Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Staten Island Ferry
FERRY
Staten Islanders know these hulking, dirty-orange ferryboats as commuter vehicles, while
Manhattanites like to think of them as their secret, romantic vessels for a spring-day es-
cape. Yet many a tourist is clued into the charms of the Staten Island Ferry, whose 5.2-mile
journey between Lower Manhattan and the Staten Island neighborhood of St George is one
of NYC's finest free adventures.
(
www.siferry.com
; Whitehall Terminal at Whitehall & South Sts; admission
free;
24hr;
1 to South Ferry)
2
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Combining five early-18th-century structures, this unique museum/restaurant/bar combo is
an homage to the nation-shaping events of 1783, when the British relinquished control of
New York at the end of the Revolutionary War and General George Washington gave a
farewell speech to the officers of the Continental Army in the 2nd-floor dining room on
December 4.
(
www.frauncestavernmuseum.org
;
54 Pearl St btwn Broad St & Coenties Slip; adult/child $7/free;
MUSEUM
noon-5pm;
J/Z to Broad St, 4/5 to Bowling Green)
3
National Museum of the American Indian
An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, this elegant museum of Native American culture
is set in Cass Gilbert's spectacular 1907 Custom House, one of NYC's finest beaux arts
buildings. Beyond a vast elliptical rotunda, sleek galleries play host to changing exhibitions
documenting Native American culture, life and beliefs. The museum's permanent collec-
tion includes stunning decorative arts, textiles and ceremonial objects.
(
www.nmai.si.edu
; 1 Bowl-
ing Green; admission free;
MUSEUM
10am-5pm Fri-Wed, to 8pm Thu;
4/5 to Bowling Green, R to Whitehall St)
