A month after reopening the galleries of the South Street Seaport Museum, officials are preparing to allow the public back onboard some of the historic ships in the museum’s collection. The financially challenged Seaport had been closed for a year unti... »
Before it closed due to financial problems in March 2011, we were big fans of the South Street Seaport Museum. In fact, we raved about this lesser known museum in one of our very first posts on Mommy Poppins. Thanks to being taken over by the Museum of... »
Closed since March, the South Street Seaport Museum today reopened under a temporary partnership with the Museum of the City of New York, which aims to pump new energy into the historic buildings by linking the city’s past with the present. The 16 exhi... »
Starting today, the Museum of the City of New York will give out free ice cream sandwiches to visitors through Jan. 2. The sandwiches, by Brooklyn-based Blue Marble, will be given out one per person while supplies last. Current exhibitions at the museu... »
As “The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011” at the Museum of the City of New York demonstrates, an 1811 map turned an island into a city that works and walks. »
