New York City Art & Culture

With its artistic passion, cultural energy and mosaic of music, New York City electrifies your senses. From the Museum of Modern Art and the Met, to Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, New York City is a captivating destination where you discover inspiring art museums, chic art galleries, worlds of history and nature, legendary music venues and exciting cultural events. Art, culture, music and innovation come alive in New York City.

New York City Museums

Metropolitan Museum of Art - One of the world's largest fine art museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art displays an extraordinary collection of over two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture. The American Wing's paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts chronicle America's rich history. The compelling European collection features 2,500 paintings, sculptures, and masterpieces by Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Matisse, Vermeer, and Degas. The Met presents about 30 artist exhibitions per year. Visit www.metmuseum.org.

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) - The Museum of Modern Art arouses your imagination with an amazing collection of over 100,000 vital paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, photographs, and design objects.  MoMa's contemporary collection includes treasures like Picasso's Three Musicians, Dali's The Persistence of Memory, van Gogh's The Starry Night, and Matisse's Dance. Enjoy the art of our time from masters, such as Miro, Cezanne, Chagall, Kandinsky, Munch, Magritte, Pollock, Rivera, Rodin, and Warhol, and changing exhibitions that rock your world.  Admission is free on Friday evenings. Visit www.moma.org.

American Museum of Natural History - The world's most innovative natural history museum, the American Museum of Natural History is a wild cultural experience. Explore the world-famous dinosaur and fossil halls, which house the largest collection of vertebrate fossils and the towering T. rex. Check out the Hall of Planet Earth, Hall of African Mammals, and Rose Center For Earth and Space, with the most luminous space show on earth. Marvel at starry skies at the Hayden Planetarium, presenting Journey to the Stars, a spectacular space show narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Visit www.amnh.org.

Guggenheim Museum - A world-renowned contemporary art museum and an architectural icon designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Guggenheim Museum is a vibrant cultural mecca in Manhattan. Devoted to art of the 20th century and beyond, the Guggenheim Museum houses an extraordinary collection of masterpieces, including Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, contemporary and avant-garde art, and features changing exhibitions, artist lectures, live performances, films, and gallery tours. Visit www.guggenheim.org.

Whitney Museum of American Art - Focusing on 20th- and 21st-century American art, The Whitney has a permanent collection of over 18,000 art works, including paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, installations, video, and photography.  Focusing on the works of living and emerging artists, The Whitney also houses an extensive permanent collection of significant works by Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, and Man Ray. Visit www.whitney.org.

New Museum - Located in Lower Manhattan, the New Museum is New York City's innovative destination for new and contemporary art and adventurous expression. With an emphasis on artistic innovation in a spectrum of media, the museum exhibits new works by American and international artists and is celebrated for its vision and inspiration. For upcoming exhibitions, visit www.newmuseum.org.

The Frick Collection - New York City's most beautiful art museum, the Frick Collection is housed in the opulent Fifth Avenue mansion of Henry Clay Frick. Adorning the walls, Frick's magnificent art collection includes paintings by great European artists, such as Rembrandt and Renoir. Marvel at remarkable works of art from the Frick residence, including sculpture, drawings, 18th-century French furniture and porcelains, Oriental rugs, Limoges enamels, and clocks. Visit www.frick.org.

Children's Museum of Manhattan - Kids explore, imagine, create and learn through hands-on exhibits and fun programs at the Children Museum of Manhattan. Step into the magical world of Dora the Explorer and Diego. See how an Etch A Sketch® works or what's inside a jack-in-a-box at Toys: The Inside Story exhibit. Current exhibits include: City Splahs, PlayWorks, Ancient Greece, and Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discover. Visit www.cmom.org.

New York City Entertainment & Music Venues

New York City is home to legendary entertainment venues, theaters, performance halls, arenas, and music clubs with exciting concerts and music events. From Lincoln Center to Madison Square Garden, the music of New York City is the soundtrack of your experience. Enjoy blockbuster concerts, festive shows and classic opera at historic entertainment venues in Manhattan - steps from the hotel.

• Radio City Music Hall - 1260 Avenue of the Americas; (212) 247-4777
• Carnegie Hall - 881 7th Ave.; (212) 247-7800
• Lincoln Center/Metropolitan Opera - 1881 Broadway; (212) 875-5018
  
• Madison Square Garden - 4 Penn Plaza; (212) 307-7171
  
• Central Park Summer Stage - Central Park   

Manhattan Hotel Near NYC Museums

Located in Midtown Manhattan, in the heart of NYC culture, The Manhattan at Times Square Hotel is a relaxed urban retreat just steps from New York City's treasured museums and entertainment venues, like the Metropolitan Museum of American and Radio City Music Hall. Settle into comfortable rooms and suites, get refreshed in the indoor pool and health club, stay connected with WiFi, chill out in our chic lobby lounge and enjoy breakfast at Russo's Restaurant. Find out about exciting New York City Specials & Packages.