Take another look at America’s most interesting museums
NEW YORK — CityPass®, the visitor ticket booklet of select attractions with half-price clout in 10 North American destinations, makes sampling the best big city museum exhibitions of fall and winter surprisingly easy on the wallet. A back-to-school, back-to-business sensibility returns after a summer of leisure, marking blockbuster exhibitions that are visual feasts, exhibitions that instruct and entertain, and a chance to shop in quirky splendor. Nothing flatters getaways with substance like a great deal. It leaves time to bump into lovely surprises, with spare cash for souvenirs of the journey.
CityPass Destination Fall/Winter Exhibition Highlights
In autumn, a city’s cultural pace quickens, store windows take on jewel-color displays, and street lights glitter en route to a new season of performances and holiday celebrations. CityPass delivers must-see city art, science, and natural history museum collections in addition to harbor cruises, historical locations, sky-high observatories, cable cars, sightseeing and bonus values at about 50% off regular admission prices.
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The following are highlights of major exhibitions in CityPass destinations. From the lofty to the arcane, this fall runs a gamut of themes and execution. Certain exhibitions may require timed admission or separate admission; check with the museum upon visiting.
New York - There’s no better time to sample the style, ambitions, personalities – past and present – and cultural icons of New York than during its fall season. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a recent addition to New York CityPass, is dazzling visitors in The New Greek and Roman galleries, with jewels, chariots, sculptures evoking human perfection, and frescoes once buried by Vesuvius. Just open is The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings, through January 6, 2008, 228 masterpieces displayed together for the first time in a rich array of landscapes, still lifes, marine views, and portraits.
The American Museum of Natural History reveals the compelling story of water, our planet’s lifeblood in Water: H2O=LIFE, November 3, 2007-May 25, 2008. It offers a fresh slant on a precious resource in terms of human use and economies, reveals the cultural and spiritual aspects of water around the globe, using innovations such as projecting images on fog.
Focus: Alexander Calder, September 14, 2007-February 18, 2008 at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) showcases the work of Alexander Calder, who quietly revolutionized ideas about what modern sculpture could be, with an installation of his early mobiles and wire sculptures, works of humor, visual sophistication and inventiveness created before he shifted to monumental constructions.
The Guggenheim’s origins are on display through January 9, 2008 in Solomon’s Gift: The Founding Collection of the Guggenheim 1937-1949. Solomon Guggenheim’s singular tastes launched what is now a landmark name in art and museums. Guggenheim boldly championed abstraction and the artists he fancied, such as Picasso, Chagall, Rousseau, and Modigliani. This exhibition offers an inside peek at the work that launched a legend.
Other tickets include Circle Line Sightseeing Cruise with choices that offer close-up views of the Statue of Liberty and The Empire State Building Observatory, now open until 2 a.m. every day to better enjoy the views of New York’s boroughs from 1,454 feet. Also included to underscore Big Apple distinctions and nibble at other costs, the booklet includes tips, transportation information, contact numbers and Web sites, museum shop discounts, restaurant values, and Bloomingdale’s shopping package. Priced at $65.00 for adults – a $130.00 value – New York CityPass represents a travel savings of 50% off individually purchased attraction tickets.
Boston - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston strides, minces, and glides through time with remarkable footwear in Walk This Way, September 22, 2007-March 23, 2008. Shoes are a cultural and economic revelation in this riveting exhibition of function and fashion, juxtaposed with the art and objects of the periods for context.
Also at MFA, Boston: The excess, riches, and appropriated antiquities of Napoleon – rife with lions and griffons and gold – populate Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800-1815, October 21, 2007-January 27, 2008.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History, an intimately scaled historic location on the Harvard University campus, hosts an array of haunting, close-up photos of familiar and unfamiliar species, printed in rich sepia tones: Looking at Animals: Photographs by Harry Horenstein, September 28 - June 2008.
Other tickets include New England Aquarium, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, Museum of Science and the Skywalk Observatory; bonus values offer discounts for the Freedom Walk tour and at the Union Oyster House, the oldest restaurant in Boston. Adults, $39.50; ages 3-11, $21.50.
