Staten Island Museum in Staten Island
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Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, US
Site: http://www.statenislandmuseum.org/
- Monday:Closed
- Tuesday:Closed
- Wednesday:11AM–5PM
- Thursday:11AM–5PM
- Friday:11AM–5PM
- Saturday:11AM–5PM
- Sunday:11AM–5PM
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This was a wonderful place for a whole group, a family or a few friends. Although it CAN be confusing to walk around and you can easily get lost. Fortunately there are signs, maps that are easily obtainable and the people who work there very helpful.
With all the history that we have we should always dig a little into our roots .What a great place ,go surprise yourself as to what they have to offer .Staten Island the forgotten boro comes alive.Enjoy
Small, but diverse sections. Cicada room used real cicadas to decorate walls.
Do not miss the Magicicada show. Its spectacular!!
This museum is housed in a beautiful building in historic Snug Harbor.
I feel this museum has alot of potential, and the building is beautiful, the collection presented is very nice too. Admission is a bit high, especially for such a small collection but it is going for a good cause. A nice visit in a stunning setting. But it just seems that they need to tweak it a bit more to make return visits more desirable. a lower price for Staten island residents might help this happen.
Sweet little museum in a nice garden park
We took the Staten Island Ferry, to see the Statue of Liberty, and then stopped by this museum to give us something to do before heading back. My kids love museums. They enjoyed it, and cant beat the price (free on Tuesday from 12-2). Staff was friendly and a few interesting exhibits. Small but worth the short walk from the ferry.
We made a visit to the Staten Island Museum to see the Impractical Jokers display. We were greeted right when we entered and we paid the suggested amount. We noticed we were being followed by one of the museum workers the entire time. She kept talking to us and followed us from room to room. We had two small children with us who were looking at the exhibits as well. They were well behaved, not running around or touching things, and she kept telling us to not let our children touch things or climb on things. They didn’t do this even once, they were by my side the entire time. This lady ruined our entire visit to the museum. We will not be back.
The Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor was very nice. Snug Harbor is the perfect setting for it. The exhibits were well done and interesting. The renovations to the buildings was done in very good taste. There was plenty to see. My one knock was this. I, along with other people there, were disappointed that periods from basically 1940 on werent there. Most exhibits were from early America. Thats ok, but people want to be able to relate to their youth. There should be large section dedicated to the nineteen hundreds on. The staff was very pleasant and helpful...
Another great night out at the Staten Island Museum. The themed cocktail party was a success.
First, it is better small museum than no museum! Second, they could do better. The place is small, cool, but just not enough. I don’t know how many actually visited this Museum, and to be honest, I can’t say that they missed a lot. I try to visit an exhibition once a month, and I guess I will have to go to NYC or to Brooklyn to get a chance to see a good one.
The staff treated me like gold because they gave me a yearly membership and handouts for the exhibits. The exhibits are beautiful and I will comeback to this place again.
A nice building housing a terrible museum. The exhibits are poorly displayed with no local interest or stories. There is no obvious theme or flow to the Museum and its sections. The air is stuffy and there are imposing doors between rooms. The audio guide is not narrative or entertaining and there is no thought to how to make the museum accessible to people with sight problems.
We had visited the Staten Island Museum back when it was located adjacent to the Staten Island Borough Hall. Back then, it was very quirky and, to some degree, resembled a place that had been assembled from the contents of many private attics over time. There didnt seem to be a theme connecting everything except that the artifacts exhibited had some connection to Staten Island. Now, in its new location at Snug Harbor, the Staten Island Museum clearly displays the influence of the professional curatorial staff from the Smithsonian Institution.
Wonderful and exiting place for kids ladies & gentlemen
Another gem on The north shore of Staten Island. The museum is continuously expanding the breathe of their exhibits and is located on spectacular grounds of Snug Harbor. The best time to visit and appreciate the natural beauty that surrounds the museum is spring / early summer while the exotic plants and flowers are blooming or during the fall to appreciate the colors. A must visit after a scenic ferry ride, if youre just passing through or if youre a resident.
Small but good quality. You need about an hour. See Snug Harbor Museum and Chinese Garden on the same campus. I went in January but would recommend from May to October.
