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Climate Museum

SkipSoHo, ManhattanNow closed

Pop-up on climate change, poorly executed. Walls of text, badly edited. Not compelling.

What it is

The first museum dedicated to climate change and climate solutions in the United States.

Pair it with

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

  1. 1Drawing Center0.2 mi · Free

    Large collection of drawings, all modern.

  2. 2Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation0.3 mi · $15

    Massive collection of Chaim Gross sculptures plus his collection of art from well-known artists.

  3. 3American Numismatic Society (ANS)0.3 mi · $50

    Never saw the gallery; talked to a curator for 90 minutes about Roman Republic coinage.

  4. 4Museum of Chinese in America0.4 mi · Free

    Solid permanent exhibit on Chinese immigration to America.

  5. 5Museum of Street Art0.5 mi · Free

    Take the elevator to the 20th floor of a hotel and walk down 20 flights; the stairwell is the museum.

  6. 6Grey Art Museum0.5 mi · Free

    Fantastic and shockingly large modern art collection for a museum no one’s heard of.

Also on the block, if you have time

Dia Art Foundation - Broken Kilometer (0.1 mi, free), Dia Art Foundation - New York Earth Room (0.1 mi, free), Terrain Gallery (0.1 mi, free), Leslie-Lohman Museum (0.2 mi), Center for Architecture (0.3 mi, free).

Skip NYC Fire Museum (0.3 mi), even if you’re passing: “Felt like donated junk. Old engines were neat but no context; would’ve loved a timeline of innovations.”