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Culturecard.Pdf CULTURECARD Through our Strategic Partnerships program, Con Edison supports New York cultural institutions, both large and small, that add to the quality of life in New York. Many of these organizations offer employees and retirees of Con Edison Company of New York and the Con Edison family of companies discounted or complimentary tickets to performances, exhibitions, and environmental centers, as well as discounts in their gift shops. Think of your Con Edison ID card as your ticket to many of these cultural treasures. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to visit and enjoy them! MUSEUMS AND VISUAL Brooklyn Museum of Art Historic Richmond Town ARTS INSTITUTIONS 200 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn, NY 441 Clark Ave., Staten Island, NY 718-638-5000 718-351-1611 Free admission for employees + 4 guests; Free admission for employees Alice Austen House 10% discount at the gift shop. historicrichmondtown.org 2 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island brooklynart.org Hudson River Museum and Historic 718-816-4506 Conference House Park Glenview Mansion Free admission for employees + 1 guest 7455 Hyland Blvd., Staten Island 511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, NY aliceausten.org 718-984-6046 914-963-4550 American Museum Free Admission for employees Free admission for employees + 5 guests; of Natural History conferencehouse.com 50% discount on admission to planetarium; discounted admission to concerts & films; Central Park West at 79th St. Dyckman Farmhouse 20% discount on family memberships. 212-769-5100 4881 Broadway, NY, NY hrm.org Free admission to museum and Rose 212-304-9422 Center for employees + 5 guests; Free admission for employees + 1 guest International Center of Photography discounts on special exhibits & IMAX. dyckmanfarmhouse.org 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY amnh.org 212-857-0000 Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Poe Park Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Free admission for employees + 3 guests East Kingsbridge Road and Grand icp.org Pelham Bay Park, Bronx NY Concourse, Bronx, NY 718-885-1461 718-881-8900 Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Free admission for employees Free admission for employees to all 23 One Intrepid Square,12th Ave. & 46th St., bartowpellmansionmuseum.org museums in HHT's collection NY, NY 212-245-0072 Bowne House bronxhistoricalsociety.org/poecottage Free admission for employees + 1 guest 37-01 Bowne St., Flushing, NY El Museo del Barrio intrepidmuseum.org 718-984-6046 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th St. NY, NY Free admission for employees 212-831-7272 King Manor Museum bownehouse.org Free admission for employees + 1 guest 150th St. & Jamaica Ave., Queens, NY 718-206-0545 Bronx Museum of Arts elmuseo.org Free admission for employees + 1 guest 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St., Gracie Mansion kingmanor.org Bronx, NY Carl Schurz Park 718-681-6000 88th St. & East End Ave., NY, NY Kingsland Homestead Free admission for employees + 1 guest; 212-570-4493 Weeping Beech Park 20% discount at the gift shop Free admission for employees + 1 guest 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing, NY bronxmuseum.org 718-939-0647 Guggenheim Museum Free admission for employees + 1 guest Brooklyn Historical Society 1071 Fifth Ave., NY, NY queenshistoricalsociety.org 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, NY 212-423-3521 718-222-4111 Free admission for employees + 3 guests; Lefforts Historic House Museum Free admission for employees + 1 guest; 20% discount at the gift shop on Prospect Park employee discounts on selected walks, selected days Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, NY talks, lectures, publications, and other guggenheim.org 718-789-2822 programs. Free admission for employees brooklynhistory.org Hendrick I. Lott House 1940 East 36th St., Brooklyn, NY prospectpark.org 718-375-2681 Lewis H. Latimer House Museum Free admission for employees 34-41 137th St., Flushing, NY lotthouse.org 718-961-8585 Free admission for employees historichousetrust.org * Discount subject to change. UPDATED | JULY 11, 2016 Little Red Lighthouse mocanyc.org New York Hall of Science Forth Washington Park, 178th St. and Museum of Jewish Heritage 47-01 111th St., Corona, NY Hudson River, NY, NY 36 Battery Place, NY, NY 718-699-0005 212-304-2365 646-437-4334 Free admission for employees + 4 guests; Free admission for employees Free admission for employees + 1 guest 10% discount at the gift shop; 10% hudsonlights.com discount for birthday parties (call for more mjhnyc.org information) Lower East Side Tenement Museum Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) nyhallsci.org 90 Orchard St., NY, NY 11 East 26th St., NY, NY 212-431-0233 New-York Historical Society 212-542-0566 2 West 77th St., NY, NY Free admission for employees for Free admission for employees tenement tours and historic walking tours; 212-873-3400 free or discounted