NYC things to do in winter
 

Hey,

I have read a lot about things to do in NYC, but I will be going in a few days, and it is very much still winter. Are there anythings, that you would recommed that dont require any outdoor activity except for Broadway?

Many Thanks :D

We have about 80 billion museums, and some pretty good music venues.

While many of the best free daytime activities are outdoors, there are TONS of indoor activities in NYC.

There are scores of museums (many free). For art, check out galleries in Chelsea, or museums like the Met, Guggenheim, Whitney, Frick or Brooklyn Museum. For history, check out the Museum of the City of New York, the Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of Natural History, the Tenament Museum, the Holocaust Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, Museo del Barrio, and countless other smaller institutions.

Also pick up a copy of Time Out NY when you arrive (published on Tuesdays with listings for Thursday-Wednesday of the next week). It'll have near-complete listings for the hundreds (if not thousands) of daily music (jazz, rock, hip-hop, electronic, world, classical, opera, etc.), film (Hollywood, independent, foreign, revival, avant-garde), theater (Broadway, Off Broadway, Off off Broadway), and other performances going on around the city. Plus there are lectures at the city's many universities and a variety of other random events and exhibits that are open to the public.

And that doesn't even start to get into the restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and sporting events.

Someone from Toronto is asking about winter activities, I would think you'd be expert in this area. :D

With the right coat, hat, scarf, gloves, and shoes you can do anything in NYC in winter that you would do any other time of year. Well, maybe skip the boat ride to the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, the Circle Line tour, riding on the outdoor upper deck of the sightseeing buses, and maybe the Intrepid. Particularly great in winter are: any and all of the museums, shopping (duck in and out of shops and stores), theatre, Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall events in the evening, Sunday services at any large church (St. Patrick's is particularly good), lectures or events at the 92nd St. Y (see their website for calendars), the CNN tour at Time Warner Center, tearooms, hot chocolate places. NYC is wonderful in winter, any time of year!

On the museum front I left out MoMA, the Museum of TV & Radio, the Ellis Island immigration museum, and probably a bunch more important ones.

Sony Wonder Center
Rose Center (Planetarium) at the Museum of Natural History
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Tour of NBC Studios

Have fun!

Tess

Also of note with a Canadian twist

MOMA is having a film festival to honour Canadian filmmakers.

Ash and Snow is a photograph/multi-media presentation at Pier 54 at the edge of the Meatpacking district by Canadian George Colbert. I liked it, though as the photography is very nice, though it felt overstaged.

On a nonCdn note - try the Letterman show. A few people I know have liked that.

It just became spring. Put on a coat, scarf and gloves and enjoy the city. ^