Things To Do in New York City

Below are some great ideas of things you can do to discover New York City. With all of New York's museums, outdoor activities, university lectures and public events, you will never have a dull moment!

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Museums

Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.org

Museum of Modern Art
www.moma.org *Free Fridays 4-8 PM*

Guggenheim Museum
www.guggenheim.org *Free Fridays 6-8 PM*

American Museum of Natural History
www.amnh.org

El Museo Del Barrio
www.elmuseo.org

International Center of Photography
www.icp.org

The Museum of the City of New York
www.mcny.org

The Noguchi Museum
www.noguchi.org

Whitney Museum of American Art
www.whitney.org *Free Fridays 6-9 PM*

Brooklyn Museum
www.brooklynmuseum.org *Free on the first Saturday of each month*

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Be Active / Be Outside

The New York City Downtown Boathouse
www.downtownboathouse.org *Free*

Extra Vertical Climbing Center
www.extravertical.com/centers_nyc.html

Bronx Zoo
www.bronxzoo.com *Free on Wednesdays*

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
www.bbg.org *Free on Tuesdays*

Central Park Zoo
www.nyaquarium.com  

The New York Botanical Garden
www.nybg.org *Free on Wednesdays*

Socrates Sculpture Park
www.socratessculpturepark.org *Free*

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University Lectures, Panel Discussions and Public Events

Cooper Union
http://www.cooper.edu/month.html

The New School General Studies Program
http://www.newschool.edu/generalstudies/events.aspx

Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy http://www.newschool.edu/milano/news_events.aspx?s=5

Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dkv/sipa/events/sipa_this_week.pl

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
http://www.mailmanschool.org/msphcal/

NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service
http://wagner.nyu.edu/news/