Art Destinations

With warm weather fast approaching, here are two great art-centered destinations:

Storm King Art Center: Nature provides visitors with this 500+ acre sculpture venue that’s within daytrip distance from NYC. From April through mid-November, the rolling hills, wooded trails, lush lawns and grassy plains provide the perfect setting for uncountable works of postwar sculptures. Visitors can explore on their own, rent an Acoustaguide (mobile audio units providing commentary from artists, the chairman & president, and director & curator of Storm King), and maximize their viewing capacity by taking trams which hit designated areas at specific times all over the property, allowing people to roam and reboard at their own pace. Roadtrip anyone?

Storm King Art Center
Old Pleasant Hill Road
Mountainville, NY 10953
P: 845.534.3115

The Huntington: Edutainment at its best! Three art galleries, a massive research library, and 12 different botanical gardens cover 150 acres of this San Marino research and educational center. And of course, you can’t leave out the fabulous gift shop, book store and the Rose Garden Tea Room, where diners can enjoy tea, scones, and a buffet of fancy edibles while in the midst of a lush rose garden. While the jumbo sized Audubon's Birds of America, and Rogier van der Weyden's Madonna and Child might draw crowds, we’re partial to the gardens, particularly the Japanese and Zen Gardens. Be warned: get there early and leave the day plan-free as you might find yourself scrambling for more at closing hours.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
P: 626.405.2100