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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 19, 2003
Pros: NEW YORK has it all when it come to museums
Cons: It would take a life time to see them all.
Summary: I've been getting myself prepared for this review for quite some time now. I was not quite sure what format or what information I would give. Having lived in and around NYC I have had a chance to see many of them, well I thought I saw a good deal of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 11, 2008
Pros: quality of artwork in a gorgeous setting and wonderfully displayed
Cons: none
Summary: Our visit to the Frick Museum during our recent long weekend in New York City was truly one of the high points of our trip. One of the most significant art collections in the United States is housed in a gorgeous mansion across the street ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 2, 2005
Pros: Great time travel back to loved TV shows!
Cons: Ya can't eat popcorn & watch!
Summary: When you are in New York City, and have a hankering to see an old TV show from your youth, go to this place- it looks like a bank on the outside but the inside is full of TV treasures. They have daily screenings, radio presentations, and a wide variety ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 1, 2005
Pros: Terrific quality and quantity of exhibits. Most are easy to access.
Cons: Expensive, unless City Pass is used.
Summary: New York City has some of the greatest museums in the USA. There are so many from which to choose that it may be hard to decide which to see! One way to make your trip to New York more enjoyable is to see all the top attractions at a deeply discounted ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 2, 2003
Pros: Great value! There is something for everyone.
Cons: One can't do it all! There's too much to choose from.
Summary: Our family of four went to New York City for four nights during 4th of July 2003. We knew we couldn't see everything, but we wanted to find an easy way to see the most popular attractions at reduced rates. The New York City Pass is like a credit card ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 2, 2003
Pros: Quiet, not crowded, relaxing, great nostalgia
Cons: often wait times for viewing library
Summary: So, you've seen Radio City, Rockefeller Center, The Today Show and the skating rink, and you've shop ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 26, 2003
Pros: Inexpensive, child friendly, memberships available
Cons: Parking limited/scarce, off-the-beaten-path
Summary: My memory courses with nearly redundant and frequented school trips to New York City. Being a Long ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 2, 2003
Pros: Some of the finest paintings and decor of pre-WWI Vienna and Germany; lovely cafe.
Cons: (For families: no kids under 12); inconvenient hours.
Summary: As a born and bred Manhattanite, I confess to having become somewhat jaded over the years by the sheer inundation of culture (and this is coming from someone who basically lives for the arts.) Concerts and art openings and temporary museum exhibits and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 1, 2002
Pros: A real floating aircraft carrier packed full of information.
Cons: A lot to process at one time.
Summary: When we started planning a trip to NY City, Eli’s top pick for a destination was the Intrepid Sea, Air, Space Museum. That may sound like a strange pick and especially for a 9-year-old. When he mentioned the museum, his friends would look kind ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2002
Pros: great tour guides, interesting, educational
Cons: much better if you take a guided tour
Summary: This past Saturday afternoon I spent an enjoyable, educational hour exploring the Thomas Edison National Park in West Orange, NJ.
The site was a short drive from New York City and proved to be a good way to spend part of our afternoon. We ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 6, 2002
Pros: FREE, Interesting and Entertaining
Cons: None
Summary: On this cold Saturday in New York, we found ourselves with nothing to do and little money to spend. Our search d for some free and interesting to do lead us to the Forbes magazine Galleries (located on 62 5th Avenue at 12th Street). Not only was it ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 28, 2001
Pros: excellent fun teaching tool, affordable,
Cons: parking, location of souveniors
Summary: When I start feeling my inner child cry out for attention, I load my two children in the old minivan, toss my husband in the drivers seat, and we are off to the Children's Museum located in nearby Lexington, Kentucky.
The trip takes ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 27, 2001
Pros: Great Dinosaur exhibits, fun for everyone
Cons: Rather expensive, poor dining area
Summary: Like most kids, my boys have loved dinosaurs from the day they first saw them in books. We own so many different plastic models of dinosaur that we could almost start our own museum here in our home.
However, the boys never saw real dinosaurs ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 5, 2001
Pros: great audio tour, Rockwell's studio, great insight into the artist
Cons: steep admission fee, crowds in summer
Summary: No other artist captures on canvas our American culture and stirs up memories of our childhood like Norman Rockwell. I have enjoyed his art in the Saturday Evening Post, and even more so when I found out that I knew one of his models. One of my ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 24, 2001
Pros: brings my father's childhood stories to life
Cons: Pulls on your heart strings
Summary: The New York City Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side is a real tenement building which was erected during the Civil War. Changes were made to the building through the early 1900's. On each floor of the building were four apartments. Each was tiny ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 27, 2001
Pros: Want to be inspired? This exhibit will zap you with creativity.
Cons: Non-traditional. You might think its weird.
Summary: The bitstreams exhibit is on at the Whitney Museum of American Art from March 22 until June 10, 2001. It is an exhibit that exemplifies originality, high tech and imagination. From videos to movies to monitors stacked on each other, this exhibit on the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 17, 2001
Pros: Hidden gem of a museum, like a sister to the Met.
Cons: Might be out of the way (from Manhattan), but it is Brooklyn's own.
Summary: The Brooklyn Museum of Art, or BMA is a grand old museum located at Prospect Park right near the Brooklyn Central Library near Grand Army Plaza. Inside is a treasure trove of American Art, paintings, Rodin Sculptures, and historic artifacts. BMA has ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 12, 2001
Pros: interesting, educational
Cons: sometimes too dark
Summary: History may soon become an artifact of the past. As people embrace the technology of the future and live for the present, they tend to neglect the successes of
history. And, unfortunately, epinions reflects this pattern.
When searching for ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 8, 2001
Pros: lovely tropical habitat, and insects
Cons: wish I could stay longer
Summary: I had the pleasure of visiting "The Butterfly Conservatory" in the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan recently. The museum is located at Central Park West and 79 St. The exhibit runs from Oct 7, 2000 to May 28, 2001. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 27, 2000
Pros: accessible subject matter, free entry
Cons: too small, odd physical layouts for the galleries
Summary: I decided to take a brief trip to the Newseum (www.newseum.org) branch in NYC today, due to a cancelled appointment that left me with nothing else to do. I had been wanting to visit the Newseum for a week or so now, having read about the National ... read more
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