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Paley Museum

Worth a detourMidtown

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

What it is

Museum housing a permanent collection of 160,000 TV/radio programs & advertisements.

Pair it with

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

  1. 1MoMA0.1 mi · $28

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

  2. 2The Grolier Club0.5 mi · Free

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

  3. 3Society of Illustrators/MoCCA0.6 mi · $15

    Huge collection of interesting drawings.

  4. 4Japan Society0.7 mi · $12

    Really interesting Japanese Zen exhibit.

Also on the block, if you have time

Rose Museum @ Carnegie Hall (0.3 mi, free), Museum of Broadway (0.4 mi), Horological Society of New York (0.4 mi, free), Korea Society (0.4 mi, free), Grand Central Terminal Tour (0.5 mi).

Skip Austrian Cultural Forum New York (0.1 mi), even if you’re passing: “Weird. Exhibit on 70s home design with everything in German, no English.”