There are seemingly
thousands of museums, galleries and the like in NYC, but some of the most
interesting are the hardest to find. A solid entry in the "Lesser known
yet amazing Museums of NYC" category, is The Skyscraper Museum. Near
Battery Park in lower Manhattan, this small but mighty non-profit boasts
fascinating exhibits series of interesting expert speakers, an ever-changing
collection and a lively, excitable staff that could talk Big City Skyscrapers
all day.
Billing themselves as
experts in the world's first and foremost vertical metropolis, this
unconventional museum operates in the shadow of some of biggest and oldest
buildings in the city ever since the museum opened in the splendid new space in
2004. Founded in 1996, The Skyscraper Museum is a not-for-profit,
educational corporation devoted to the study of high-rise building, past,
present, and future. 
Why go now? Because
the new exhibit is the perfect way to beat the cold and get into the buildings
without actually getting into the buildings.The very cool exhibit SUPERTALL is
worth the five bucks entrance fee alone. SUPERTALL is all about the world's
tallest buildings from Asia to Dubai that have been built since 2001 or
scheduled to be completed in 2016. Visit now as the exhibit closes end the end
of January. On their site, they even have this thought-provoking graph
showcasing where the Supertall Skyscrapers have appeared across the globe over
the last generation.
One of our favorite
past exhibitions was 2011's Vertical Urban Factory which featured the
innovative architectural design, structural engineering, and processing methods
of significant factory buildings from the turn of the 20th century to the
present. Now, over a century after the first large factories began to dominate
Now, over a century after the first large factories began to dominate our
cities, the exhibition posed the question: Can factories present sustainable
solutions for future self-sufficient cities? Oooh! That's a true puzzler. Right
up there with if you kill a mime in the woods, will it make any noise?
The big buildings of
this town never cease to fascinate the Big Adventure and a visit provides a nice homage to all of them. Not to get overly sappy, but it
is some concrete and steel poetry in the big city
39 Battery Place on
the other side of the Ritz Hotel.
$5 Admission, Open
Wed-Sun Noon-6 PM.
http://skyscraper.org/
-Phone: 212.968.1961
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