The Skyscraper Museum — Attraction in New York

"HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER!"

Small specialty museum for those with an interest in skyscrapers. There are large-ish wireframe models of many popular buildings from around the World, a section on the World Trade Center and another section on the history/milestones of tall buildings in NYC. There's also a big map of NYC that you can get lost in. The lady at reception / shop was the chillest museum staff I've ever talked to.

If tall buildings make your spire go steel and concrete, this is about two hours of solid fun. Don't miss this. For casual visitors, maybe 30 minutes of mild amusement and learning (definitely visit if you're in the area but not worth making a trip to downtown Manhattan only for this IMO).

My only complain is this educational video playing near the first exhibit. Most of the video is at a normal volume except this one part where the guy goes "HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER!" and that part is really loud. The whole time you're in the museum it will be all peace and quiet and usual museum sounds and then out of nowhere every 5 mins or so you will hear "HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER!". You will hear it everywhere. It's torture. It will get stuck in your head. I'm not exaggerating. Museum staff, please remove or re-record this video.

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This is a small but relatively inexpensive ($5- $2.50 for students and seniors) architecture museum in Lower Manhattan. The museum is on the ground and first floor of a building . Its a little hard to find as there does not seem to be a sign on the street for the museum. Its across from the Battery Park Esplanade and next to the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The Skyscraper Museum focuses, as the name suggests, on skyscrapers, large buildings and urban infrastructure in general.The museums core exhibit is on super large buildings in various parts of the country . Their is a mural with the largest skyscrapers in the world- both already built and planned- each represented in a separate magnet so you can compare their sizes. Its a great visual aid to show kids their relative size .

A recently opened exhibit is on building density.It explains how population density in various apartment complexes and buildings is calculated and what it means for quality of life. On the surface, this doesn't sound interesting at all but I found it fascinating as to how density equates to quality of life.

An hour or two is all that is needed at the museum. A trip there , especially if you are near Lower Manhattan is highly...

It's a nice collection of the history of skyscrapers in New York, BUT the woman who runs it is EXTREMELY RUDE. We walked in and asked for two student tickets and automatically she had an attitude with us like we were automatically supposed to pull out our cards. Then when we went to buy a model afterwards I set down my card in front of her and her reaction was "don't do that to me put it in my hand like I will do for you" and when my partner pointed out that she has seemed very angry ever since we walked in she said very forcefully "I'm not angry you're giving me attitude" when we were doing nothing but being as polite as we could be given the situation. Then when she was still yelling at him he asked for the manager because it was simply outrageous she said "I am the manager there's no one above me so you can just get out". I really don't recommend going here go somewhere where people will treat you like you're an actual human. It is no wonder the place was empty who would want to go to a place with service such as this?...