The Skyscraper Museum

Jeff Millstein

Great explanation of NYC skyscraper history and helpful to see scale models of many up close.

Gisse Rodz.

Small museum but with lots of educational information on every wall space. Loved the scale structures

Anthony W

An underated yet very informative attraction

Oliver S (23GT.net)

Great place to visit if you have a fascination for skyscrapers and/or architecture however not really geared for more casual visitors since the exhibit is relatively small but VERY info-dense with a lot of reading involved if you want to really grasp what you’re looking at. For those who don’t want to do much reading like little kids the building models are cool to look at but there’s only about a dozen of them. I thought it would be bigger but it’s actually a fairly small museum with only one floor of exhibits plus the book store. I thought I’d be there for a good while but I was done in about an hour even with taking my time reading a lot of the posted info. Can’t complain about the admission price though since it’s only 5 bucks - and at the time of my visit actually free apparently due to sponsorship. It’s also conveniently located near Battery Park and the Staten Island and Liberty ferry terminals. Fitting too that it’s in New York - the spiritual home of the skyscraper.