The Noguchi Museum
A sculptor's own museum, in the building he worked in, with a garden in the middle.
- Where
- 9-01 33rd Rd, Astoria Open in Google Maps ↗
- Closed
- Mondays and Tuesdays
- Price
- $
- Get
- The garden · The stone galleries · Akari light sculptures
- Go when
- Weekday, straight after opening
- Good for
- The outdoor stone sculptures · Quiet · An afternoon
- Good with
- Solo · A date
- Website
- www.noguchi.org
Isamu Noguchi built this out of a photo-engraving plant across from his studio and arranged the work himself. Thirteen galleries around an open-air sculpture garden, and the sequence you walk it in was his decision, not a curator’s. The outdoor stone pieces are the reason to come.
What to know
Closed early in the week — check before you go. It’s a short walk from Socrates Sculpture Park, and doing both is the right way to spend an afternoon in this corner of Queens.
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