Philadelphia - The National Constitution Center just unveiled Meet the Signers on September 15; 42 life-size bronze statues of American notables. First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image, October 5-December 31, tracks the evolution of the First Lady from ceremonial colleague to international celebrity, influencing everything from policy to fashion. New iPod audiotours are available for an in-depth experience and are $3.
Additional tickets include The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Adventure Aquarium, Philadelphia Trolley Works, Philadelphia Zoo, and the choice of the Academy of Natural Sciences or Independence Seaport Museum. Adults, $49; ages 3-12, $34.
Atlanta - A precedent-making accord with the Louvre is in its second year at the High Museum of Art, attracting international attention to the hottest city in the Southeast. Opening October 16 is the simply, aptly named, Louvre Atlanta Year 2: Louvre and the Ancient World—a collection of objects and antiquities dating from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the 3rd century A.D., including treasures unearthed at Pompeii and masterworks once bestowed in victory upon Napoleon.
Other Atlanta CityPass tickets include immediate entry to Georgia Aquarium plus World of Coca-Cola, Inside CNN Atlanta Studio Tour, either the Fernbank Museum of Natural History or Atlanta Botanical Garden, and a choice between Zoo Atlanta or Atlanta History Center. Adults, $64; ages 3-12, $45.
Toronto - The newly redesigned Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) captures the vitality and imagination of the collections contained therein and the sparkling verve of the city. New, talked-about architecture emulates jutting crystals which dominates the streetfront, while beloved original facades stand preserved inside. Canada Collects: Treasures from Across the Nation, October 6, 2007-January 6, 2008, brings together exceptional pieces of contemporary, historical and aboriginal art from premier collectors and collections across the country, ranging from Francis Bacon to Anne of Green Gables to Pierre Trudeau’s canoe. It promises to be a one-stop overview of Canadian culture.
Toronto CityPass delivers the rest of the city with tickets to CN Tower for great views over the city and Lake Ontario; Casa Loma, a hillside castle and traditional spot to schedule kid’s Christmas portraits of princes and princesses; Ontario Science Centre; Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Toronto Zoo. Adults, $59.00 CAD; ages 4-12, $39.00 CAD.
Chicago - The Magnificent Mile – a legendary stretch of Michigan Avenue through the heart of Chicago – celebrates the season with enormous cheer. A 14-block installation of lighted sculptures brightens the night beginning November 17; every Saturday in January and February at 6:30 p.m. there’s a fireworks display over the Chicago River.
The Field Museum of Natural History hosts Maps: Finding our Place in the World, November 2, 2007-January 27, 2008. Clay tablets to sea charts, satellite navigation to tantalizing sketches of the real world and imagined places, the exhibit contains centuries of maps, and cultural and technological influences.
The Museum of Science and Industry’s Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, October 5, 2007-January 6, 2008, explores the space fantasy technologies depicted in Star Wars films, the real science behind them, and projects real-life future versions. Note: separate admission required.
Chicago CityPass tickets include the Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, and the Hancock Observatory. Adults, $49.50; ages 4-11, $39.
Seattle - The alternately bright and moody beauty of a Northwest fall and winter defines The Emerald City. Synonymous with Boeing and Microsoft, the city tingles with off-beat stimulation. The Museum of Flight celebrates women who made their mark in engineering: Petticoats and Slide Rules, through November 3, 2007. Decades ago, the phrase “petticoats and slide rules” was used in a speech to describe how women of the era harnessed their educations and talents while adhering to feminine expectations at home.
Other Seattle CityPass tickets include the Seattle Aquarium, Argosy Cruises Seattle Harbor Tour, Pacific Science Center, and Woodland Park Zoo. Adults, $39.50; ages 3-12, $24.
San Francisco - Heralded as the most important artist of his generation, Olafur Eliasson has created an exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Art to challenge the passive nature of traditional art-viewing. Olafur Eliasson, through February 24, 2008, merges art, science and natural phenomena to create an intentionally simple and thrilling installation using tangible elements of temperature, moisture, aroma and light to create physical sensation. This is an exhibit designed to feel, smell, taste, and experience color, movement and imagination.
