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name only a few. A highlight of the collection is the
Fragonard
Room,
graced with the sensual rococo series “The Progress of Love.”
The portrait of Montesquieu by Whistler is also stunning. Included
in the price of admission, the AcousticGuide audio tour is particularly
useful because it allows you to follow your own path rather than a
proscribed route. A free 22-minute video presentation is screened in
the Music Room every half-hour from 10am to 4:30pm (from 1:30
on Sun); starting with this helps to set the tone for what you'll see.
1 E. 70th St. (at Fifth Ave.).
&
212/288-0700.
www.frick.org. Admission $15 adults,
$10 seniors, $5 students. Children under 10 not admitted; children under 16 must be
accompanied by an adult. Tues-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 11am-5pm. Closed all major
holidays. Subway: 6 to 68th St./Hunter College.
International Center of Photography
The ICP is one
of the world's premier educators, collectors, and exhibitors of pho-
tographic art. The state-of-the-art gallery space is ideal for viewing
rotating exhibitions of the museum's 50,000-plus prints as well as
visiting shows. The emphasis is on contemporary photographic
works, but historically important photographers aren't ignored. This
is a must on any photography buff 's list.
1133 Sixth Ave. (at 43rd St.).
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212/857-0000.
www.icp.org. Admission $12
adults, $8 seniors and students, under 12 free. Tues-Thurs and Sat-Sun 10am-6pm;
Fri 10am-8pm. Subway: B, D, F, V to 42nd St.
Finds
USS Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
After almost 2
years in drydock, the USS
Intrepid
is scheduled to return to its refur-
bished home on Pier 86 in October, 2008; and the museum will
reopen on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2008. The most astonishing
thing about the aircraft carrier USS
Intrepid
is how it can be simul-
taneously so big and so small. It's a few football fields long, weighs
40,000 tons, holds 40 aircraft, and sometimes doubles as a ballroom
for society functions. But stand there and think about landing an A-
12 jet on the deck and suddenly it's minuscule. And in the narrow
passageways below, you'll find it isn't the roomiest of vessels. Now a
National Historic Landmark, the exhibit also includes the naval
destroyer USS
Edson
and the submarine USS
Growler,
the only
intact strategic missile submarine open to the public anywhere, as
well as a collection of vintage and modern aircraft, including the A-
12 Blackbird, and a retired British Airways Concorde jet.
Kids love this place. They, and you, can climb inside a replica Revo-
lutionary War submarine, sit in an A-6 Intruder cockpit, and follow
the progress of America's astronauts as they work in space. There
are even flight simulators—including a “Fly with the Blue Angels”
Kids
