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Founded in 1845 as the first Reform synagogue in New York and completed in 1929, this
temple is now one of the largest Jewish houses of worship in the world. An imposing
Romanesque structure, it is more than 175ft long and 100ft tall, with a brilliant, hand-
painted ceiling that contains details in gold.
(
212-744-1400;
www.emanuelnyc.org
;
1 E 65th St, cnr
Fifth Ave;
10am-4:30pm Sun-Thu;
6 to 68th St-Hunter College)
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Museum of the City of New York
Step inside this colonial Georgian-style mansion to explore New York City's past, present
and future. Don't miss the 22-minute film
Timescapes
(on the second floor), which charts
Gotham's growth from a tiny native trading post to a burgeoning metropolis.
One of the museum's star attractions is the 12-room mansion dollhouse fabricated by
Carrie Stettheimer over 25 years at the turn of the 20th century - replete with tiny art
works (including miniatures of pieces by Marcel Duchamp and Gaston Lachaise).
(
MUSEUM
212-534-1672;
www.mcny.org
; 1220 Fifth Ave, btwn 103rd & 104th Sts; suggested admission adult/child $10/free;
10am-6pm;
6 to 103rd St)
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Asia Society & Museum
MUSEUM
Founded in 1956 by John D Rockefeller (an avid collector of Asian Art), this cultural cen-
ter hosts fascinating exhibits (such as pre-Revolutionary art of Iran, retrospectives of lead-
ing Chinese artists or block prints of Edo-era Japan), as well as Jain sculptures and Ne-
palese Buddhist paintings. There are tours (offered free with admission) at 2pm on Tues-
days year-round and at 6:30pm Fridays (excluding summer months).
(
212-288-6400;
www.asiasociety.org
;
725 Park Ave, at E 70th St; admission $12, 6-9pm Fri mid-Sep-Jun free;
11am-6pm Tue-Sun,
to 9pm Fri mid-Sep-Jun;
6 to 68th St-Hunter College)
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