admission to museum’s momath.org Free admission for employees + 3 guests; art programs; 10% discount at museum Museum of Modern Art 10% discount at the gift shop gift shop. 11 West 53rd St., NY, NY nyhistory.org tenement.org 212-708-9400 New York Transit Museum Merchant's House Museum Free admission for employees + $5 same- Boerum Place & Schermerhorn St., 29 East Fourth St., NY, NY day passes for up to 5 guests; exclusive Brooklyn, NY 212-777-1089 shopping events in MoMA stores, dates 718-694-1600 Free admission for employees moma.org Free admission for employees; mocanyc.org Museum of the Moving Image 10% discount at all museum stores Metropolitan Museum of Art 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, NY transitmuseumstore.com Fifth Ave. at 82nd St., NY, NY 718-777-6888 Old Stone House 212-535-7710 Free admission for employees. J.J. Byrne Park Free admission for employees +1 guest; movingimage.us Third Street between 4th & 5th Aves., employees must present a (blue & white) Museum of the City of New York Brooklyn, NY courtesy card to receive a 10% discount at Fifth Ave. at 103rd St., NY, NY 718-768-3195 all museum shops (email Alton Murray at 212-534-1672 Free admission for employees + 1 guest [email protected] to borrow a card) Free admission for employees + 1 guest; oldstonehouse.org metmuseum.org 15% discount at the gift shop; Phillipsburg Manor Montgomery Place 30% discount on tours. Route 9, Sleepy Hollow, NY River Rd., off Route 9G, mcny.org 914-631-8200 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY National Museum Free admission for employees; 914-631-8200 of the American Indian 10% discount at the gift shop Free admission for employees + 1 guest; One Bowling Green, NY, NY hudsonvalley.org 10% discount at the gift shop. 212-514-3700 Queens County Farm Museum hudsonvalley.org Free admission for employees and guests; 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, NY Morris-Jumel Mansion 10% discount at the gift shop. 718-347-3276 Roger Morris Park nmai.si.edu Free general admission for employees 65 Jumel Terrace at 160th St., NY, NY New Museum of Contemporary Art + 4 guests; Free admission into the maze 212-923-8008 235 Bowery, NY, NY conEd employee only; Additional fees may Free admission for employees + 1 guest 212-219-1222 apply for some activities; morrisjumel.org Free admission for employees + 1 guest; 10% discount at the gift shop Museum of American Finance 10% discount at the gift shop. queensfarm.org 48 Wall St., NY, NY newmuseum.org Rubin Museum of Art 212-908-4110 National September 11 Memorial 150 West 17th St., NY, NY Free admission for employees; & Museum 212-620-5000 x313 20% discount at the gift shop. 180 Greenwich Street Free admission for employees + 1 guest moaf.org/ 212 312 8800 rubinmuseum.org Museum of Arts and Design Free admission for employee: RVSP 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY online; 25% discount on admission for 212-299-7721 up to 3 guests; 10% discount in museum store and cafe Free admission for employees + 1 guest; 10% discount at the gift shop Company name: Con Edison madmuseum.org Corporate Member ID: 550162 To reserve ticket click here Museum of Chinese in America 911memorial.org 215 Center St., NY, NY 212-619-4785 Free admission for employees plus 1 guest; 10% off merchandise in the gift shop; 2-for-1 walking tours. * Discount subject to change. UPDATED | JULY 11, 2016 Seguine Mansion 525 South Riverside Ave., off Route 9, BOTANICAL GARDENS, Lemon Creek Park Croton-on-Hudson, NY ZOOS, AND 440 Seguine Ave., Staten Island, NY 914-631-8200 Free admission for employee Free admission for employees; ENVIRONMENTAL CENTERS seguinemansion.org 10% discount at the gift shop hudsonvalley.org Staten Island Institute for Arts Alley Pond Environmental Center and Science Washington Irving’s Sunnyside 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, NY 75 Stuyvesant Place, NY, NY Route 9, Tarrytown, NY 718-229-4000 718-727-1135 914-631-8200 Free admission for employees & guests; Free admission for employees & family Free admission for employees; 10% 10% discount at the gift shop & on statenislandmuseum.org discount at the gift shop bird-seed sales www.hudsonvalley.org alleypond.com Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th St., NY, NY Whitney Museum of American Art Brooklyn Botanic Garden 212-864-4500 99 Gansevoort, NY, NY 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY Free admission for employees + 1 guest; 212-320-5600 718-623-7200 discounts on selected education and Free admission for employees + 1 guest; Free admission for employees + 1 adult public programs 20% discount at the gift shop guest & children under 15 years old; studiomuseum.org whitney.org 10% discount at the gift shop The Cloisters Wyckoff Farmhouse bbg.org Fort Tryon Park 5816 Clarendon Rd., Brooklyn, NY Central Park Conservancy 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, NY, NY 718-629-5400 14 East 60th St., NY, NY 212-923-3700 Free admission for employees + 1 guest 212-310-6616 Free admission for employees
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