Staten Island Museum — Attraction in New York

The Staten Island Museum is the ideal place for exploring art, natural science, and history. With various innovative exhibitions, there are tons to learn here. The current exhibitions at the time of this review are "Breakdown: The Promise of Decay", "Remember the Mastodon", and "Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital".

Breakdown: The Promise of Decay exhibition examines the vibrancy of decay. It focuses on the notions of time, waste, and the in-between. What I love about this exhibition is that it focuses on both microorganisms and non-organic substances. It goes into depth about the life and death of fungi and bacteria, as well as, the harmful substance of microplastics and how it can decay/breakdown.

Remember the Mastodon is my favorite exhibition here. A short and informative wing about the mastodon. Especially, how they are similar, yet different, from the wooly mammoth!

Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital is the final exhibition here. It features the hard working nurses from the 1900s, who worked in the Sea View Hospital to help find treatment for tuberculosis. While I love learning about the animal kingdom, it is nice to learn about the past heroes from...

The Staten Island Museum is one of NYC's hidden gems. The museum's collection is eclectic and contains important art and artifacts. It has a large collection of natural science objects, including a major entomology collection, an art collection which spans centuries, and a history collection/archives. The original museum is on Stuyvesant Place near the Staten Island Ferry. The "new" museum is on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center. It is beautiful. There are a number of galleries, including contemporary art, painting (which includes Hudson River School painter Cropsey), and a delightful Treasure Box gallery. The Treasure Box contains varied objects and art from the museum's collection. It is so cool. There is also a history display, which includes wall panels showing the progression of Staten Island from farmland to city. It is located in the auditorium, where programming such as lectures, performances, and literary programming takes place. There is fun programming at the museum, too, for adults and children. I can't say enough about this museum. It is handicapped accessible via side entrance, a short bus ride (S40) from the Staten...

I have family Day pass. There is a parking lot, it was hard to find in that big snug harbor area, but when we found it you have to becareful beacuse it is a sidewalk where the visitors walk, in order to get to other parts of snug harbor. Then we had to walk from the back area of the museum all the way to the front with a bunch of stairs, not wheelchair accessable, the areas of which it was accessable...the doors were all locked (you could only exit from them, not enter!) And during that day we went we also went to an event, Lina who is an artist. It was fun to make those yellow butterflies. The museum was very secure with your bags in a closet by the entrance it eas locked up, that's fine and all...but they also took the diaper bag! When we were leaving I asked for it back just so I can change my daughter's diaper. But the little gift shop was nice as well as the small areas of si history although i remember the old si museum was bigger/ had more exhibits. Overall, the event being held there made it...