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MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
36 Battery Place. Subway R, W to Whitehall St; #4, #5 to Bowling Green. 646 437 4200,
www.mjhnyc.org
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Sun-Tues & Thurs 10am-5.45pm, Wed 10am-8pm, Fri 10am-5pm. Nov-Feb museum
closes at 3pm on Fri. $12, free Wed 4-8pm.
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This moving and informative museum begins with everyday Eastern European Jewish life,
before moving on to the horrors of the Holocaust. It ends with the establishment of Israel
and subsequent Jewish achievements, even covering the successes of entertainers and artists
like Samuel Goldwyn and Allen Ginsberg.
MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
1 Bowling Green, the US Customs House. Subway R to Whitehall St; #4, #5 to Bowling Green.
212 514
3700,
www.nmai.si.edu
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Daily 10am-5pm, Thurs 10am-8pm. Free.
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Cass Gilbert's US Customs House is now home to the Smithsonian's
National Museum of
the American Indian
, a thoughtful collection of artefacts from almost every tribe native to
the Americas. The permanent collection includes intricate basketry and woodcarvings,
