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The Panorama of the City of New York
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Queens Museum of Art
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park
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Price
$5 suggested donation, $2 seniors and children
Reservations
No Recommendation
Nearby Subway Stops
7 at Flushing-Main St.
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Wed-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun, noon-5pm |
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The museum is primarily known for this striking, 9,335-square-foot architectural model built for the 1964 World’s Fair. Starting on the main level, the exhibit (which looks like a pop-up version of a subway map) shows minute details of New York City streets and buildings, as they stood in 1992. Visitors get to look down on the panorama, made up of 895,000 tiny buildings, from an elevated ramp, which circles the exhibit and eventually ends on the second floor. The lighting flickers off intermittently and leaves only tiny lights and glow-in-the-dark objects, creating an impression of the city at night.
| 8.0 | "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |
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This place has stuck with me since childhood
brett_bok from 20815 | Posted on 1/17/09
In elementary school, I was taken to the Hall of Science (now the Queens Museum) to see the wonderful diorama. The memory of this fantastic exhibit have stuck with more than many sites I visited in the US and abroad while a child. It's accuracy, detail and the ability it gives you to grasp the true scale of New York City make this an invaluable visit, young or old
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