{"id":17161,"date":"2020-10-07T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17161"},"modified":"2020-10-07T13:08:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:08:40","slug":"most-of-the-major-arts-spaces-are-open-socially-distanced-and-masks-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17161","title":{"rendered":"Most of the Major Arts Spaces are Open — Socially Distanced With Masks Required"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Reflections by Brad Balfour<\/p>\n

Though I\u2019m not sure I was ready for it, I made my way on September 30th to the re-opened Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for its media preview. That was the first major arts space I’ve visited in about six months. Before the lock-down, I had been an enthusiastic visitor of such places, where I could be stimulated both aesthetically and socially (note the above photo of two fellow investigators that I had met at the event).<\/p>\n

Late in February, shortly before the pandemic forced the global shutdown on March 13th, cutting-edge Dutch cutting-edge thinker\/architect Rem Koolhaas had unveiled \u201cCountryside, The Future\u201d \u2014 his expansive Guggenheim exhibition which examines the experience of the country vs city life. I was there at its press preview in February and wrote a piece reflecting on its prescient notions. It seemed fitting that in re-viewing this show, IEUSA should also offer a list of the spaces that have been re-opening and re-start your need for museums.<\/p>\n

Now, with this week\u2019s Guggenheim re-opening, and that of The New Museum, most of the major arts spaces are to the general public. Many had opened with Governor Cuomo\u2019s blessing in August, but others have been rolling out over time through the month of September in October. And since restaurants, cafes and bars are also re-opening, take in one or the other to bring life back to the City.<\/p>\n

This of course, has implications beyond just having something else to do. After spending more than six months without attending events and going to these places, I wondered how much I wanted to re-engage. Am I ready to see people, consider art and culture, and should I try to re-filter it in some new way? Has this break from my old life offering me an opportunity to do it in some new way or does it make me want to do my whole life differently?In some strange fashion, I believe this pause has given everyone an opportunity to reconsider their lives. Are we doing all that we can do to make them better, deal with people differently and try some new things? Well, I hope so.<\/p>\n

As I consider these questions, I looked up online what was going to be available.<\/p>\n

I turned to the site TheSkint.com as a source for this material and I give them a plug here; the aesthetically or historically inclined can make their way to most of these institutions again.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a listing of what\u2019s open, where, and if it matters now, when. I will revise this list as new information of openings comes in.<\/p>\n

American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
\nhours: Tues-Sun 10am-5pm
\nadmission: $15 general, $10 seniors\/students
\nOpened for the general public on 8\/25<\/p>\n

American Folk Art Museum
\nhours: Weds-Sun 11:30am-6pm
\nadmission: free
\nOpened on 8\/26 members, 8\/28 general public<\/p>\n

Museum of Modern Art
\nhours: Mon-Sun 10:30am-5:30pm
\n(Mondays are open to members only)\"\"
\n(admission had been free through 9\/27)
\nOpened 8\/27 for the general public<\/p>\n

Museum of the City of New York
\nhours: Thurs-Mon 10am-6pm (Thurs. 10-11am is open to seniors and other high-risk individuals)
\nadmission: free thru 9\/14
\nOpened 8\/27 general public<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Museum of Art
\nhours: Thurs-Fri 12-7pm, Sat-Mon 10am-5pm
\nAdmission: Pay-what-you-wish admission for New York State residents and students from NY, NJ and CT; otherwise fee is $25 general, $17 seniors, $12 students (includes same-day admission to The Met Cloisters)
\nOpened 8\/27 members, 8\/29 general public<\/p>\n

Poster House
\nhours: Thurs-Sun 11am-7pm
\nadmission: suggested through September
\n(reg. $12 general, $8 seniors\/students)
\nOpened 8\/27 members, 8\/31 general public<\/p>\n

Whitney Museum of American Art
\nhours: Mon 11:30am-6pm, Thurs 11:30am-6pm, Fri 1:30-9pm, Sat-Sun 1-6pm
\nadmission: pay-what-you-wish
\nOpened 8\/27 members, 9\/3 general public<\/p>\n

