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Neue Galerie

Worth a detourMuseum Mile, Upper East Side·I’d go back

Saw the Klimt exhibit: large, well laid out, but light on context. Long line on a random weekday for some reason.

What it is

Refined museum dedicated to German & Austrian art & design with a focus on the early 20th century.

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. 2The Metropolitan Museum of Art0.2 mi · $25

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

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

    Cool exhibit on the evolution of Olympic iconography.

  4. 4Bard Graduate Center Gallery0.6 mi · $15

    Several floors, surprisingly large.

  5. 5Museum of Natural History0.7 mi · Free

    One of NYC’s AAA museums.

  6. 6NY Historical Society0.7 mi · $24

    Would have been a 0 if not for an inexplicably great Tiffany Lamp exhibit on the top floor.

Also on the block, if you have time

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (0.1 mi, free), Gilded Age Tour (0.1 mi), Irish Historical Society (0.3 mi), The Jewish Museum (0.3 mi), Ukrainian Institute (0.4 mi, free).