# NYC on Black Friday: too crazy for a visit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336 "2008-11-12T13:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336/21 "2008-11-13T13:32:07Z")
[The Morgan library and museum](http://www.themorgan.org/) is smaller, fabulous, and currently has a great exhibit of the original Babar artwork. [The Museum of the City of New York](http://www.mcny.org/) is also a bit more off the beaten track, and presently has a wonderful exhibit about the artistic connections between NYC and Paris, and is not to be missed if you are any sort of a fan of design and fashion. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336/22 "2008-11-13T13:43:10Z")
Hmm… Interesting. Sadly, not much opened for Thanksgiving day itself (except ESB). ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336/23 "2008-11-13T13:45:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Any other good but lesser known museums? I know CalMeacham mentioned the museum of the city of New York, and I may check that out (I have been to the AMNH.. 5 times already? I can skip it for once, no?). Are there any good exhibitions in the Museo del Barrio? I may end up staying in Queens… anything of interest there or in Brooklyn? Actually, I mentioned the New York Historical Society museum. The Museum of the City of New York is a completely different museum, on the other side of Central Park. **delphica** linked to it. Both are worth visiting. You want NYC Museums? Hold onto your hat: > **[Museums in New York City](https://www.ny.com/museums/all.museums.html)** > > Visit NY.com for a comprehensive list of museums in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336/24 "2008-11-13T14:15:09Z")
Up near where I live is the Cloisters Museum. It is a medieval art museum housed in original and restored buildings salvaged from Europe. It is better to visit in the warmer months to take in the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park, but it is wonderful to go in the winter as well. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336/25 "2008-11-13T14:30:07Z")
You live in Washington Heights, Maeglin? 😉 I went to Cloisters during my last visit on summer of 2007. I think I’ll pass this time, I love the greenery and I doubt that it will be there. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336/26 "2008-11-13T14:46:18Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > You live in Washington Heights, Maeglin? 😉 I went to Cloisters during my last visit on summer of 2007. I think I’ll pass this time, I love the greenery and I doubt that it will be there. ☹ I live a little north of Washington Heights, up in Inwood. It’s about a 30 minute walk from my apartment to the Cloisters. There are wonderful concerts there as well, but none on Thanksgiving weekend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-on-black-friday-too-crazy-for-a-visit/472336.md?page=1)