American Culture Studies in New York City

Selected Local Museums:

Although it is not in the NY region, the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, has an online exhibit about Ashcan Artists.

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at West 79th Street, Manhattan; (212) 769-5100
Open Sunday to Thursday 10:00-5:45; Friday and Saturday 10:00-8:45
Admission fee is suggested--$8.00 adults, $6.00 students; free admission Friday and Saturday evenings, and Saturday and Sunday 12:00-5:00

Brooklyn Museum
188 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Park, Brooklyn; (718) 638-5000
Open Wednesday to Sunday 11:00-5:00
Admission $4.00 adults, $2.00 students with I.D.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street, on 5th Avenue, Manhattan; (212) 860-6898
Currently undergoing major renovation; reopening shortly
Current or Forthcoming Exhibits of Interest to Americanists:
Henry Dreyfuss Retrospective
18 March to 17 August 1997

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Avenue, at 88th Street, Manhattan; (212) 360-3500
Open Sunday to Wednesday 10:00-6:00; Friday and Saturday 10:00-8:00
Admission $10.00 adults, $8.00 students with identification; donation admission Friday 6:00-8:00

Guggenheim SoHo
575 Broadway, Manhattan; (212) 423-3500
Open Wednesday to Friday, and Sunday, 11:00-6:00; Saturday 11:00-8:00

International Center of Photography
1133 5th Avenue, at 94th Street, Manhattan; (212) 860-1777
Open Tuesday 11:00-8:00; Wednesday to Sunday 11:00-6:00
Admission $4.00 adults, $2.50 students

Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Avenue, at 82nd Street, Manhattan; (212) 535-1710
Open Tuesday to Thursday, and Sunday, 9:30-5:15; Friday and Saturday 9:30-8:45
Admission fee suggested--$8.00 adults, $4.00 students

Museum of American Folk Art
Columbus Avenue, at 66th Street, Manhattan; (212) 595-9533
Open Tuesday to Sunday 11:30-7:30
Free admission

Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Avenue, at 103rd Street, Manhattan; (212) 534-1672
Open Wednesday to Saturday 10:00-5:00; Sunday and holidays 1:00-5:00
Admission fee is a suggested donation of $5.00 adults or $3.00 students

Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan; (212) 708-9480
Open Saturday to Tuesday 11:00-6:00; Thursday and Friday 12:00-8:30
Admission $8.00 adults, $5.00; donation admission Thursday and Friday 5:30-8:00

The National Museum of the American Indian
1 Bowling Green, next to Battery Park, Manhattan; (212) 668-6624
Open daily 10:00-5:00 except December 25
Admission free. For membership information, telephone (800) 242-NMAI

Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street; (212) 864-4500
Open Wednesday to Friday 10:00-5:00; weekends 1:00-6:00
Admission $5.00 adults, $3.00 students

Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street, Manhattan; (212) 570-3676
Open Friday to Sunday, and Wednesday 11:-6:00; Thursday 1:00-8:00
Admission $8.00 adults, $6.00 students; free admission Thursday 6:00-8:00

Whitney Downtown
33 Maiden Lane, Manhattan; (212) 943-5655
Open Monday to Friday 9:00-5:00

Selected Libraries, Archives, and Historical Societies: New York Public Library (and branches) Main Branch: 8 West 40th Street, 6th Floor; (212) 869-8089 Open Tuesday and Wednesday 11:00-6:00; Thursday to Saturday, and Monday 10:00-6:00 Free admision Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island; (718) 727-1135 Open Monday to Saturday 9:00-5:00; Sunday 1:00-5:00 Suggested admission $2.50 adults, $1.50 students Snug Harbor Cultural Center 100 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island; (718) 448-2500 Free admission New York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets; (212) 873-3400 Open Tuesday to Thursday, and Sunday, 9:30-5:15; Friday and Saturday 9:30-9:00

New York Historical Sites: National Parks in NY (Seneca Falls, etc.) City of New York, Parks and Recreation New York State Parks

New York Events: Yahoo! New York New York Times Online Village Voice Online New York Magazine The New Yorker

Online Zines to Check Out: The Utne Lens WORD SUCK Mojo Wire HotWired Urban Desires

Last modified: Thursday 1 May 1997