The Queens Museum of Art is located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, site of two World's Fairs and the first home of the United Nations. The museum holds a number of noteworthy and highly-regarded works of art and is best-known as the site of the world's largest architectural scale model. The "panorama" is a 9,335 square foot architectural model of New York City that includes every single building constructed before 1992 in all five boroughs, a total of 895,000 individual structures.
Exhibition Hours (March 3-31, 2007)
Wednesday - Friday: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Closed Monday & Tuesday
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Directions by Subway
Via #7 Flushing IRT. Exit Willets Point/Shea Stadium and follow the yellow signs on a ten-minute walk through the park to the museum, which is located next to the Unisphere. Alternatively, exit at 111th Street Station. Walk south on 111th Street past the New York Hall of Science. Left on 49th Avenue into the Park. Continue past fountain over the Grand Central Parkway bridge. Museum is on right, next to Unisphere.
Directions by Bus
* Q48 to Roosevelt Ave and 111th Street. Walk south through park (toward Unisphere)
* Q23, Q58 to Corona Ave and 51st Ave. Walk east through park.
Directions by Car (Free Parking)
From West and Midtown Manhattan
Take the Midtown Tunnel to the Long Island Expressway. Use Exit 22B, Grand Central Parkway West toward the Triboro Bridge. Exit the Grand Central at the first exit, Tennis Center (9P), turn right and follow signs to Museum.
From Brooklyn
via Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) to LIE Eastbound, to exit 22B exit 22B (Grand Central Parkway/Triboro Bridge), then exit GCP at Tennis Center (9P) and turn right to the Museum.
From North and Triboro Bridge
via Grand Central Parkway, exit at 9E or 9W and follow signs to Museum.
From East and Long Island
via LIE to GCP West, exit GCP at Tennis Center (9P) and follow signs to Museum.
