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Gilded Age Tour

Worth a stopMuseum Mile, Upper East Side

Thought it’d be a tour of actual mansions. Was really a tour of the HBO show. Still picked up a few mansions I didn’t know, like one owned by NYU, the Albertine building.

What it is

Walking tour visiting Gilded Age mansions and Carnegie-era institutions along Museum Mile.

Pair it with

Worth a detour or better, within a 15-minute walk. Numbers match the map.

  1. 1Guggenheim Museum0.1 mi · $30

    Great but small permanent collection.

  2. 2Neue Galerie0.1 mi · $28

    Saw the Klimt exhibit: large, well laid out, but light on context.

  3. 3Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum0.1 mi · $22

    Cool exhibit on the evolution of Olympic iconography.

  4. 4The Metropolitan Museum of Art0.3 mi · $25

    Pay-what-you-wish for tri-state residents.

  5. 5Bard Graduate Center Gallery0.6 mi · $15

    Several floors, surprisingly large.

  6. 6Museum of Natural History0.8 mi · Free

    One of NYC’s AAA museums.

Also on the block, if you have time

The Jewish Museum (0.2 mi), Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (0.2 mi, free), Irish Historical Society (0.4 mi), Ukrainian Institute (0.5 mi, free).