Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Worth a stop·Upper East Side
Run by NYU. One exhibit was photoshopping US troops out of DoD photos from Iraq. The other was random photos from elsewhere. Felt aimless.
What it is
NYU-affiliated program, offering talks, events & exhibits on ancient cultures, free admission.
Pair it with
Worth a detour or better, within a 15-minute walk. Numbers match the map.
- 1Neue Galerie0.1 mi · $28
Saw the Klimt exhibit: large, well laid out, but light on context.
- 2The Metropolitan Museum of Art0.2 mi · $25
Pay-what-you-wish for tri-state residents.
- 3Guggenheim Museum0.2 mi · $30
Great but small permanent collection.
- 4Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum0.3 mi · $22
Cool exhibit on the evolution of Olympic iconography.
- 5Bard Graduate Center Gallery0.7 mi · $15
Several floors, surprisingly large.
- 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
Irish Historical Society (0.2 mi), Gilded Age Tour (0.2 mi), Ukrainian Institute (0.3 mi, free), The Jewish Museum (0.4 mi).
Skip Czech Center (0.8 mi), even if you’re passing: “Hard to know when it’s even open (Mon–Thu only?).”