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SPYSCAPE

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100% tourist trap. Don’t go. I doubt kids would even like it.

What it is

Interactive spy-themed experiences, plus a museum with spy gadgets & historic artifacts.

Pair it with

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

  1. 1MoMA0.4 mi · $28

    The other museum you can’t do in a day.

  2. 2Paley Museum0.5 mi · $20

    The archived footage library is the real draw; watched some otherwise lost Andy Warhol show episodes.

  3. 3American Folk Art Museum0.6 mi · Free

    Across from Lincoln Center; everyone’s wondered, no one’s been.

  4. 4The Grolier Club0.7 mi · Free

    Surprising one. Lots of interesting book bindings from the last few centuries.

Also on the block, if you have time

Museum of Arts & Design (0.2 mi, free), Rose Museum @ Carnegie Hall (0.2 mi, free), Museum of Broadway (0.5 mi).

Skip Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum (0.5 mi), even if you’re passing: “Tourist trap. Bad wax replicas of people you don’t care about.”