New York Hall of Science

Science Museum · Corona, New York

New York City's science museum, built for the 1964 WORLD'S FAIR and one of the few fair pavilions never demolished — ⚠ THE GREAT HALL IS A CURVED WALL OF BLUE DALLE-DE-VERRE GLASS SET IN CONCRETE, ninety feet high, and is one of the strangest interiors in New York. It has some 450 hands-on exhibits, a rocket park outside with genuine Atlas and Titan missiles, and it is in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

47-01 111th Street, Corona, New York, 11368, United States

Generally open daily with seasonal variation; ⚠ CHECK THE CLOSED DAYS on nysci.org. ⚠ FREE ADMISSION HAS RUN HISTORICALLY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS AND SUNDAY MORNINGS during the school year — the days, hours and mechanism have changed and should be confirmed. ⚠ THE SCIENCE PLAYGROUND AND ROCKET PARK MINI GOLF ARE SEASONAL and generally carry additional charges on top of admission. ⚠ GET OFF AT 111TH STREET ON THE 7, not Mets-Willets Point, which is a twenty-minute walk away. ⚠ HOURS AND PRICES NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS FILE.

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