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JUST A WALK IN THE PARK
DISCOVERING THE MUSEUMS OF NEW YORK’S CENTRAL PARK
Ah, New York City’s Central Park in the fall. The leaves of the trees are changing colors. The grass is still green and not covered
with snow yet. But the air might be a little too crisp to remain outside for too long.
Thankfully the park is home to a wealth of museums where you can escape the cold and see some fantastic exhibits, stunning works of art and even learn about the city that you are visiting.
Sure, it would be easy to fly to New York, but this
is a Great American Road Trip, so you should drive it. Central Park is only about 500 to 600 miles from most of Ohio, and if you take a northern route or a southern route, you will avoid Pittsburgh, so you have that going for you. You could even order a famous TripTik Travel Planner from your local AAA branch or create one online at ohio.aaa.com/travel/extras/triptik.html.
The jewel of Central Park is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is the only museum within
the park boundaries. It is the largest art museum in the United States (it ranks fourth in the world) and is the third-most popular in terms of visitors annually, with 7.35 million visitors in 2017. The main building of the museum is on Museum Mile, a stretch of Fifth Avenue on the eastern edge of Central Park where you can find eight, soon to be nine, museums. The Met (not to be confused with The Metropolitan Opera) also operates the nearby Met Breuer museum, about eight blocks away
on Madison Avenue, and The Cloisters in Upper Manhattan. Admission tickets are valid for three consecutive days at all three museums.
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