The Skyscraper Museum
The Skyscraper Museum
This museum, is dedicated to the study of high-rise buildings, past, present, and future. Located in lower Manhattan, it is the world's first museum of it's kind. Founded in 1996, it is the brain child of Carol Willis and those who shared her dream. Ms. Willis is an architectural historian who has been writing and teaching at Columbia University about urban architecture for nearly 20 years.
Designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merril, the museum was built by the Tishman Construction Corporation. Both companies donated their services, out of support and belief in what it all means.
It is a, not-for-profit, educational corporation offering exhibitions, programs, and publications from its location at 39 Battery Place, near the skyscrapers and concrete canyons of lower Broadway and Wall Street.
The actual size of the museum is rather small, only about 5,800 square feet. The ceiling and floor of the museum is covered in highly polished stainless steel. The effect of reflection gives it a more spacious look and feel.
It's current exhibits include, Ground Zero Viewing Wall, Original WTC Model, WTC: Monument, Des/Dev: Times Square, Big Buildings, Building the Empire State, Downtown New York. Visitors can browse through such exhibits as "Building a Collection", featuring historical artifacts, photographs, city maps, films, models, drawings, and blueprints, highliting the ever changing history of skyscrapers.
On the journey through the exhibits you will see memorabilia detailing the future of high-rise architecture, such as undersized models of the proposed Freedom Tower, which will be the tallest office building in the world. As well as photos of the construction of the Empire State Building. Pictures that depict workers building the emerging tower, and hoisting the limestone eagle up to the fifth floor.
Other helpful information for the visitor:
Admission:
$5 for adults
$2.50 for students and seniors
Hours:
noon to 6:00p.m.
Wednesday - Sunday
This museum, is dedicated to the study of high-rise buildings, past, present, and future. Located in lower Manhattan, it is the world's first museum of it's kind. Founded in 1996, it is the brain child of Carol Willis and those who shared her dream. Ms. Willis is an architectural historian who has been writing and teaching at Columbia University about urban architecture for nearly 20 years.
Designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merril, the museum was built by the Tishman Construction Corporation. Both companies donated their services, out of support and belief in what it all means.
It is a, not-for-profit, educational corporation offering exhibitions, programs, and publications from its location at 39 Battery Place, near the skyscrapers and concrete canyons of lower Broadway and Wall Street.
The actual size of the museum is rather small, only about 5,800 square feet. The ceiling and floor of the museum is covered in highly polished stainless steel. The effect of reflection gives it a more spacious look and feel.
It's current exhibits include, Ground Zero Viewing Wall, Original WTC Model, WTC: Monument, Des/Dev: Times Square, Big Buildings, Building the Empire State, Downtown New York. Visitors can browse through such exhibits as "Building a Collection", featuring historical artifacts, photographs, city maps, films, models, drawings, and blueprints, highliting the ever changing history of skyscrapers.
On the journey through the exhibits you will see memorabilia detailing the future of high-rise architecture, such as undersized models of the proposed Freedom Tower, which will be the tallest office building in the world. As well as photos of the construction of the Empire State Building. Pictures that depict workers building the emerging tower, and hoisting the limestone eagle up to the fifth floor.
Other helpful information for the visitor:
Admission:
$5 for adults
$2.50 for students and seniors
Hours:
noon to 6:00p.m.
Wednesday - Sunday
