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New York was briefly the capital of the
United States from 1789-90. By 1790, it was the largest U.S. city,
and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, linking New York with the
Great Lakes, led to even greater expansion. In 1898, a new charter
was adopted, making a larger city of New York a metropolis of five
combined boroughs. Due to massive immigration, mainly from Europe,
the city's population swelled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
New York City, and the borough of Manhattan that lies at its heart,
has become a fascination for most people. There are many landmarks,
like the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, fabulous museums,
Broadway, Wall Street and much more. No wonder they say New York City
is the city that never sleeps, with its colourful explosion of culture
that influences the food, fashion and trends of the world. New York
City is known as the Big Apple, so come with your students and let
them take a bite out of it. Let the taste of New York City stay with
them forever! |
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| We constantly add new
activities to our repertoire. If you know any good educational activities
that you like to do, call us and tell us about them!
Arts
• American Museum of the Moving Image
| The museum offers
a series of curriculum-based education programs that use film,
television, and digital media to offer junior and senior high
students fresh perspectives on their study of history, literature,
language, science, and mathematics. |
• Broadway Show
• Brooklyn Museum of Art
• Carnegie Hall
• Equitable Gallery
| The Equitable
Gallery presents works from all fields of the visual arts,
including exhibitions originating outside New York that would
not otherwise have a presence in the city. |
• Lincoln Center
| The Lincoln
Center offers diverse and exciting series that represent the
best of the classical and modern musical repertoire performed
by the most talented and world renowned artists in addition
to stunning performances of dance, theater, music, and opera
from all areas of the world. Your group can celebrate the
arts with a guided tour of our campus, featuring our world
famous theaters. |
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• Museum of American Folk Art
| The Museum of
American Folk Art is the leading urban center of folk art
scholarship in the nation. The Museum is dedicated to preserving
the rich folk heritage of the United States through the presentation
of exhibitions, educational programs and publications.The
Museum of American Folk Art operates the Eva and Morris Feld
Gallery at Lincoln Square, featuring major works of art from
the permanent collection as well as changing exhibitions and
a variety of educational programs. |
• Queens Museum of Art
| The Queens Museum
of Art, created to be the NYC building for the 1939 &
1964 World’s Fairs, houses the Panorama of the city
of N.Y., and is also the site of exhibitions of contemporary
art. |
• Radio City Music Hall
• Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
| Frank Lloyd
Wright’s masterpiece of modern architecture is home
to one of the world’s finest collections of modern and
contemporary art, which includes world renowned artists such
as Chagall, Kandinsky, Picasso, plus extraordinary special
exhibitions. |
• Studio Museum in Harlem
Science
• Bronx Zoo
| The Bronx Zoo
is the largest metropolitan zoo in the U.S. with awardwinning
education programs and naturalistic exhibits for many rare
and endangered species. Highlights include Congo Gorilla Forest,
Tiger Mountain and Jungle World. |
• Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
| The Intrepid
Sea,Air and Space Museum is comprised of two decommissioned
US Navy vessels (USS Intrepid aircraft carrier and USS Growler
submarine) and a British Airways Concorde. Educational programming
based on the themes of sea, air and space allow students to
discover the secrets of flight, buoyancy and sea life through
scientific inquiry. |
• New York Aquarium
| An indoor/outdoor
facility on 14 acres, the Aquarium features over 6,000 specimens,
including whales, walruses, sea lions, fishes, sharks and
invertebrates from around the world. |
• The New York Botanical Garden
| One of the world’s
great collections of plants and an international center for
plant research. The New York Botanical Garden is a 250-acre
museum of plants alive with discovery. Visitors will discover
everything from the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and its ecotour
of the world under glass, to the innovative Everett Children’s
Adventure Garden, to 50 magnificent gardens and plant collections.