I have family Day pass. There is a parking lot, it was hard to find in that big snug harbor area, but when we found it you have to becareful beacuse it is a sidewalk where the visitors walk, in order to get to other parts of snug harbor. Then we had to walk from the back area of the museum all the way to the front with a bunch of stairs, not wheelchair accessable, the areas of which it was accessable...the doors were all locked (you could only exit from them, not enter!) And during that day we went we also went to an event, Lina who is an artist. It was fun to make those yellow butterflies. The museum was very secure with your bags in a closet by the entrance it eas locked up, thats fine and all...but they also took the diaper bag! When we were leaving I asked for it back just so I can change my daughters diaper. But the little gift shop was nice as well as the small areas of si history although i remember the old si museum was bigger/ had more exhibits. Overall, the event being held there made it worth going!
Small museum, exhibits were of poor quality, not very informative, and in the case of their Staten Island Ferry exhibit, out of date. There are only about 4 spaces for exhibits. When I visited the top floor was filled with contemporary modern art portraits that had nothing to do with Staten Island or even New York. The basement was a very basic over view of the native american times of Staten Island, without having much detail. The basement didnt appear to have been updated for quite some time as well.I did enjoy some of the rock and insect collections, however they seemed like a product of 1930s museum culture.I wouldnt recommend this museum, but it is close to the ferry, and doesnt take much time to explore.
This was the worst museum I’ve ever been to. From the moment we walked in through the accessible entrance since we had a stroller, we were followed by security who kept pointing us in the direction of the front desk to pay. We knew where we were going as we were able to read the signs directing us.We paid the fees for our family to view the museum and that same security guard followed us throughout the entire museum. Once I realized we were being followed like criminals I stopped paying attention to anything in the museum. I couldn’t even enjoy myself knowing that everytime we went to a different floor and viewed another exhibit, I would turn around and there he was. Just watching us. I couldn’t wait to leave and I’d likely never return due to how uncomfortable I was being followed for no reason.
I would not waste your time going to the Staten Island Museum. It is not worth even the free trip on the Staten Island Ferry. While I heard good things about their exhibits, I was underwhelmed, especially on their exhibit (in the basement) of the Native Americans who used to live in that area. In their defense, I guess you have to work with what youve got as far as space goes, but it was small, stuffy, and the displays were really bland. Maybe some of their events (they talk about summer camp for kids in the summer as being a big thing) are better, but the museum itself lacks interesting displays (and I really like museums).
Unlike any museum Ive ever been to. Very intimate settings with a unique layout
Small and not worth the effort to drive and park
Nice place to take your.child for fun activities at the S.I. museum.
Wonderful place to visit, especially the John Noble museum.
Very interesting info on Staten island history. Museum has some paintings and even a full size Wooly mammoth. Cool.
Quality over quantity - great exhibits on the history & culture of Staten Island, although an hour or two is more than enough.
Staff were friendly and knowledgeable. Interesting and informative exhibitions. The free Tai Chi class was an unexpected awesome surprise.
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Odd little local museum. A little bit of everything. Nice paintings of staten island over the years. Good Mastodon exhibit.
Located in St George near the SI Ferry Terminal is a tiny museum great for kids to learn about science, history and art.
Great place, cool exhibits, very friendly staff!
Staff was to aggressive toward the children the 2 ladies making the book the kids are only in 1st grade they talked very rude as if they did not want to have a job . The two men that worked with the kids from PS 78 were great
Really like this museum. Small but has nice exhibits. It was a nice afternoon.
A quaint and homey museum in the aptly named Snug Harbour. Worth the trip while on a stroll across the island.
This is small but still cool because on Tuesday its free 12-2pm but i wish there more to see but i will still come but not all the time
Great place to bring your family. Lots of this for little ones to do. 3 floors of variaty.
Interior is very good and place is usually quiet but the prankster exhibit is pg13
Small museum, nice to visit as part of the Snag Harbor center visit
Its small but interesting museum
Small museum, but interesting exhibits and friendly staff!
Great exhibits and accessable from the ground floor on the side of the building
Place the kids love!!! However if they put money in to make it better it would offer so so much more!!! Everyone complain that it nedds updating!!!
Its a very cool place that keeps growing as you rate. Loved it!! Check it out pronto!!
I attended the SI EDIBLES EVENT WITH FRIENDS. It was a very enjoyable day.
I visited for the Impractical Jokers exhibit, which was fun and well done.
Staten island Museum is a great place to take your family.
Go see the Impractical Jokers exhibit while you can! So many items from the show!