Guaranteed to terrify adults and make children squeal with delight, Xtreme Life, at the California Academy of Natural Sciences and Steinhart Aquarium, examines life found in battery acid, methane seeps, inside rocks, and boiling sea vents. “Life” equates to Pompeii worms covered in blue hair made of bacteria thriving in 176-degree water; snottites, aka “snotties,” that hang from cave ceilings; and eight-foot long tubeworms with no mouth, gut or anus, among other stupefying examples. It poses the question: Who’s to say what’s out there in the galaxy?
CityPass Destination Fall/Winter Exhibition Highlights
In autumn, a city’s cultural pace quickens, store windows take on jewel-color displays, and street lights glitter en route to a new season of performances and holiday celebrations. CityPass delivers must-see city art, science, and natural history museum collections in addition to harbor cruises, historical locations, sky-high observatories, cable cars, sightseeing and bonus values at about 50% off regular admission prices.
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The following are highlights of major exhibitions in CityPass destinations. From the lofty to the arcane, this fall runs a gamut of themes and execution. Certain exhibitions may require timed admission or separate admission; check with the museum upon visiting.
New York - There’s no better time to sample the style, ambitions, personalities – past and present – and cultural icons of New York than during its fall season. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a recent addition to New York CityPass, is dazzling visitors in The New Greek and Roman galleries, with jewels, chariots, sculptures evoking human perfection, and frescoes once buried by Vesuvius. Just open is The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings, through January 6, 2008, 228 masterpieces displayed together for the first time in a rich array of landscapes, still lifes, marine views, and portraits.
The American Museum of Natural History reveals the compelling story of water, our planet’s lifeblood in Water: H2O=LIFE, November 3, 2007-May 25, 2008. It offers a fresh slant on a precious resource in terms of human use and economies, reveals the cultural and spiritual aspects of water around the globe, using innovations such as projecting images on fog.
Focus: Alexander Calder, September 14, 2007-February 18, 2008 at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) showcases the work of Alexander Calder, who quietly revolutionized ideas about what modern sculpture could be, with an installation of his early mobiles and wire sculptures, works of humor, visual sophistication and inventiveness created before he shifted to monumental constructions.
The Guggenheim’s origins are on display through January 9, 2008 in Solomon’s Gift: The Founding Collection of the Guggenheim 1937-1949. Solomon Guggenheim’s singular tastes launched what is now a landmark name in art and museums. Guggenheim boldly championed abstraction and the artists he fancied, such as Picasso, Chagall, Rousseau, and Modigliani. This exhibition offers an inside peek at the work that launched a legend.
Other tickets include Circle Line Sightseeing Cruise with choices that offer close-up views of the Statue of Liberty and The Empire State Building Observatory, now open until 2 a.m. every day to better enjoy the views of New York’s boroughs from 1,454 feet. Also included to underscore Big Apple distinctions and nibble at other costs, the booklet includes tips, transportation information, contact numbers and Web sites, museum shop discounts, restaurant values, and Bloomingdale’s shopping package. Priced at $65.00 for adults – a $130.00 value – New York CityPass represents a travel savings of 50% off individually purchased attraction tickets.
Boston - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston strides, minces, and glides through time with remarkable footwear in Walk This Way, September 22, 2007-March 23, 2008. Shoes are a cultural and economic revelation in this riveting exhibition of function and fashion, juxtaposed with the art and objects of the periods for context.
Also at MFA, Boston: The excess, riches, and appropriated antiquities of Napoleon – rife with lions and griffons and gold – populate Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800-1815, October 21, 2007-January 27, 2008.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History, an intimately scaled historic location on the Harvard University campus, hosts an array of haunting, close-up photos of familiar and unfamiliar species, printed in rich sepia tones: Looking at Animals: Photographs by Harry Horenstein, September 28 - June 2008.
Other tickets include New England Aquarium, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, Museum of Science and the Skywalk Observatory; bonus values offer discounts for the Freedom Walk tour and at the Union Oyster House, the oldest restaurant in Boston. Adults, $39.50; ages 3-11, $21.50.
Philadelphia - The National Constitution Center just unveiled Meet the Signers on September 15; 42 life-size bronze statues of American notables. First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image, October 5-December 31, tracks the evolution of the First Lady from ceremonial colleague to international celebrity, influencing everything from policy to fashion. New iPod audiotours are available for an in-depth experience and are $3.
