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NYC History, Museums on a Budget - Page 3

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Want more? Take the subway into Brooklyn to no other than The New York Transit Museum. Housed in a 1930s subway station, this museum displays vintage subway cars, antique turnstiles, a working signal tower, and more. Spanning 100 years of the big Apple's mass transit system, permanent exhibits include vintage subway maps from 1898 to present, architectural drawings, station mosaics, not to mention subway cars which were once experiments. Admission is only $3.00. It is wonderful that such a vast array of art, history, and culture can be offered to New Yorkers and tourists alike. Whether visiting one of the main institutions on a Pay-What-You-Wish day, or one of the smaller more cost effective ones on any day, it is possible to see what New York has to offer the art and history buff on a budget.

For more information:
El Museo Del Barrio
(212) 831-7272
www.elmuseo.org
Studio Museum in Harlem
(212) 864-4500
www.studiomuseuminharlem.org
The Museum of The City of New York
(212) 534-1672
www.mcny.org
The Jewish Museum
(212) 423-3200
www.thejewishmuseum.org
Abigail Adams Smith Museum
(212) 838-6878
The South Street Seaport Museum
(Visitor's Center: 12 Fulton Street)
The New York Transit Museum
(718) 243-8601
130 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY