this museum is the one of the Dia art foundations.
you can find this in NYC. when you go there, you can enjoy good environment as well.
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Directions
View Larger Map + By Train
Dia:Beacon is located adjacent to the Beacon train station, which is served by Metro-North Railroad trains from Grand Central Terminal and Poughkeepsie. Trains run hourly in either direction during museum operating hours. For train information, visit http://www.mta.info/ or call 212.532.4900. For train travel from north of Poughkeepsie, take an Amtrak train to Poughkeepsie and transfer to a Metro-North train. Beacon is the second stop.Purchase Metro-North’s One-Day Getaway Package and save! Visit any Metro-North ticket office or full-service ticket vending machine (except Beacon station) to receive discount round-trip rail fare from your boarding station, plus discount admission to Dia:Beacon (adults, $8; seniors, students, and children 12-18, $6; children 11 and under, free).Click here for a map of Dia:Beacon showing the museum, the train station, and George Trakas's Site Beacon Point.
View Larger Map + By Train
Dia:Beacon is located adjacent to the Beacon train station, which is served by Metro-North Railroad trains from Grand Central Terminal and Poughkeepsie. Trains run hourly in either direction during museum operating hours. For train information, visit http://www.mta.info/ or call 212.532.4900. For train travel from north of Poughkeepsie, take an Amtrak train to Poughkeepsie and transfer to a Metro-North train. Beacon is the second stop.Purchase Metro-North’s One-Day Getaway Package and save! Visit any Metro-North ticket office or full-service ticket vending machine (except Beacon station) to receive discount round-trip rail fare from your boarding station, plus discount admission to Dia:Beacon (adults, $8; seniors, students, and children 12-18, $6; children 11 and under, free).Click here for a map of Dia:Beacon showing the museum, the train station, and George Trakas's Site Beacon Point.
+ By Car
from New York CityTake Upper Level of George Washington Bridge New Jersey bound. Take first right off Bridge to Palisades Parkway North. Take Palisades Parkway North to end. At rotary, take 6 East/202 across Bear Mountain Bridge. Take the first left onto Route 9D North. Continue 16.5 miles north on 9D into the city of Beacon. At the fourth traffic light in Beacon (just past Beacon City Hall), make a left turn onto Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign.(Travel time: approximately 80 minutes.) from New Jersey and points South (and by bus from New York City)Take the Garden State Parkway North until it merges with the New York State Throughway 87/287. Take I-87 North to Exit 17, I-84. Follow local signs to I-84 East and continue on I-84 East across Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Immediately after the toll booths, take exit 11. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Route 9D south. Turn right at the second light - Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign from Westchester and points SoutheastTake either 287 West until it merges with I-87 and continue to Exit 9, Route 9. Travel north on Route 9 to Fishkill. Take I-84 West two exits to Exit 11: Route 9D. Make a left turn onto Route 9D South. After traveling approximately one mile, make a right turn onto Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign. orTake 287 West to Exit 9A, Route 684 and proceed on 684 to Exit 9W, I-84 West. Take I-84 West to Exit 11: Route 9D. Make a left turn onto Route 9D South. After traveling approximately one mile, make a right turn onto Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign. from points North:Take I-87 South to Exit 17, I-84. Follow local signs to I-84 East and continue on I-84 East across Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Immediately after the toll booths, take exit 11. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Route 9D south. Turn right at the second light - Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign.from points West:Take I-87 South to Exit 17, I-84. Take I-84 East across the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Immediately after the toll booths, take exit 11. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Route 9D south. Turn right at the second light - Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign
Hours and Admission
from New York CityTake Upper Level of George Washington Bridge New Jersey bound. Take first right off Bridge to Palisades Parkway North. Take Palisades Parkway North to end. At rotary, take 6 East/202 across Bear Mountain Bridge. Take the first left onto Route 9D North. Continue 16.5 miles north on 9D into the city of Beacon. At the fourth traffic light in Beacon (just past Beacon City Hall), make a left turn onto Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign.(Travel time: approximately 80 minutes.) from New Jersey and points South (and by bus from New York City)Take the Garden State Parkway North until it merges with the New York State Throughway 87/287. Take I-87 North to Exit 17, I-84. Follow local signs to I-84 East and continue on I-84 East across Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Immediately after the toll booths, take exit 11. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Route 9D south. Turn right at the second light - Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign from Westchester and points SoutheastTake either 287 West until it merges with I-87 and continue to Exit 9, Route 9. Travel north on Route 9 to Fishkill. Take I-84 West two exits to Exit 11: Route 9D. Make a left turn onto Route 9D South. After traveling approximately one mile, make a right turn onto Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign. orTake 287 West to Exit 9A, Route 684 and proceed on 684 to Exit 9W, I-84 West. Take I-84 West to Exit 11: Route 9D. Make a left turn onto Route 9D South. After traveling approximately one mile, make a right turn onto Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign. from points North:Take I-87 South to Exit 17, I-84. Follow local signs to I-84 East and continue on I-84 East across Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Immediately after the toll booths, take exit 11. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Route 9D south. Turn right at the second light - Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign.from points West:Take I-87 South to Exit 17, I-84. Take I-84 East across the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Immediately after the toll booths, take exit 11. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Route 9D south. Turn right at the second light - Beekman Street. Continue on Beekman Street .5 miles. Dia:Beacon's entrance is on the right, marked by a gray sign
Hours and Admission
The Dia:Beacon galleries are lit almost entirely by natural light, and museum hours vary seasonally.Through October 2011: Thursday–Monday, 11 am–6 pmNovember and December 2011: Thursday–Monday, 11 am–4 pmDia:Beacon is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.$10 general; $7 students, seniors; free for Dia members and children under 12Free admission on Saturdays and Sundays for City of Beacon residents is made possible by Lyn and John Fischbach in honor of Pete SeegerReduced admission and discounted Metro-North train fare with purchase of a One-Day getaway. Free admission for Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester County residents on twice-annual Community Free Days.
Bookshop and Café
The Dia:Beacon bookshop and café are open from 10:30 am until close on days Dia:Beacon is open. The bookshop carries over 6,000 titles, including Dia publications; artists’ monographs; exhibition catalogues; publications on architecture, design, and writing; children’s books; regional titles; and periodicals.The café at Dia:Beacon serves light fare made on the premises, using locally-sourced ingredients whenever possible. Box lunches are available to groups up to 25 and must be ordered in advance by contacting Jennifer Casamassima at jcasamassima@diabeacon.org. For the current menu as a PDF, please click here.Dia members receive a 10% discount at both the bookshop and café.
Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries houses Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of art from the 1960s to the present. The museum, which occupies a former Nabisco printing factory, features installations of works by some of the most significant artists of the last half century, as well as special exhibitions, new commissions, and public and education programs.
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