Additional tickets include The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Adventure Aquarium, Philadelphia Trolley Works, Philadelphia Zoo, and the choice of the Academy of Natural Sciences or Independence Seaport Museum. Adults, $49; ages 3-12, $34.
Atlanta - A precedent-making accord with the Louvre is in its second year at the High Museum of Art, attracting international attention to the hottest city in the Southeast. Opening October 16 is the simply, aptly named, Louvre Atlanta Year 2: Louvre and the Ancient World—a collection of objects and antiquities dating from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the 3rd century A.D., including treasures unearthed at Pompeii and masterworks once bestowed in victory upon Napoleon.
Other Atlanta CityPass tickets include immediate entry to Georgia Aquarium plus World of Coca-Cola, Inside CNN Atlanta Studio Tour, either the Fernbank Museum of Natural History or Atlanta Botanical Garden, and a choice between Zoo Atlanta or Atlanta History Center. Adults, $64; ages 3-12, $45.
Toronto - The newly redesigned Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) captures the vitality and imagination of the collections contained therein and the sparkling verve of the city. New, talked-about architecture emulates jutting crystals which dominates the streetfront, while beloved original facades stand preserved inside. Canada Collects: Treasures from Across the Nation, October 6, 2007-January 6, 2008, brings together exceptional pieces of contemporary, historical and aboriginal art from premier collectors and collections across the country, ranging from Francis Bacon to Anne of Green Gables to Pierre Trudeau’s canoe. It promises to be a one-stop overview of Canadian culture.
Toronto CityPass delivers the rest of the city with tickets to CN Tower for great views over the city and Lake Ontario; Casa Loma, a hillside castle and traditional spot to schedule kid’s Christmas portraits of princes and princesses; Ontario Science Centre; Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Toronto Zoo. Adults, $59.00 CAD; ages 4-12, $39.00 CAD.
Chicago - The Magnificent Mile – a legendary stretch of Michigan Avenue through the heart of Chicago – celebrates the season with enormous cheer. A 14-block installation of lighted sculptures brightens the night beginning November 17; every Saturday in January and February at 6:30 p.m. there’s a fireworks display over the Chicago River.
The Field Museum of Natural History hosts Maps: Finding our Place in the World, November 2, 2007-January 27, 2008. Clay tablets to sea charts, satellite navigation to tantalizing sketches of the real world and imagined places, the exhibit contains centuries of maps, and cultural and technological influences.
The Museum of Science and Industry’s Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, October 5, 2007-January 6, 2008, explores the space fantasy technologies depicted in Star Wars films, the real science behind them, and projects real-life future versions. Note: separate admission required.
Chicago CityPass tickets include the Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, and the Hancock Observatory. Adults, $49.50; ages 4-11, $39.
Seattle - The alternately bright and moody beauty of a Northwest fall and winter defines The Emerald City. Synonymous with Boeing and Microsoft, the city tingles with off-beat stimulation. The Museum of Flight celebrates women who made their mark in engineering: Petticoats and Slide Rules, through November 3, 2007. Decades ago, the phrase “petticoats and slide rules” was used in a speech to describe how women of the era harnessed their educations and talents while adhering to feminine expectations at home.
Other Seattle CityPass tickets include the Seattle Aquarium, Argosy Cruises Seattle Harbor Tour, Pacific Science Center, and Woodland Park Zoo. Adults, $39.50; ages 3-12, $24.
San Francisco - Heralded as the most important artist of his generation, Olafur Eliasson has created an exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Art to challenge the passive nature of traditional art-viewing. Olafur Eliasson, through February 24, 2008, merges art, science and natural phenomena to create an intentionally simple and thrilling installation using tangible elements of temperature, moisture, aroma and light to create physical sensation. This is an exhibit designed to feel, smell, taste, and experience color, movement and imagination.
Guaranteed to terrify adults and make children squeal with delight, Xtreme Life, at the California Academy of Natural Sciences and Steinhart Aquarium, examines life found in battery acid, methane seeps, inside rocks, and boiling sea vents. “Life” equates to Pompeii worms covered in blue hair made of bacteria thriving in 176-degree water; snottites, aka “snotties,” that hang from cave ceilings; and eight-foot long tubeworms with no mouth, gut or anus, among other stupefying examples. It poses the question: Who’s to say what’s out there in the galaxy?
