Skyscraper Museum: Small, Specialized and Worth It
Skyscraper Museum: Small, Specialized and Worth It
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Nowhere in the world makes more sense for a Skyscraper Museum than New York City.
This gallery digs into the architectural legacy and the effort of the people responsible for building skyscrapers.
It's one of the few museums specializing in the design and construction of these enormous buildings that rise up in the world's biggest cities.
A museum of the heights
New York is the world's leading vertical metropolis, as you'll learn at the Skyscraper Museum.
That's why this institution celebrates the city's rich architectural heritage and the story behind New York's most important skyscrapers.
Through exhibitions, programs and publications, the Museum explores these tall buildings as design objects, products of technology, construction sites, real estate investments and places where hundreds of thousands of people work and live.
The Skyscraper Museum is a must for architects, designers and engineers. You'll find models, miniatures, blueprints, photographs and plenty of archival material on the construction of these architectural icons of New York.
The Museum is in Battery Park, the departure point for the ferries to the Statue of Liberty.
In this part of Lower Manhattan you can visit other fascinating specialized museums like the Museum of Jewish Heritage or the National Museum of the American Indian.
Plan it right and you can feast on the history, construction and culture of New York.
Skyscraper Museum address
The Skyscraper Museum is located at 39 Battery Place, in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan.
How to get there
Subway lines 4 and 5 will get you there. The closest station is Bowling Green, one of the stations with the most beautiful entrances in the New York subway.
Prices
Admission is free! Check out other free or discounted museums in NYC.
To get in, you need to book timed tickets on this site.
Walk-ins are welcome on a limited basis. Better to book so you don't waste the trip or valuable time you could spend visiting New York's attractions.
Skyscraper Museum hours
The Skyscraper Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday, 12 to 6 pm.