NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Planet Earth: Shallow Seas 4-D Experience

BrooklynOngoing

Sense the pressure, feel the perils and smell the triumph celebrating the earth in a 4-D adventure that combines the visual drama of a 3-D film with a variety of sensory effects which are built into theater seats and the theater environment.

• Planet Earth: Shallow Seas 4-D Experience

  New York Aquarium

  BrooklynOngoing

  Sense the pressure, feel the perils and smell the triumph celebrating the earth in a 4-D adventure that combines the visual drama of a 3-D film with a variety of sensory effects which are built into theater seats and the theater environment.

• With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America

  Museum of Chinese in America

  ManhattanOngoing

  The museum's core exhibit interweaves the historical and political context of Chinese immigration to the United States with the personal stories and cultural traces of multiple generations.

• Public Art in the Parks

  Battery Park City Parks Conservancy

  ManhattanOngoing

  Public art is installed throughout Battery Park City Parks, including works by Tom Otterness, Jim Dine and Louise Bourgeois.

• Birdwatching at the Visitors Center

  Blue Heron Park

  Staten IslandOngoing

  The park visitor center has two observation decks with bird feeders and a mist net for bird banding---ideal conditions for bird watching---and picnic tables.

• Jewish Life in the 20th Century

  Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

  ManhattanOngoing

  The 2,000 photographs, 800 historical and cultural artifacts and 24 original documentary films on rotating display illustrate the story of Jewish heritage in the 20th century. The exhibition is arranged around three chronological themes, each told on a separate floor.