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Big Apple Greeter is a non-profit organization that matches visitors with friendly and enthusiastic New Yorkers who are happy to share the city they love with families, friends, and individuals traveling solo. A visit with a Greeter leaves a lasting impression of the city, the warmth of its people, and the energy and diversity of its neighborhoods, which each visitor carries forever and communicates to others.

11/26/2024

Through February 25, 2025, MoMA PS1 presents Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum in Harlem Artists-In-Residence 2023-2024. In the sixth iteration of a multiyear collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, the Studio Museum in Harlem presents its annual  Artist-in-Residence exhibition this fall at MoMA PS1. Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–24 features the work of 2023–24 artists in residence sonia louise davis, Malcolm Peacock, and Zoë Pulley. Working across sound, textile, and installation, the artists engage methodologies of endurance and wonder to explore themes related to ancestral and intuitive knowledge. Through their work, davis, Peacock, and Pulley activate what it means to pass through, carry forward, and hold onto.

To learn more, go to:

https://www.momaps1.org/programs/457-pass-carry-hold

11/25/2024

The Staten Island Zoo is an 8-acre urban zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City. The zoo is open year-round except on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. It has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums since 1988. It is a wonderful place to spend an afternoon.

To learn more go to:

http://www.statenislandzoo.org/

11/22/2024

Pratt Institute’s Sculpture Park, one of the largest in New York City, stretches across the 25-acre Brooklyn campus. The Institute’s lush, green lawns and historic buildings provide an excellent backdrop for more than 70 sculptures. The exhibition is a revolving and evolving one, with most of the work remaining on the campus for several years. Well-known and emerging artists, faculty, and graduates kindly lend their work to the exhibition, and the park includes a number of commissioned works as well.

To learn more go to:

https://www.pratt.edu/about/visit-pratt/sculpture-park/

11/21/2024

The Intrepid Museum invites you to join one of its guided tours. Expert guides lead fascinating explorations of the Museum and provide greater insight into the historical artifacts on display. Explore unique historical spaces and learn about the different displays in the Museum’s collection on a one-hour guided tour.

To learn more and get tickets, go to:

https://intrepidmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/experiences/public-tours

11/20/2024

On Saturdays and Sundays through December 14th, Conference House offers tours. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to learn about this historic Staten Island landmark. Built by English immigrant Captain Christopher Billopp, in or around the year 1680, this handsome stately manor was a wheat farm throughout the first century of its existence. An invaluable relic in America’s history, the Conference House was the site of a 1776 peace conference which attempted to end the Revolutionary War. Edward Rutledge, John Adams, Lord Howe and Benjamin Franklin were among those in attendance. The history and location of our museum gives visitors a glimpse of a pre populated landscape of New York City, while also illustrating our nation’s history.

To learn more go to:

https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/07/28/conference-house-tours

11/20/2024

Housed in historic Fort Schuyler on the campus of SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx, NY, the Maritime Industry Museum is a family adventure, an educational resource, and a testament to the importance shipping and the seafaring way of life have on our modern global society. Explore the museum, its interactive and multimedia displays, exquisite maritime art, and historic artifacts to learn more about this fascinating industry.

To learn more go to:

https://sunymaritime.edu/about/maritime-industry-museum

11/19/2024

The Queens Zoo invites you to watch their sea lions dine! Sea lion feedings take place daily at 11:15AM, 2PM and 4PM. Sea lions may seem clumsy on land, but their oar-like flippers and torpedo-shaped bodies make them strong swimmers and divers. Come see.

To learn more and get tickets, go to

https://queenszoo.com/things-to-do/experiences/sea-lion-feedings

11/18/2024

The National Lighthouse Museum invites you to see its newest exhibit, Black History. Two new panels featuring Willis Augustus Hodges, the first African American Lighthouse Keeper of Cape Henry Light, and Captain Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Life-Saving station.

To learn more go to:

https://lighthousemuseum.org/exhibits/permanent-exhibition/

11/15/2024

Every Sunday through mid-November, the Brooklyn Museum presents its Pop-up Market. Brooklyn Pop-up is a weekly artisan market at the Brooklyn Museum. Hosted at the museum’s front plaza, a revolving roster of 35-plus artisans, designers, and makers will be on hand selling contemporary fashion, accessories, home goods, food, beauty, jewelry and more. This is a FREE event

To learn more go to:

https://www.brooklynpop-up.com/market-details/brooklyn-market-museum/r/recX8XB4r7K07NJlj

11/14/2024

Through December 31st, the American Museum of Natural History presents Worlds Beyond Earth. Now screening on the world’s most advanced planetarium projection system, journey far beyond our own blue planet to marvel at the latest discoveries from our cosmic neighbors. Immersive visualizations of distant worlds. Groundbreaking space missions. Breathtaking scenes depicting the evolution of our solar system.

