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Tour of the Intrepid Museum: Collections Storage and Sick Bay (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:45:00 GMT

Collection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of James R. “Jim” Pelham. P2014.112.01

Title: Tour of the Intrepid Museum: Collections Storage and Sick Bay

Date & Time: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM (Tour promptly begins at 3:00 PM)

Capacity: 24

Duration: 2 hours

Admission: Free! (ART Members only)

Location: Pier 86, W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

Join us for a tour of the Intrepid Museum’s Collections Storage and Second Deck. The Intrepid Museum will welcome ART members to this behind-the-scenes tour to see and talk about the benefits and challenges of having artifacts and archives on a decommissioned aircraft carrier. Intrepid’s Second Deck is currently closed to the public, but will eventually be partially restored and opened. This tour of Second Deck, led by Intrepid’s Head Curator, will bring visitors to this unrestored space that housed several spaces, including Intrepid’s Sick Bay or hospital space, the Post Office, and the Barber Shop.

This is an in-person event limited to 24 A.R.T. members only. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event. In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.

How to find the Intrepid Museum

The Intrepid is located at Pier 86, W 46th St, New York, NY 10036, just West of the West Side Highway. Visitors can take the C train to 50th St or an M train to 47th 50th St and transfer to a bus across town, or walk to 12th Ave.

Meeting location

We would ask participants to plan to arrive to the Museum at 2:45PM. They can pick up a ticket at the Museum’s Will Call desk in the Welcome Center and will be directed into the ship/museum to meet near the Information Desk in Hangar 1. Tours will begin promptly at 3 PM so plan to come to the Museum in advance.

About

Founded in 1982 with the acquisition of the storied WWII aircraft carrier Intrepid—a National Historic Landmark and the centerpiece of its collection—the Museum welcomes over one million visitors annually from all around the world. Its mission is to promote the awareness and understanding of history, science and service through bold and immersive collections, exhibitions and programming in order to honor our heroes, educate the public and inspire future generations. Find more information about the Intrepid here.

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New York Transit Museum Tour (Friday, April 24, 2026)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Courtesy of the New York Transit Museum

Title: New York Transit Museum Tour

Date & Time: Friday, April 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM (Tour begins promptly at 3:15 PM)

Duration: 1.5 hours

Capacity: 20

Admission: Free! (ART Members only)

Location: 99 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, NY 11201

Join us for a tour of the New York Transit Museum—from an archivist’s POV! Come for a behind-the-scenes chat at the museum with Collections Department staff as we tour current exhibits and talk about the joys and challenges of managing a collection that ranges from full-sized vintage subway cars to dime-sized tokens.

This is an in-person event limited to 20 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.

In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.

How to find the New York Transit Museum

The Transit Museum is located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in Downtown Brooklyn, reachable by over 20 bus and subway lines; the nearest subway stations are Hoyt-Schermerhorn, Jay Street-Metrotech, and Borough Hall. The museum's main entrance is at the corner of Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place.

Meeting location

The tour will meet and begin at the lobby inside the main entrance, which is down two flights of stairs. A wheelchair-accessible entrance is located on the corner of Schermerhorn and Court Streets.

About

Founded in 1976, the New York Transit Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of New York’s mass transportation—from groundbreaking engineering feats and the labor of workers who carved tunnels over a century ago, to the communities transformed by transit and the ever-evolving technology, design, and ridership of a system that runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Located underground in a decommissioned 1936 subway station in Brooklyn, the Museum’s platform level spans a full city block and features a rotating selection of twenty vintage subway and elevated cars, some dating back to 1904.

Visitors can board our historic train cars, sit behind the wheel of a city bus, walk through a century of turnstile design, and explore changing exhibitions that illuminate the cultural, social, and technological past—and future—of mass transit.

Learn more at https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/

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