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1. Travel Tip:
A great peek into the history of the city
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It actually took me some research and several days to locate this museum. You would think that in a city so famous, a museum featuring the cultural and historical background of the place would be... Tags for this Travel Tip: historymuseum nyc art |
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2. Travel Tip:
Art in the subway - 50th Street Station
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Back to 50th Street Station, where I noticed an Alice in Wonderland themed mosaic underground. I've been used to hearing a number of buskers in the subway stations, but not always seeing art. The... Tags for this Chapter: art nyc subway |
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3. Travel Tip:
Books, how I love them
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On the second floor of the MoMA is the gallery devoted to Prints and Illustrated Books. As an English major and a writer, you can imagine my joy at that particular part of the museum. One of the... Tags for this Chapter: moma nyc art books |
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4. Travel Tip:
Take Your Time and changing perspective
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Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist who has an exihibit at the MoMA entitled "Take Your Time". It ends at the end of June 08, so don't miss it! To sum up his work, he tries... Tags for this Chapter: art culture installationart moma nyc |
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5. Travel Tip:
MoMA and Monet
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One of my favorite painters is Claude Monet. I visited his house and garden in France. When I saw that there was a large display of some of Monet's waterlilies at the Museum of Modern Art, I knew... Tags for this Chapter: art monet culture moma nyc |
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Museum of Modern Art Overview
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The Museum of Modern Art or the MoMA is just off of Fifth Avenue at 11 West 35th Street and is a part of the "museum mile". It was founded in 1929 and houses five floors of modern art with... Tags for this Travel Tip: art culture history nyc modern manhattan museum moma |
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Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue and the Museum Mile Festival
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The stretch of Fifth Avenue between 82nd and 104th Streets is known as the Museum Mile. As you could guess, these blocks are home to a number of New York's finest and most famous museums (MoMA,... Tags for this Travel Tip: museum art culture history fifthavenue manhattan nyc |
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8. Travel Tip:
Grand Central Station photograph exhibit
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Grand Central Station is incredible! It isn't just a train station, it's architecturally and historically famous. We stopped at Grand Central Station on the way back from Brooklyn. One of the... Tags for this Chapter: manhattan grandcentralstation train transportation art photography |
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The Statue of Liberty
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I would say the Statue of Liberty is the most famous statue in America and is well-known around the world. The Statue can be seen from the air by travellers arriving at JFK airport. You can also... Tags for this Travel Tip: statueofliberty nyc america statue art history |
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Golden statue of Prometheus in Rockefeller Center
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The famous golden (actually made of bronze) statue at Rockefeller Center is of the ancient Greek god Prometheus. According to Greek mythology, Prometheus made man out of clay and gave him fire.... Tags for this Travel Tip: rockefeller nyc manhattan statue art tourist |
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