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Children’s Museum of Manhattan
212 West 83rd Street, The Tisch Building, New York, NY 10024
212-721-1223 https://www.cmom.org/
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The Children's Museum of Manhattan provides children with experiences at the intersection of the arts, sciences and the humanities. Their exhibitions are updated each month with new activities and programs, some appropriate for children as young as under one year old. Exhibitions include a seasonal outdoor water exhibit and changing exhibits based on art, music, governance, New York City, and cultures from around the world. The museum is wheelchair accessible except for the lower level of the water exhibit. There is a gift shop on the premises.
Categories: Art, Children, Family, Governance, History, Music
Pass Benefits
Each pass gives access to the Museum for 4 people at a time (2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children). Additional guests must pay admission. This is a printable pass.
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.
Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum
West 46th Street, Pier 86, New York, NY 10036
877-957-7447 http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/
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The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located on the Hudson River in Manhattan, features the legendary aircraft carrier Intrepid, the space shuttle Enterprise, some of the world's fastest jets, and a guided missile submarine. The ship is now a National Historic Landmark, having served tours of duty in World War II and the Vietnam War, and acted as a recovery vessel for the Gemini and Mercury space missions. In addition to more than two dozen authentically restored aircraft, the museum includes the Exploreum Interactive Hall, an interactive exhibit space; an 18,000 sq. ft. education center; “Growler,” the only American diesel-powered strategic missile submarine open to the public; and Pier 86.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Military, Technology, Ocean, Sky
Pass Benefits
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum pass admits 2 adults and 2 children. The pass provides access to the express, members only admission line. This pass is printable from your own device.
Please be sure to check the museum's website for any facility changes due to COVID restrictions at https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/.
Click on the following link to learn about the Vaccine Mandate for Museum visitors: https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/LatestNews/August-2021/NYC-Vaccine-Mandate-for-Museum-Visitors
Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960
973-971-3700 https://www.morrismuseum.org/
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Founded in 1913, the Morris Museum is home to a rather eclectic mix of collections focusing on fossils, local wildlife, model trains, minerals, Native Americans, and paintings and sculpture, among other things. The jewel of the museum, however, is the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata, a demonstration of which is conducted every Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 pm. Part of the museum is in a Georgian-style mansion designed by Stanford White. There is a museum shop on the premises.
Categories: Art, Children, Family, History, Music
Pass Benefits
The Morris Museum pass admits 2 adults and 3 children. This pass can be borrow for a week. 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 museum is open the first Tuesday of each month for members from 11 am to 2 pm in addition to regular hours. Please be sure to check the museum's website for any facility changes due to COVID restrictions at https://morrismuseum.org/visit/.
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.
New York Transit Museum
99 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-694-1600 https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/
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Located in downtown Brooklyn, in the original Court St. station of the IND subway line, the New York Transit Museum opened in 1976 as a temporary exhibition connected to the country's Bicentennial celebrations. The historical artifacts on display related to the various transportation systems—subway, commuter rail, and bus—proved so popular that the New York City Transit Authority created a permanent museum. The collection includes historic bus, subway, and train cars, some of which are still operable, as well as equipment used to maintain the systems. Rotating and permanent exhibits focus on various aspects of public transportation in NYC, such as one which features over 50 detailed scale models of trolleys and work cars. A fully operational underground control room is on view. A gallery annex and store are located at Grand Central Station.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Technology
Pass Benefits
Providing free admission for two adults and up to four children. Advance reservations and masks are required for encouraged.