Skyscrappers and one more museum...
Day Four
For our last day in New York, we had a more relaxing morning. We managed to find a pub in the financial district where we could leave our luggage, grab a quick bite, and then spent some time walking around the 9/11 memorial, before heading to Brooklyn.
9/11 memorial and Battery park
An incredibly poignant memorial, located at the previous location of the World Trade Center complex, this is certainly worth a visit. Honouring the victims of the 11th September 2001 attacks, as well as the bombing at the World Trade Center in 1993, the memorial has the names of the victims inscribed around the two memorial pools of water.
There is also a museum which can be visited, showing what actually happened on that day- and the museum itself is located right where the Twin Towers once stood. More about visiting the museum can be found here– unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to visit it this time round.
A short walk away, you can find the Battery park- there’s an old fort within- the Castle Clinton- and various monuments. You can also find various ferries there- including one to Staten Island if you wanted to visit the Statue of Liberty.
Brooklyn Museum
Located in Brooklyn (obviously), the Brooklyn Museum is an arm museum, and is one of the oldest and largest Art Museums in America. With its roots going back as far as the Brooklyn Apprentice’s Library in 1823, the museum has grown significantly over time. Part of the building the museum is currently in was begging to be constructed in 1895, and opened to the public a few years later. The following decades saw many renovations and expansions, one of the most impressive being the Beaux-Arts Court in 2002- a simply stunning room as you can see from our photos.
We spent a couple of hours walking about the museum. Similar to other museums, there is an admission fee (currently $16 for adults), but it is a suggested contribution, see here for more details.
This museum isn’t as big as the Met so a few hours should be enough to see the key displays- from pottery to art. The map and further details of the collections can be found here. If you are in the area, the museum is worth a visit, but the collection wasn’t as exquisite as that of the Frick or the Met. There is a cafe and a restaurant at the Museum, as well as a decent shop for souvenirs, t-shirts and other items.
After our visit to the museum, we had some food and a few drinks, and that was it, the end of our New York trip, and time to head back to London…sadly!
Overall, it was an amazing trip. New York has so much to offer, and we were very lucky to even spend four days here. There was so much to see, do and eat. We will most definitely have to come back!
If you want to read more and find out what we did earlier on in our trip to New York- click one of the links below and do feel free to leave a comment!
Day One
After arriving and checking in, we visited the Guggenheim, the Frick Collection and spent a fair bit of time walking around the busy Manhattan Streets and having some really good food!
Day Two
On our last day, we managed to visit the 9/11 memorial and the Brooklyn Museum, before sadly leaving the city and catching an overnight flight back to London.
Day Three
Our penultimate day was rather busy- we visited the Morgan Library and Museum,Whitney Museum of American Art, followed by a Basketball game in the Barclays Center, followed by some oysters…
Day Four
On our last day, we managed to visit the 9/11 memorial and the Brooklyn Museum, before sadly leaving the city and catching an overnight flight back to London.
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