27.03.2009
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Advantages: fun, cheap, central location Disadvantages: none.
in about half an hour, and the subway metro is just two blocks away. Close by, go southwards across the green grass of the Ellipse to the Washington Monument which is situated very near to the famous lincoln memorial and vietnam wall.
It'll take about 20 minutes to walk to all the famous and very interesting museums and art galleries-
The AmericanHistoryMuseum, the NaturalHistoryMuseum, the Air & Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art. I visited all except the art gallery but my friend went there and said it was worth it. You do not have to pay for any of the museums apart from if you go in and go to the IMAX cinema, like I did, which was an interesting experience and cheap for $8 but I fell asleep because the film about safari I was watching went on for too long and I was very tired. A shopping mall is also near these museums ...
Advantages: Amazing building Disadvantages: Art is secondary to the building
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· AmericanMuseum of NaturalHistory
· Circle Line Sight Seeing Cruises
· Empire State Building
· Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum
· Museum of Modern Art
Pretty good value if you do want to see all of the attractions above, I think it works out approximately half price. One thing to watch for though, is if you do have children there is a charge of £41 for 6-17 year olds, even though on some of the listed attractions without the city pass they would have got entrance for free. So if you are going as part of a family it might be worth checking how the prices stack up.
Also group discounts are on offer. If there are 10 or more of you the price per adult is $10. So it is almost worth loitering around outside to see if you can round up 10!!!
So if you have made it to the end of the review, then I guess you are interested ...
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