| There are a number of cultural and social things to see | | | | The Brooklyn Children's Museum: Brooklyn's Crown |
| in New York City. New York City boast a population | | | | Heights neighborhood is the home of the world's first |
| of more than eight and a half million-not including, dogs, | | | | museum designed especially for children. The Brooklyn |
| cats, and yellow cabs. In 2006, New York was dubbed | | | | Children Museum, which opened it's doors in 1899, is |
| one of the safest states in America. In fact, New York | | | | characterized by exploration exhibits in arts, science, |
| City has the lowest crime rate of any large city in the | | | | and environment. Multicultural performances, workshop, |
| United States, which makes the Big Apple ideal for | | | | programs, and on-contact exhibits are some of the |
| checking out the top sights to be seen with a limited | | | | key features of a day at the Brooklyn Children's |
| risk of a purse snatching. | | | | Museum, recommended for children ages five and |
| Loved Samuel L. Jackson in "Snakes on a Plane?" | | | | older. |
| Enjoyed Julia Roberts' stirring performance in "Mona | | | | The Museum of Modern Art: Manhattan's Museum of |
| Lisa Smile?" Meet all of the celebs in wax at Madame | | | | Modern Art began it's visionary journey with a gift that |
| Tussuad's Wax Museum. A long-running contender for | | | | included eight prints and a drawing. Today, the Museum |
| the title of "One of the Must-Things to See in New | | | | of Modern Art, housing more than one hundred |
| York City," Madame Tussuad's Wax Museum, also | | | | thousand drawings, sculptures, and photographs, is one |
| featuring a locations in London, Hong Kong, | | | | of the things to see in New York City. In addition to |
| Amsterdam, and Las Vegas, is situated just a stone's | | | | visionary art, the Museum of Modern Art boast a |
| throw from Manhattan's famed Times Square. The | | | | library including fourteen thousand films and |
| self-proclaimed "Top Tourist Attraction in New York" | | | | approximately four million film stills. |
| plays host to a number of life-like wax figures, including | | | | Theater and sporting attractions are tops on the list of |
| Whoopi Goldberg, Beyonce Knowles, Britney Spears, | | | | attractive things to see in New York City. New York's |
| and pop music icon, Madonna. New York City is the | | | | theater community offers theater-goers the distinction |
| home of a variety of different museums. | | | | to see every Broadway play with just pennies on the |
| Popular museums housed in America's largest city | | | | dollar. Discounted standing room only tickets can be |
| include: | | | | purchased for productions on Broadway, as well as |
| Alice Austen House Museum and Garden: Tucked | | | | operas, symphonies, New York Yankee's and Met's |
| securely in the Staten Island borough of New York | | | | games. New York City is one American city that |
| City, the Alice Austen House Museum and Garden | | | | serves as the hometown to two fiercely competitive |
| serves as a Staten Island Historical Society owned | | | | Major League Baseball teams. The New York |
| tribute to the photographer for which the establishment | | | | Yankees, fronted by heart-throb Derek Jeter, is based |
| was named. Featuring a restored large glass cottage | | | | in the northernmost of New York City's five |
| and expressive gardens, the Alice Austen House | | | | boroughs-the Bronx. The New York Mets, who host |
| Museum and Garden captures a majestic view of the | | | | home games at legendary Shea Stadium, represent |
| nearby New York Harbor. The museum is open March | | | | Queens, New York-the most ethnically diverse county |
| through December. | | | | in the United States. |