Fotografiska New York
\nhours: Weds-Sun 11am-9pm
\nadmission: $24 general, $14 students\/seniors
\nOpened 8\/28 general public<\/p>\n

The Morgan Library and Museum
\nhours: Weds-Sun 10:30am-5pm (Weds+Sat 10:30-11:30am reserved for members)
\nadmission: $22 general, $14 seniors, $13 students
\nOpened 9\/2 members, 9\/5 general public<\/p>\n

American Museum of Natural History
\nhours: Weds-Sun 10am-5:30pm
\nadmission: pay-what-you-wish for NY, NJ and CT residents; otherwise fee is $23-33 general, $18-27 seniors\/students
\nOpened 9\/2 members, 9\/9 general public<\/p>\n

Bronx Museum of the Arts
\nhours: Weds-Sun 1-6pm
\nadmission: free
\nOpened 9\/9 general public<\/p>\n

Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art
\nhours: Weds-Fri 2-8pm, Sat 12-8pm, Sun 12-6pm
\nadmission: free
\nOpened 9\/9 general public<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Museum
\nhours: Weds-Sun 11am-6pm
\nadmission: suggested admission: $16-20 general, $10-12 seniors\/students
\nOpened 9\/9 community day, 9\/10-11 members, 9\/12 general public<\/p>\n

Museum of Jewish Heritage
\nhours: Weds, Thurs, Sun 10am-5pm
\nadmission: $16 general, $12 seniors, $10 students
\nOpened 9\/9 members, 9\/13 general public<\/p>\n

Society Of Illustrators
\nhours: Weds-Sat 11am-5pm
\nadmission: $15 general, $10 seniors\/students
\nOpened 9\/9 members, 9\/16 general public<\/p>\n

The Noguchi Museum
\nhours: Weds-Fri 10am-1pm, 2-5pm; Sat-Sun 11am-2pm, 3-6pm
\nadmission: $10 general, $5 seniors\/students
\nOpened 9\/9 members, 9\/23 general public<\/p>\n

The Rubin Museum of Art
\nhours: Thurs 11am-5pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat-Mon 11am-5pm
\nadmission: $19 general, $14 seniors\/students, free Fridays 6-10pm
\nOpened 9\/10 members, 9\/12 general public<\/p>\n

The New-York Historical Society
\nhours: Thurs 11am-5pm (age 65+ and immunocompromised), Fri 11am-8 pm, Sat-Sun 11am-5pm
\nadmission: free
\nOpened 9\/11 general public<\/p>\n

El Museo del Barrio
\nhours: Sat+Sun 12-5pm
\nadmission: suggested admission: $9 general, $5 seniors\/students
\nOpened 9\/12 general public<\/p>\n

The Met Cloisters
\nhours: Thurs-Mon 10am-5pm
\nadmission: with same-day fee to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pay-what-you-wish for New York State residents and NY, NJ and CT students; otherwise admission is $25 general, $17 seniors, $12 students
\nOpened 9\/12 general public<\/p>\n

9\/11 Memorial Museum
\nhours: Thurs-Fri 12-7pm, Sat-Mon 10am-5pm
\nadmission: TBA
\nOpened 9\/11 for 9\/11 families, 9\/12 general public<\/p>\n

New Museum
\nhours: Weds-Sun 12-6pm\"\"
\nadmission: $18 general; $15 seniors and disabled; $12 students
\nOpened 9\/15 general public<\/p>\n

Queens Museum
\nhours: Weds-Sun 12-5pm
\nadmission: free
\nOpened 9\/16 general public<\/p>\n

MOMA PS1
\nhours: Thurs-Mon 12-6pm
\nadmission: suggested at $10, $5 seniors\/students
\nOpened 9\/17 general public<\/p>\n

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
\nhours: Weds-Sun 10am-5pm
\nadmission: $33 general, $31 seniors
\nOpened 9\/25 general public<\/p>\n

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
\nhours: Thurs-Mon 11am-6pm
\nadmission: $25 general, $18 seniors\/students share
\nOpened 9\/30 members, 10\/3 general public<\/p>\n

[this list will be further updated as spaces re-open]<\/p>\n

Share this:<\/h3>