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The Frick Collection
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, Frick Madison, New York, NY 10021
212-288-0700 https://www.frick.org/
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The Gilded Age mansion in Manhattan that the Frick Collection occupies is being renovated, so the museum and library have temporarily taken up residence in the former home of the Whitney Museum a few blocks away. Visitors to Frick Madison will encounter paintings and sculptures by Bellini, Clodion, Gainsborough, Goya, Holbein, Houdon, Ingres, Piero della Francesca, Rembrandt, Titian, Turner, Velázquez, Vermeer, Whistler, among many others. The installation also spotlights the Frick's holdings of decorative arts and sculpture, as well as rarely seen works.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Family
Pass Benefits
The Frick Collection pass admits up to four guests. Children under 10 are not admitted. This pass is printable from your own device.
NOTE: Frick Collection is only open at its temporary home on Madison Ave.
Doors will close at 5:30 pm to enter the museum.
The Historic Sites of the Morris County Park Commission
Various locations, NJ
973-326-7600 https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/education/historic-sites
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The Morris County Park Commission manages three historical sites at various locations, all them on the National Register of Historic Places. Fosterfields Living Historical Farm is a working farm situated on 213 acres which employs the tools, techniques, and materials of the 1920s. Originally built in built in 1826, the Cooper Gristmill at Black River County Park is one of the remaining restored water-powered mills in New Jersey. Historic Speedwell preserves the restored estate of Stephen Vail, proprietor of the Speedwell Iron Works from the early to mid-1800s, where Vail and Samuel B. Morse demonstrated the perfected telegraph in 1838. For directions and hours of each site, please visit the web site.
Categories: Architecture, Children, Family, History, Science
Pass Benefits
Fosterfields in Morristown: Find out about farm life as it was 100 years ago. On a self-guided tour with interpreters in historic costume along the way, help the farmers with chores such as feeding the chickens and churning butter, meet the Jersey cows and other barnyard animals, and enter the historic 1915 farmhouse where the Woods family lived. On Fridays and Saturdays, take a guided tour inside The Willows 1854 mansion (11am & 2pm) built by Gen. Joseph W. Revere, a grandson of patriot Paul Revere. Six children grew up at Fosterfields between 1870 and 1920, and you can explore the nostalgic toys, dolls, and playsets of that era in the exhibit Well Played: Changes in Childhood. Ready for a road trip back in time? The interactive exhibit Driving Into the 20th Century explains the changing landscape of transportation throughout the 1900s. You can also check out fully-restored antique cars and a climb-on Model T truck. Fosterfields is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm (last farm entry at 3 pm). Call (973) 326-7645 or email tours@morrisparks.net.
Historic Speedwell in Morristown: Experience life during the Industrial Revolution and the dawn of modern communication. This historic site includes the 1860s Vail House, and the Factory Building where the telegraph was first publicly demonstrated by Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail. The Factory Building features 30 interactives about the mechanics of the telegraph and its influence on modern communication. Learn about Ironmaster Stephen Vail and the dangerous art and industry of ironworking from the exhibit The Speedwell Ironworks: A History of Workers and Work. In the L’Hommedieu Visitor Center exhibit room, tour the exhibit Inventing Beauty to discover how concepts of beauty were informed by 19th century innovation and inventions, and also challenged distinctions between class and gender. Historic Speedwell is open Thursdays & Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm. Call (973) 285-6550.
Cooper Gristmill in Chester: The 1826 Cooper Gristmill is one of the last operational historic mills in the area. Visitors experience simple machines, renewable power, and industrial progress as educators demonstrate how the site operated over a century ago. The History of the Black River Gorge exhibit about the natural and industrial history of Milltown, the community that sprung up around the Mill, sets the stage for a pleasant walk along Patriots Path whose trailhead is by the Visitor Center. Cooper Gristmill is open Fridays & Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm. Call (908) 879-5463.
This pass is not printable and must be picked up at the Parsippany Library (449 Halsey Road, Parsippany) to be borrowed. Please call the customer service desk at 973-887-5150 x 201 for questions.
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
212-534-1672 https://www.mcny.org/
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Founded in 1923, the Museum of the City of New York is dedicated to the documentation and interpretation of the city's past, present, and future. Its collection contains approximately 750,000 objects, including prints, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, paintings, sculpture, toys, and theatrical memorabilia. In the collection are several of Eugene O'Neill's handwritten manuscripts, a complete room of Duncan Phyfe furniture, 412 glass negatives taken by Jacob Riis and donated by his son, a man's suit worn to George Washington's Inaugural Ball, and the Carrie Walter Stettheimer dollhouse, which contains a miniature work by Marcel Duchamp. Changing exhibitions celebrate different aspects of the city's vibrant and changing culture. Wheelchairs are available for visitor use free of charge, subject to availability. All exhibition videos are open captioned and assistive listening devices are available for various programs in the Ronay Menschel Hall.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Children, Family, History
Pass Benefits
The Museum of the City of New York is pleased to offer two membership levels for local and public libraries that provide their patrons access to our exhibitions and programs, as well as discounts in our Museum Shop and café. Additional benefits include a subscription to the Museum’s scholarly journal, and invitations to exclusive Member events.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128
212-423-3500 https://www.guggenheim.org/
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The Guggenheim Museum's home in New York is in unique building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright which was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2008. Its permanent collection contains many well-known 20th century works, including art from various movements, including—but not limited to—Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, German and Austrian Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalist, Post-Minimalist, and Conceptual art. Temporary exhibitions draw from both the museum's collection and outside sources. A museum shop is on the premises.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Family
Pass Benefits
Two membership cards which each provide free express admission for up to four adults or students, plus $5 admission for a maximum of two additional guests. Children under 12 years of age are always free.
10% savings on-site and online at the Guggenheim Store and 25% discount during biannual Member Shopping Weeks.
This pass is not printable and must be picked up at the Parsippany Library (449 Halsey Road, Parsippany) to be borrowed. Please call the customer service desk at 973-887-5150 x 201 for questions.
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
2352 Route 10 West, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
973-540-0311 https://www.stickleymuseum.org/
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The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, a National Historic Landmark, is located on 30 acres of the early 20th-century country estate of furniture designer, architect, manufacturer, publisher, philosopher, and social critic Gustav Stickley. The main building—the 1911 “Log House”—is considered to be one of the finest expressions of the Arts and Crafts movement in the country. The permanent collection, consisting of more than 6,000 objects and artifacts, includes furniture, metalwork, textiles, and ceramics. Changing exhibits focus on the important contributions made by Stickley to the movement he championed so fervently. Tours of the grounds are available.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Crafts, Family, History
Pass Benefits
Benefits of the Museum Pass include:
Unlimited, complimentary admission for museum patrons for one year (pass admits 2 adults and all children up to the age of 18 from a single household). Notice of special events. Receive e-blast and print mailings.