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Located in New York City, the world's first and foremost vertical metropolis, The Skyscraper Museum celebrates the City's rich architectural heritage and examines the historical forces and individuals that have shaped its successive skylines.

Happy Earth Day! 🌱🌎Today we’re remembering our 2024 exhibition Tall Timber, which explored how mass timber can help us c...
04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌱🌎
Today we’re remembering our 2024 exhibition Tall Timber, which explored how mass timber can help us create a more sustainable built environment. By sequestering carbon, timber avoids the environmental costs of steel and concrete. Some engineers believe that, soon, timer buildings will rise to 80 stories. How tall will you go for the planet?

Since its time at the Skyscraper Museum, the exhibition has traveled to the University of Arkansas and a venue in downtown Detroit in partnership with Michigan State University and Bedrock. Tall Timber lives forever on our website, where you can virtually explore the exhibition in full!

3 Days. 5 Boroughs. 300+ Destinations– including ours! learn more about Open House New York Weekend at ohny.org/weekend ...
10/17/2025

3 Days. 5 Boroughs. 300+ Destinations– including ours! learn more about Open House New York Weekend at ohny.org/weekend

Our current exhibition The Modern Concrete Skyscraper is featured in the August issue of the Concrete International! Che...
08/26/2025

Our current exhibition The Modern Concrete Skyscraper is featured in the August issue of the Concrete International!
Check out the article in print or online in the link in our bio 🌎📰

Concrete International (Aug 2025)
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On May 27th, The Skyscraper Museum presented architect Lord Norman Foster with the Making New York History Award as more...
06/03/2025

On May 27th, The Skyscraper Museum presented architect Lord Norman Foster with the Making New York History Award as more than 200 guests gathered in the Diagrid Club at 425 Park Avenue to salute his contributions to New York City’s skyline.
Toasts were offered to “the current King of Park Avenue,” while pointing to Foster + Partners’ two major towers—425 Park and the new JPMorgan Chase HQ at 270 Park. From his 1985 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong to these new supertalls, Foster’s work continues to shape skylines worldwide.
Thank you to Lord Foster and Lady Foster for joining us in New York.

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Join us and award-winning picture book biographer as she tells the story of the renowned architect I. M. Pei and his tr...
05/30/2025

Join us and award-winning picture book biographer as she tells the story of the renowned architect I. M. Pei and his triumph in redesigning the Louvre through problem-solving and persistence for a story time and hands-on activity to create our own pyramid structures! Follow the link in our bio to register your family for the event.

Celebrating the 94th Anniversary of the Empire State Building’s Opening! On this day in 1931, the Empire State Building ...
05/01/2025

Celebrating the 94th Anniversary of the Empire State Building’s Opening!
On this day in 1931, the Empire State Building opened its doors to the world, standing as the tallest skyscraper for 40 years. Completed in just 11 months, the 1,250-foot tower was a feat of modern engineering, rising more than a story a day.
Though primarily a steel structure, concrete was key to its rapid construction, as the Museum shows in its new exhibition The Modern Concrete Skyscraper. From the caisson foundations to the fireproofing of the steel frame, concrete played a critical role with over 5,000 cement bags delivered to the site daily.
In 1998, Building the Empire State, the first book to explore the construction of this iconic skyscraper was published. To mark this anniversary, check out our book talk for Building the Empire State, the Museum’s first publication, where authors Carol Willis and Don Friedman dove into the history and legacy of the Empire State Building.
Learn more about how concrete shaped the Empire State Building in our current exhibit Modern Concrete and watch our recorded program on the building’s construction through the link in our bio.

MODERN CONCRETE IS HERE 🏙️✨ Thank you to our members and friends who joined us for the opening reception of The Modern C...
03/20/2025

MODERN CONCRETE IS HERE 🏙️✨
Thank you to our members and friends who joined us for the opening reception of The Modern Concrete Skyscraper! Our director, Carol Willis, led an insightful tour, while guest curator Thomas Leslie and structural engineer Richard Tomasetti shared how concrete has transformed the way we build skyscrapers.

If you missed it, make sure to visit us Wed-Sat (12-6PM) to check out the new exhibit!

RSVP at the link in our bio

The Museum’s focus on mass timber and wood, in conjunction with the exhibition TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood...
08/27/2024

The Museum’s focus on mass timber and wood, in conjunction with the exhibition TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood, continues this fall with a webinar & book talk on the work of Shigeru Ban Architects on September 16 at 6pm ET. This is a virtual program — online only.

Though it is one of the world’s oldest building materials, wood is still revolutionizing the way buildings are designed and constructed today. It is imperative that everyone – from architects, engineers, and contactors, to clients and the general public – considers how construction practices impact climate change. Timber buildings are not only environmentally responsible, they also make us feel measurably happier, healthier, and more productive.

Shigeru Ban Architects has innovated in wood for over 35 years, creating inspiring spaces that have a positive impact on building inhabitants, communities, and the environment. The firm has built over 65 wood and mass timber projects, from prefabricated plywood houses to parametrically modeled glulam gridshells.

For more information check our website and Be sure to RSVP via the link in bio.

Photo courtesy of Rizzoli

Have you ever seen a building made of paper? Join us to discover how architect Shigeru Ban uses paper and cardboard to c...
08/27/2024

Have you ever seen a building made of paper? Join us to discover how architect Shigeru Ban uses paper and cardboard to create innovative structures as we read the book, Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World by Isadoro Saturno and Stefano Di Cristofaro. Students will learn about different materials used in construction and get the chance to design their own buildings made from paper tubes.

This is an in-person children’s program that meets at the Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl. Family programs are free! RSVP through the link in our bio. Reservation priority is given to The Skyscraper Museum members. Want to become a member? Summer programs are supported by a Community Partnership with the Battery Park City Authority.

Questions? Email [email protected] or call our office at (212) 945-6324.

Join us for the third of the Museum’s three thematic walking tours of Battery Park City, on Thursday, August 16 at 4pm, ...
08/13/2024

Join us for the third of the Museum’s three thematic walking tours of Battery Park City, on Thursday, August 16 at 4pm, will cover the north residential neighborhood, which was developed in several phases, beginning with Stuyvesant High School at the northeast edge and the esplanade and Rockefeller Park along the Hudson. A diagonal avenue lined with apartment buildings creates one face of the neighborhood, while the inner courts of the large blocks are connected by the delightful Teardrop Park. Located two blocks from ground zero, we will also explore the history and design of the Irish Hunger Memorial completed in 2001.

This tour meet at the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place. Walking Tours are free! Programs are supported by a Community Partnership with the Battery Park City Authority. Reservation priority is given to Skyscraper Museum Members and to Corporate Members and their employees. Members can register by emailing [email protected].
Registration for each tour is limited to 25 people.


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39 Battery Place
New York, NY
11373

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Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm

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