Created by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), The Noguchi Museum opened in 1985, presenting a comprehensive collection of the artist's works in stone, metal, wood, and clay, as well as models for public projects and gardens, dance sets, and Akari Light Sculptures. The Museum--chartered as The Noguchi Museum--is housed in thirteen galleries within a converted factory building and encircles a garden containing major granite and basalt sculptures.
Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 10am-5pm Saturday & Sunday: 11am-6pm Monday & Tuesday: CLOSED The Museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Admission: Museum admission is $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and students with a valid ID. Members, New York City public high school students with a valid ID, and children under 12 are free.
On the first Friday of every month, Museum admission is pay what you wish.
Directions: Take the N or W train to the Broadway stop in Queens. Walk ten blocks down Broadway towards the Manhattan skyline and the East River. Broadway ends at Vernon Boulevard at the Socrates Sculpture Park. Turn left onto Vernon Blvd. Please Note: Do not make the immediate left, which is 11th Street. Walk past the Socrates Sculpture Park Offices and make a left. The Museum will be two blocks further on the left at 33rd Road. The museum entrance is at 9-01 33rd Road, between Vernon Boulevard and 10th Street.
Take the F Train to the Queensbridge-21st street stop. Exit train at 21st street and 41st Avenue. Then take the Q69 Bus Northbound to Broadway. Exit at Broadway and 21st street. After exiting the bus, walk 4 blocks down Broadway towards the Manhattan skyline and the East River. Broadway ends at Vernon Boulevard at the Socrates Sculpture Park. Turn left onto Vernon Blvd. Please Note: Do not make the immediate left, which is 11th Street. Walk past the Socrates Sculpture Park Offices and make a left. The Museum will be two blocks further on the left at 33rd Road. The museum entrance is at 9-01 33rd Road, between Vernon Boulevard and 10th Street.
Travel to the Museum the way that Isamu Noguchi did! Take the Roosevelt Island Tram from 59th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan across the East River to Roosevelt Island. (You can use your MetroCard!) Exit the tram and either walk North about 1/2 mile on Main Street to the Roosevelt Island Bridge, or hop on the shuttle bus just outside the Tram that regularly circles the island (25 cents, exact change), and exit the bus at the Roosevelt Island Bridge. Walk across the bridge to Vernon Boulevard. Make a left on Vernon Boulevard and walk north 3 blocks to 33rd Road. The entry is at 9-01 33rd Road, between Vernon Boulevard and 10th Street. The walk from the Tram is about 40 minutes; the walk from the bridge is about 10 minutes. Great for a leisurely summer day.
Wednesdays through Fridays you may also take the 7 train to the Vernon-Jackson stop in Queens. Take the Vernon Boulevard exit and walk one block north on Vernon toward 50th Avenue, where there is a Q103 bus stop in front of the Brasil Coffee House. The Q103 runs along Vernon Boulevard and makes a stop at Vernon Boulevard and 33rd Road. After exiting the bus, turn right and make an immediate left onto 33rd Road. The museum entrance will be on your left. The Q103 runs about once an hour, so please visit
Visitor Tips: The Noguchi Museum offers Sunday shuttle bus service between the Museum and Manhattan.
The bus leaves Manhattan for the Museum from the northeast corner of Park Avenue and 70th Street (in front of the Asia Society). The return bus leaves from the entrance to The Noguchi Museum at 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard) and discharges passengers at Park Avenue and 70th Street.
The trip takes approximately thirty minutes one-way.
The Noguchi Museum
