Takoyaki Museum
Free: All time This museum houses five of the most popular Takoyaki shops in Osaka. Takoyaki is a ball-shaped dumpling typically filled with minced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger and green onion. Learn more about this Japanese delicacy at the museum where exhibitions include the history of the food as well as the utensils used...
Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
Free: All time This museum is dedicated to the history of instant ramen and the creator behind it, Momofuku Ando. The exhibits trace the development of chicken ramen, the world’s first instant ramen, to today’s many variety. Touring the museum itself it’s free, but visitors can also participate in the making their own instant noodle....
Rose Museum / Carnegie Hall
Free: All time The Rose Museum, located on the second floor of Carnegie Hall, is a small museum dedicated to the history of the famous hall. The museum archives more than a century of concert programs. It also houses a number of items of interest to music loves: a program from the Vienna Philharmonic’s debut...
National Museum of American Indian
Free: All time The National Museum of American Indian in New York is one of the three facilities of this institution. The other two are at Washington D.C. and Maryland. The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution and is dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the Native Americans of the...
Rockefeller Center Public Art
Free: All time Rockefeller Center represents a turning point in the history of architectural sculpture; it is among the last major building projects in the United States to incorporate a program of integrated public art. Famous pieces include the “Statue of Atlas” by sculptor Lee Lawrie (above the main entrance of the RCA building); “Prometheus”...
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Free: All time The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research unit part of The New York Public Library. It’s recognized as one of the leading institution of its kind in the world. The Center has collected, preserved and provided access to materials documenting history and culture of peoples of African descent....
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Free: Tuesdays 10am – noon Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s 52-acre site includes a number of specialty “gardens within the Garden,” plant collections, and a conservatory which houses a bonsai museum. The specialty gardens are the cheery trees, the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Gardenn, the Cranford Rose Garden etc. The Garden has more than 200 cherry trees, making it...
Downtown Boathouse Kayaking
Free: Weekends and holidays from mid May till mid October (Check calendar on their website) On summer weekends and some weekday nights, Downtown Boathouse, an all colunteer-run nonprofit organization provide free kayaking experience. It’s first-come-first-serve basis. Visitors get to take the kayaks out for a short 20-minute paddle inside the protected embayment. The organization gives...
Wave Hill
Free: Tuesdays and Saturdays 9am to noon Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural center in the Bronx overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the estate includes two houses and a botanical garden. Contemporary visual arts exhibits are on display in its Glyndor Gallery, as...
Studio Museum in Harlem
Free: Sundays The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. Since its opening in 1968, the Studio Museum has earned recognition for its catalytic role in promoting th eworks of artists of African descent....
Brooklyn Museum
Free: First Saturday of each month 5pm – 11pm The Brooklyn Museum holds New York City’s second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works. Founded in 1895, the Beaux-Arts building, was meant to be the largest art museum in the world. It went through struggles to maintain its building and collection, only to be...
Big Apple Greeter Tour
Free: All time upon request A free private guided tour of New York City? Yup, that’s what Big Apple Greeter offers. It’s a non-profit, non-governmental organization hooking up visitors with greeters. Request for a guide 3-4 weeks in advance. The maximum group size is 6 people. The visit starts between 9am and 3pm and last...
