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Downtown Connection Shuttle Buses
To help get around lower Manhattan check this shuttle schedule.
Website:
http://www.downtownny.com/getting around/?sid=19
Museum of City of New York
Address: 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212.534.1672
Website:
http://www.mcny.org/
Hours Tues-Sun: 10am-5pm, Closed Mondays
NYC Heritage Tourism Center - NYC Visit
(New York Convention & Visitors Bureau)
Address:Southern tip of City Hall Park on the Broadway sidewalk at Park Row
Website:
http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=442
Phone: 212/484-1200
Hours: Open seven days a week, made possible by The History Channel. History-themed tours and attractions.
Museum of American Indian
Address: One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-514-3700
Website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; Thursdays until 8 p.m.
New York Historical Society
Address: 170 Central Park West
Phone: 212 873-3400
Website:
http://www.nyhistory.org/
Hours: Sun-Mon: CLOSED, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm
New York Public Library
Address: Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Phone: 212 930 0830
Website:
http://www.nypl.org/
Hours: Check website
National Archives Northeast
Address: 201 Varick Street 12th Floor
New York, NY 10014
Phone: 1-866-840-1752 or 212-401-1620
Website:
http://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Address: 141 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212 995 5260
Website:
http://www.nylandmarks.org/index.php
New York City Municipal Archives
Address: 31 Chambers Street, Room 103 New York, NY 10007
Phone: (212) NEW-YORK
Website:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/about/archives.shtml
Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am-4:30pm, Fri 9am-1pm
American Museum of National History
Address: Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
Phone: 212 769-5100
Website:
http://www.amnh.org/
Hours: open daily, 10am-5:45pm
Gotham Center
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Web site for Pulitzer-Prize author Mike Wallace (and Ted Burrows)
City of New York University Libraries
Address: 365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4309
Phone: 212 817 7083
Website:
http://www.gothamcenter.org/
Hours: Check website
New York Genealogical and Bibliography Society
Address: 122 East 58th Street
New York, NY 10022-1939
Phone: 212 755 8532
Website:
http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:00pm
Lower Manhattan Info
Lower Manhattan Public Information Campaign
Wesite:
http://www.lowermanhattan.info/history/
Downtown Alliance
Downtown-Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District (BID)
Website:
http://www.downtownny.com/?flash=1
Renew New York City
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Address: One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Phone: (212) 962-2300
TTY Phone: (212) 962-0045
Web Site:
http://www.renewnyc.com/
LowerManhattanMap.com
Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) with U.S. HUD Authority
Web Site:
http://www.lowermanhattanmap.com/links.html
New York History Net
Web Site:
http://www.nyhistory.com/featured.htm
Columbia University Libraries
Address: 201 Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-2271
Website:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/
Hours: check website
New York University Library
Address: check website
Website:
http://library.nyu.edu/about/locations.html
Hours: check website
South Street Seaport Museum
Address: 12 Fulton Street and the East River
Phone: 212 748 8590
Website:
http://www.southstseaport.org/
Hours: SUMMER HOURS: April 1 - Oct 31, Tues-Sun 10am-6pm
WINTER HOURS: Nov 1 - March 31, Fri-Mon* 10am-5pm
*Ships and Water Street galleries closed Mondays
Unearthed Museum
Address: 17 State St (opposite Battery Park btwn Pearl & Whitehall St)
Phone: 212 748 8753
Website:
http://www.southstseaport.org/archaeology/nyunearthed.shtm
Hours: By appointment
Castle Clinton National Monument
Address: Battery Park Lower Manhattan
1 Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212)344-7220
Website:
http://www.nps.gov/cacl/
Hours: 8:00am-5pm daily
Statue of Liberty National Monument - Ellis Island
Address: Battery Park
Phone: (866) STATUE-4
Website:
http://www.nps.gov/stli/
Hours: 9:30am - 5:00pm
Skyscraper Museum
Address: 39 Battery Place
Website:
http://www.skyscraper.org/home_flash.htm
Hours: 12-6 PM, Wed-Sun
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Address: 54 Pearl Street
New York, NY 10004-2429
Phone: 212-425-1778
Website:
http://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/
Hours: Tues-Fri 12p-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Sun and Mon Closed
University Of Texas at Austin
Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection
Website:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/new_york.html
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City
We list this site because we feel they
embody the concept that the web is meant for knowledge.
Great site you should check out.
Links
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