Subject related visits
The UN Building
Students can learn first-hand about the foremost peacekeeping institution and forum for international cooperation; how it came into being and how it works today to meet the challenges of globalisation and threats to peace and security.
Ground Zero
Students can see the affect of the traumatising terrorist attack of 9/11, seeing the devastation it caused and efforts made by fellow citizens to remember the dead and rebuild their lives.
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
The US is a mixture of immigrant populations. This museum lets students see how the character of the population of the US has changed over time and how Americans have learned to live together.
National Museum of the American Indian
In addition to its immigrant identity, the US also has an indigenous identity with which it has sometimes had difficulty coming to terms with. This museum teaches students about American aboriginal history, sparking questions about the nature of citizenship and human rights.
Sierra Club
Understanding lobby groups and their influence gives students a deep insight into the informal, as well as the formal processes that result in legislative and executive decisions. The NYC chapter works to protect the community and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
Museum of the City of New York
The essential introduction to NYC, where you can explore the past, present, and future of New York through groundbreaking exhibitions that offer a behind-the-scenes look at what gives the city its singular character.
Further highlights
- Business & Economics
Wall Street
See the headquarters of some of the world's big banks and financiers, as well as the New York Stock Exchange. Students will learn about the operations and importance of these players in global finance, and their place in the economy and importance in doing business.
Museum of American Financial History
Students can learn how the spirit of entrepreneurship helped make New York the global centre it is today.
Macy's Tours
Behind the scenes tours of Macys include a fun, fact-filled, lecture followed by a tour of the store itself. Knowledgeable guides will be able to teach your group about specific merchandising concepts, POS and other marketing techniques.
Federal Reserve Bank
The Fed helps dictate the shape of the global business environment, so a visit here is ideal to help students understand what constraints and opportunities affect businesses.
Empire State Building
For the better part of a century, the Empire State Building has offered visitors the thrill of a lifetime as they journey a quarter of a mile high above 5th Avenue to the Observatory.
The Chrysler Building
One of the last skyscrapers in the Art Deco style, the gargoyles depict Chrysler car ornaments and the spire is modeled on a radiator grille. Since it was restored in 1996 it glitters again like it did in the 1930s.
NBC Tour
Visit some of the most famous studios in America including: Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News, NBC Sports, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Saturday Night Live.
Madame Tussauds
Pupils will be able to explore the many rooms and galleries to find out more about famous American personalities and moments in history. An audio visual presentation will be part of the organised tour followed by a question & answer session.
Madison Square Gardens
This amazing arena has played host to some of the greatest sporting and entertaining spectacles ever seen. A tour of the building will allow your group to go behind the scenes to find out how a basketball court becomes a sheet of ice and how, as a business, Madison Square Garden is second to none.
Meadowlands Development
Just 5 miles from midtown Manhattan the Meadowlands Development provides refuge for wildlife alongside developments and commercial industries. Panasonic Corporation of America, Goya Foods, Quest Diagnostics, Hartz Mountain Industries, Ernst & Young LLP, Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., Syms Corp, Donna Karan and countless Fortune 500 companies all call Meadowlands home. This is the perfect place to show pupils how business in New York fits in with the natural environment.
Brooklyn Brewery
In 2003 the Brooklyn Brewery became the first New York City Company to switch to 100% wind-generated electricity making a guided tour of this iconic brewery about more than just the beer! Guided tours and history guides are both available to student groups however, students will have to be over 21 to take part in any tasting sessions.
- Art & Art History
Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the most important art museums in the world, students can see an enormous range of exhibits from mediaeval to modern day. Incorporating costume and design, this museum will impress and inspire students' creativity.
MoMA
The most influential museum of modern art in the world exhibits artwork from Impressionism through to Cubism and Surrealism right up to modern day contemporary art, not only showing the works, but also explaining their background and purpose.
Guggenheim
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this gallery is an architectural innovation that allows students the chance to consider the role of the building and presentation of art, as well as exploring the considerable avant-garde collection.
Fashion Institute of Technology
One of the largest collections of costumes, textiles and fashion in the world, students looking for art and fashion design ideas can look here for inspiration from ancient masters to current students (and designers of the future) at the Institute.
- History & Battlefields
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
This museum is one of the most beautifully located historic houses in the city and welcomes several thousand visitors each year for group tours, educational programme, strolls in the gardens and other special events. Built between 1836 and 1842, the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum exemplifies the type of country living that existed in the Pelham Bay Park area in the early 19th Century and gives pupils a chance to see how people used to live.
The Museum of Bronx History
This fascinating fieldstone building was originally built by a blacksmith in 1758 and is said to be one of the oldest in the borough. Inside you'll find exhibits depicting life in 18th century Bronx and details about how the area grew from countryside to a thriving urban community. Guided tours of the area and the museum are available through the Historical Society who look after the museum.
Eldridge Street Museum
The Museum at Eldridge Street, based in the 1887 National Historic Landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue, presents the culture, history and traditions of the great wave of Jewish immigrants to the Lower East Side that have settled in America. Tours, exhibits and public and educational programmes tell the story of the generations that carried religious and communal customs to a new country and celebrate America's broad cultural traditions.