Loved the Impractical Jokers exhibit and the old Snug Harbor buildings.
Nice staff.
Small museum but they have a little star mole in a jar. Cute but also disturbing.
Such a great place to visit if you have young children!!!
Mediocre museum. Very small, but you get free admission to their other location.
Small but very nice. The employees are very friendly
Poor quality exhibits, smells odd and has no parking.
Peaceful and beautiful area
I love the korean new year event!
Loved visiting, staff was amazingly helpful and informative!
Nice, cozy little place!
Beautiful exhibits
Great place to spend a few hours
Fantastic and very affordable! What a treasure!
Ok nothing exciting needed more people working upstairs
Kids love this place i enjoyed it as well..
So beautiful!....very stunning
Very nice place 👌🏾
Not much here great gardens
Check out the history of the Borough Presidents.
Very interesting place
Nicely kept, but small
Very instructive to the history of the Island
Good one
Love it
Loved it
Small quaint museum
Ok.
Fun
Is a small Museum
ALways excellent.
Great
Lovely
Small museum
Nice and friendly
Great place
A good place to
Jixing Garden has not yet opened, and a plum blossom was found outside the garden, with an old pine as a lining, happy!
Didnt appreciate it as much as other places
Because it has a lot of botanical trees and this is the jar 💃💃👍👍
Good attentions and they have kicks that are worth seeing. Small but nourished
Although I did not enter its facilities only because of the gardens that surround it, it deserves the joy to go there
I am interested in museums and art.
It is a very beautiful place, but it needs to grow more.
Very beautiful and complete, the surroundings are beautiful
Few things to see, very small.
The museum is under construction
Not bad
Great
Total reviews rating 4.3
109 Reviews for Staten Island Museum 2023:
Review №1
2022-06-26Very nice museum staff is very friendly learned about Staten Island the history the stuff they had was very nice a great place to visit.They werent open yet and they told us they open at 11a they came for us to tell us they were open they are accessible to the handicapped a lot of history a great place to visit
Review №2
2022-04-29Idk I feel like Im being followed around the entire museum 😕. Its creepy . Nice place but I wonder if i was someone else would I get this same attention
Review №3
2021-11-17They current have a very cool exhibit going on, until May 2022
Review №4
2022-04-24Made a special visit to this museum to see the Magicicada exhibit. Very unique perspective on insects. The museum is small but it packs a lot of art history inside.
Review №5
2018-06-17We went when a Korean exhibition was going on. Very nice -especially kid friendly. I recommend taking mass transit (we took ferry from NYC and walked our way to the museum). Very nice experience -too bad you cant post videos here, there was an epic violin-piano duo who were extra awesome
Review №6
2017-12-07The Staten Island Museum is one of NYCs hidden gems. The museums collection is eclectic and contains important art and artifacts. It has a large collection of natural science objects, including a major entomology collection, an art collection which spans centuries, and a history collection/archives. The original museum is on Stuyvesant Place near the Staten Island Ferry. The new museum is on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center. It is beautiful. There are a number of galleries, including contemporary art, painting (which includes Hudson River School painter Cropsey), and a delightful Treasure Box gallery. The Treasure Box contains varied objects and art from the museums collection. It is so cool. There is also a history display, which includes wall panels showing the progression of Staten Island from farmland to city. It is located in the auditorium, where programming such as lectures, performances, and literary programming takes place. There is fun programming at the museum, too, for adults and children. I cant say enough about this museum. It is handicapped accessible via side entrance, a short bus ride (S40) from the Staten Island Ferry.
Review №7
2020-01-13Their Chinese New Year celebrated is spectacular! The entire campus is transformed into this fantastic experience for children, young and old.
Review №8
2018-12-24I visited the Impractical Jokers Homecoming exhibit and absolutely LOVED it! They have a BUNCH of props from the show, displays on how the Tenderloins grew to their current level of success, video interviews of the guys, behind the scenes stories, etc. Its absolutely worth the visit for any Impractical Jokers/Tenderloins fans!!!
Review №9
2018-10-15People at front desk were very kind and helpful with buying tickets. One of the curators was kind enough to walk through the exhibits and tell us fun facts about the Impractical Jokers exhibit. The people working there are very kind. Wonderful experience.
Review №10
2019-04-07Nice staff. Varying displays of art from different times and backgrounds. Good way to spend a relaxing afternoon and learn a little history