To learn more, go to

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/worlds-beyond-earth

11/13/2024

Through December 1st, the Lefferts Historic House presents Adam Delphine Fawundu: Ancestral Whispers. Prospect Park Alliance’s research into the lives of Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family. Fawundu has created 25 fabric banners that transform the house’s Flatbush Avenue facade, inspired by and honoring the heroism of the 25 Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family. Plus, view Fawundu’s 2020 performance piece, In the Face of History Freedom Cape, which was filmed in part in Prospect Park and Lefferts Historic House, and more on display at Lefferts Historic House. Please note that the display is daily viewable from the exterior, and the interior is viewable during open hours. This is a FREE event.

To learn more go to:

https://www.prospectpark.org/event/adama-delphine-fawundu-ancestral-whispers/2024-07-08/

11/12/2024

Every Saturday, the New York City Transit Museum invites you to experience the subway in a whole new way. Take a turn at being a Train Operator by playing a train simulator video game. If you ever wanted to operate the subway, this is your chance.

To learn more go to:

https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/program/family-program-nytm-subway-simulator/13305600/

11/11/2024

On select dates through November 11th, American Princess Cruises offers Whale Watching & Dolphin Watching Adventures. The cruise departs from Pier 3 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Dolphins may appear as walls of water off the coast of New York City. We may view hundreds of bottlenose dolphins jumping near and under the American Princess.

To learn more go to:

https://americanprincesscruises.com/cruises/2024-whale-watching-dolphin-cruise-new-york/

11/08/2024

The Godwin-Ternbach Museum has a collection of over 6,000 objects from antiquity to the present representing art and artifacts in all media from all periods and cultures, Western and non-Western. Works from the major areas of Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Prints and Drawings, and Ethnographic Arts are offered here in chronological order, from ancient to modern times. On September 18th, the museum will screen Bauhaus in America: Design, Politics and Human Nature in the 20th Century directed by Judith Pearlman. This film chronicles the influence of the famous German art school on design and architecture in the United States. After the Bauhaus closed under N**i pressure in 1933, such émigrés such as Anni and Josef Albers brought the school’s revolutionary concepts and curriculum to American institutions, including Black Mountain College.

To learn more go to:

https://gtmuseum.org/collection/highlights/

11/07/2024

If you are a birdwatcher, one of the best spots in NYC for birding is the Staten Island Greenbelt. Established in 1984 after a long fight by local conservationists, the 2,800-acre Staten Island Greenbelt includes woodlands, swamps, kettle ponds and lakes, and Todt Hill, the highest point on the eastern seaboard south of Maine. This interconnected network of preserved habitat hosts nesting woodland species such as Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, and most recently, Pileated Woodpecker.

To learn more go to:

https://nycbirdalliance.org/events-birding/birding-resources/birding-in-nyc/birding-on-staten-island/staten-island-greenbelt

11/06/2024

From November 2nd through the 17th, the New York Botanical Garden invites you to Kiku. Don’t miss a spotlight on kiku displays in the Nolen Greenhouses, featuring Japanese chrysanthemums that have been expertly trained over the past 11 months into modern and ancient styles, offering color up close with these fall-favorite blooms. Seasonal chrysanthemums in warm, rich hues complement this must-see spectacle.

To learn more, go to https://www.nybg.org/event/fall-o-ween/kiku

11/05/2024

The Museum of Arts and Design presents Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces. The exhibition draws from MAD’s permanent collection and includes more than sixty historic, recently acquired, and commissioned works in a range of artistic media; most prominently, the central craft materials of ceramic, glass, and fiber.

To learn more go to:

https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/craft-front-center-1

11/04/2024

On Sundays through December 22nd, Prospect Park hosts the Sunday Greenmarket at Bartel-Pritchard Square. Stock up on locally grown staples. The offerings range from a selection of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, plants and flowers to fresh-caught fish and organic baked goods

To learn more go to:

https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/09/01/sunday-greenmarket-at-bartelpritchard-square

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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