# NYC for 2 days advice needed. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595 "2007-06-19T15:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/21 "2007-06-21T13:47:07Z")
Just a word of warning about the Met and Museum of Nat’l History. They are both HUGE. You could spend your entire 2 day trip in either one and not see everything. So, if you plan to go to either of these museums (but not for 48 straight hours) pick out between 3 and 5 particular exhibits you want to see, consult the maps ahead of time so you more or less know where they are, hit the mseums commando-style and leave with enough energy to enjoy something else. You just see too many people dragging around the Met, completely exhausted because they’re determined to see “everything.” If I had to choose just one “must-see” from each it would be “Scales of the Universe” at the Nat’l History/Hayden Planetarium (it tries to help you conceptualize the size of things in the universe) and the Egyptian Collection at the Met. ---
**Author:** ![Camelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@Camelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Camelot)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/22 "2007-06-21T13:49:51Z")
I’ll definitely second the Hayden Planetarium, and the scale of the universe bit… truly fascinating, and the Planetarium overlooks the west side of Central Park, which it’s nice to stroll up and down during the summer. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/23 "2007-06-21T15:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=Hello Again] Just a word of warning about the Met and Museum of Nat’l History. They are both HUGE. You could spend your entire 2 day trip in either one and not see everything. So, if you plan to go to either of these museums (but not for 48 straight hours) pick out between 3 and 5 particular exhibits you want to see, consult the maps ahead of time so you more or less know where they are, hit the mseums commando-style and leave with enough energy to enjoy something else. [/QUOTE] Isn’t there an Arms and Armaments and Suits of Armor room in the Museum of Natural History? I thought so but I’m not finding it on their site. Their [website](http://www.amnh.org/museum/?src=toolbar) also has hints for planning your visit. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/24 "2007-06-21T15:08:49Z")
No, Arms & Armaments (including suits of armor from Europe and Asia, and my fave, the fully armored and barded horses) is in the Met. It is very cool, too, one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/25 "2007-06-21T15:14:08Z")
Oh, thanks! That’s cool too, since the Met has that nice view into the Park through that glass-walled area. Unless I am misremembering that too. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/26 "2007-06-21T15:18:17Z")
LOL, as for glass-walled rooms I think you’re thinking of the Temple of Dendur? That’s within the Egyptian collection. There’s actually an even better view, an amazing one, from the Met Roof Garden; currently there’s an exhibit of large sculptures by Frank Stella, don’t know how long that will be on. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/27 "2007-06-21T16:42:34Z")
[QUOTE=Hello Again] LOL, as for glass-walled rooms I think you’re thinking of the Temple of Dendur? That’s within the Egyptian collection. [/QUOTE] Wow, you’re good! That’s what I was thinking of, both from having seen it in person and from seeing Harry and Sally walk through it in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595/28 "2007-06-22T17:22:07Z")
We got tickets for Friday nights _Curtains_. Thanks for all the advice everyone! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-for-2-days-advice-needed/408595.md?page=1)