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Bard Graduate Center Gallery

Worth a detourUpper West Side

Several floors, surprisingly large. Saw Sonia Delaunay; she did painting and clothing both, and I always like art outside the usual mediums.

What it is

Bard’s gallery presents scholarly exhibitions on decorative arts, design history, and material culture.

Pair it with

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

  1. 1Museum of Natural History0.3 mi · Free

    One of NYC’s AAA museums.

  2. 2NY Historical Society0.5 mi · $24

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

  3. 3The Metropolitan Museum of Art0.6 mi · $25

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

  4. 4Neue Galerie0.6 mi · $28

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

  5. 5Guggenheim Museum0.6 mi · $30

    Great but small permanent collection.

  6. 6Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum0.7 mi · $22

    Cool exhibit on the evolution of Olympic iconography.