An internationally renowned art museum and one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century, the Guggenheim Museum is at once a vital cultural center, an educational institution, and the heart of an international network of museums
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The Statue of Liberty is perhaps New York City’s most familiar landmark and the easiest one to overlook since it’s only accessible by boat. Still, it’s worth the short ferry ride to Ellis Island and back to see this historic monument that has welcomed so many generations of hopeful Americans to our shores. Passes are available to visit the Statue’s pedestal observation level, and admission to the immigration museum is included.
More than a means of transportation, the Staten Island Ferry is an attraction unto itself. For no charge, visitors can enjoy the 25-minute voyage by water from Lower Manhattan to Staten Island and take in the Statue of Liberty and amazing views of New York Harbor and the Manhattan skyline. The ferry—which runs 24 hours a day and serves beer until midnight—drops off visitors at the St. George Ferry Terminal, close to the Staten Island Museum and the St. George Theatre, and just a short bus ride from the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden.
The 9/11 Memorial, located in the heart of the World Trade Center, consists of two enormous reflecting pools set in the footprints of the Twin Towers. Each pool is approximately an acre in size, with 30-foot waterfalls cascading down all sides. Hundreds of white oak trees line the surrounding plaza. The names of 2,983 victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, at the Pentagon and aboard Flight 93, as well as the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993, are inscribed into bronze panels surrounding the pools.
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The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition.
The Irish Hunger Memorial, designed collaboratively by artist Brian Tolle, landscape architect Gail Wittwer-Laird, and 1100 Architect, is located on a one-half acre site at the corner of Vesey Street and North End Avenue in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, and is dedicated to raising awareness of the Great Irish Famine - referred to by the Irish as 'The Great Hunger' or An Gorta Mor in Irish Gaelic - that killed over a million people in Ireland between 1845 and 1852.
NY Waterway's East River Ferry features frequent, reliable service that connects Manhattan with various destinations in Brooklyn, Queens and seasonally on Governor's Island.