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• Sony Wonder Technology Lab
Recreation
• Baseball (Yankees, Mets)
• Basketball (Knicks, Liberty)
• Clay Pit Ponds Preserve
| Clay Pit Ponds
is a 260 acre nature preserve which was once the site of clay
mining. It contains a unique mixture of ponds, streams, sandy
barrens and woodlands which are home to some rare and endangered
plants and animals. |
• Empire State Building
| There is an
incredible amount of history that goes along with the construction
of the building. Add some math or science projects to the
mix - is the building as high as a mile is long? If the observation
deck is 1050 ft high and the elevator takes a minute, how
fast does the elevator go? Did you know that the weather at
the top of the building could be very different from the weather
at street level - including snow when it rains below? |
• Staten Island Ferry
• Football (Giants, Jets)
• Hockey (Rangers, Islanders)
• Madison Square Garden
• New York SkyRide
| Don’t
miss our big screen flight-simulated ride through New York
City, located on the second floor of the Empire State Building.
You will travel over, under, and even through some of New
York’s most spectacular sites. It is the most exciting
attraction in New York. |
• Times Square
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Yankee Stadium
• Central Park
• (Sony) Lowes IMAX
• Rockefeller Center/NBC Studio Tours
History and Culture
• Abigail Adams Smith Museum &
Gardens
| Originally built
in 1799 as a carriage house, the museum’s historic building
was converted into the Mount Vernon Hotel in 1826, and was
a popular country resort for fashionable New Yorkers. The
museum’s nine period rooms represent the Mount Vernon
Hotel period in New York City history. |
• American Museum of National History
| The American
Museum of History offers a great variety of exhibitions and
special programs for people of all ages.You can enjoy movies
such as Wild, Wild World and Culture and Wine. Week-end programs
are also offered for you to visit us any time at all! |
• Bus Tour of New York
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine
| The Cathedral
of St. John the Divine is a monument to the diversity and
energy of New York. Its Gothic nave and Romanesque choir are
among the finest examples of the styles in the U.S. The Chapels
of Tongues represent seven immigrant peoples and five centuries
of architecture, from Norman to High Renaissance. Like a medieval
cathedral, St. John the Divine serves as a center of inspiration,
education and outreach for the whole city of New York. |
• Ellis Island Immigration Museum
• Eldridge Street Project
| The Eldridge
St. Project is restoring the historic Eldridge St. Synagogue
(1887) as a site to teach about the social, religious, and
architectural history of the Synagogue, its immigrant population,
and the Lower East side. |
• Statue of Liberty
• Morgan Library
| Among the world’s
greatest treasuries of seminal artistic, literary, musical,
and historical works, the Morgan Library’s renowned
collection of rare books, manuscripts and drawings have as
their principal focus the history, art, and literature of
Western civilization from the Middle Ages to the twentieth
century. |
• Museum of the City of New York
| Museum of the
City of New York offers an array of objects on display that
are related to New York’s history. |
• Queens Historical Society
| We are the Queens
Historical Research Library and Museum with Queens related
exhibits. We collect the history of Queens in photos, textiles,
etc. Headquartered in an historic site, Kingsland Homestead,
the QHS maintains and explores the history of its colonial
farmhouse through exhibitions, house and walking tours, and
educational programs. |
• South Street Seaport Museum
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace -
National Historic Site
| Reconstructed
boyhood home of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of
the United States. 1865 period rooms and galleries tell the
story of young Roosevelt. Largest display of TR memorabilia
anywhere; artifacts from youth, ranch days, presidency, and
explorer days. |
• United Nations
• Walking Tour of New York
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| *Prices are based on a basic itinerary with a
minimum of 25 paying participants. Basic itineraries cost a maximum
of $50 for one day, $150 for two days and $350 for three day packages.
All prices are subject to change if there are increases in taxes or
in rates by our suppliers (hotel, restaurant, bus, train, plane, attraction
or any other venue). Prices are per paying participant with 1 adult
free per 15 paying students. Lodging: 2 adults per room, 4 students
per room. Activities subject to availability & may be switched
when necessary. Transportation costs not included. All taxes and services
fees included. See Terms and Conditions on our web site at www.mpoeduc.com.
Prices quoted in Canadian currency. Photo credits: All pictures in
this section were supplied to us by the Tourism Office of New York
City. |
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