Long Island, NY. The aforementioned island emerges at a point southeast of Manhattan. While it encompasses the NYC boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn and counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the latter are often disassociated as far-off suburbs, and rarely recognized by tourists as a worthwhile place to venture. However, a short trip by car, or on the Long Island Railroad, accessible from Manhattan and Queens, can take a visitor into a world unexpected of typical New York. As the largest island in the contiguous United States, this 118 mile strip of land boasts numerous small private and publicly funded museums, popular nightlife, eateries and cafes, and beautiful beaches.
1. The Nassau County Museum of Art. One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, NY, 11576 (516) 484-9337
Located in a Georgian Revival Style Mansion over a century old, the museum boasts 145 acres of wild and formal gardens, over which large scale sculptures dot the landscape, by such artists as Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, and Tom Otterness. Doing a complete museum exhibition change approximately every three months, for two whole weeks the museum closes its doors to surprise returning and new visitors with a complete overhaul. The current exhibition, Norman Rockwell , fills both floors of the museum with hundreds of original paintings, drawings, and vintage magazine covers of the beloved artist, including the popular Four Freedoms poster series and his famous original April Fool's painting (most well known as a cover for the Saturday Evening Post).
The Nassau County Museum of Art offers a small café and gift shop, which welcomes the work of local artists, as well as the Ridder MiniArt Museum for Children, geared at works that engage children's love of art. The MiniArt Museum has on permanent display Astolat Castle, by Elaine Deihl, a nine-foot high 1/12 scale representation of a castle with scale furniture, faux marble, and working lights. The museum has become one of the largest outdoor sculpture gardens on the east coast, as one as the most popular suburban art museum in the country (in terms of attendance).
1. The Nassau County Museum of Art. One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, NY, 11576 (516) 484-9337
Located in a Georgian Revival Style Mansion over a century old, the museum boasts 145 acres of wild and formal gardens, over which large scale sculptures dot the landscape, by such artists as Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, and Tom Otterness. Doing a complete museum exhibition change approximately every three months, for two whole weeks the museum closes its doors to surprise returning and new visitors with a complete overhaul. The current exhibition, Norman Rockwell , fills both floors of the museum with hundreds of original paintings, drawings, and vintage magazine covers of the beloved artist, including the popular Four Freedoms poster series and his famous original April Fool's painting (most well known as a cover for the Saturday Evening Post).
The Nassau County Museum of Art offers a small café and gift shop, which welcomes the work of local artists, as well as the Ridder MiniArt Museum for Children, geared at works that engage children's love of art. The MiniArt Museum has on permanent display Astolat Castle, by Elaine Deihl, a nine-foot high 1/12 scale representation of a castle with scale furniture, faux marble, and working lights. The museum has become one of the largest outdoor sculpture gardens on the east coast, as one as the most popular suburban art museum in the country (in terms of attendance).
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