Dr. Bernard Heller Museum
Skip·Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Lobby of Hebrew Union College. Not really a museum. Guard let me peek even though it wasn’t open. With Czech Center, the two hardest Manhattan museums to get into.
What it is
HUC-JIR’s gallery showcasing contemporary Jewish and Israeli art from its permanent collection.
Pair it with
Worth a detour or better, within a 15-minute walk. Numbers match the map.
- 1Grey Art Museum0.2 mi · Free
Fantastic and shockingly large modern art collection for a museum no one’s heard of.
- 2Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation0.2 mi · $15
Massive collection of Chaim Gross sculptures plus his collection of art from well-known artists.
- 3Museum of Street Art0.6 mi · Free
Take the elevator to the 20th floor of a hotel and walk down 20 flights; the stairwell is the museum.
- 4Drawing Center0.6 mi · Free
Large collection of drawings, all modern.
- 5Museum of Chinese in America0.7 mi · Free
Solid permanent exhibit on Chinese immigration to America.
- 6American Numismatic Society (ANS)0.7 mi · $50
Never saw the gallery; talked to a curator for 90 minutes about Roman Republic coinage.
Also on the block, if you have time
Merchant House Museum (0.1 mi), Center for Architecture (0.2 mi, free), Terrain Gallery (0.3 mi, free), New York Marble Cemetery (0.3 mi, free), Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (0.3 mi, free).
Skip Ukrainian Museum (0.3 mi), even if you’re passing: “Random Ukrainian artifacts in a room with no context.”