Fun New Jersey/New York Things To Do

Modern Art Museum Van Saun County Park Children’s Museum Empire State Building

When you stay with us you have easy access to dozens of great New Jersey attractions and events. You’re also only 20 miles from the city that doesn’t sleep–New York. Enjoy an endless supply of amazing things to do, such as getting your culture fix at the Museum of Modern Art, taking in a ballgame or concert at the Meadowlands Sports Complex and picnicking at Van Saun County Park. Below we’ve listed several more entertaining tourist–type activities.

Museum of Modern Art. From an initial gift of eight prints and one drawing, the Museum of Modern Art’s collection has grown to include 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings and design objects. MoMA also owns some 22,000 films, videos, and media works, as well as film stills, scripts, posters and historical documents. For more information, visit www.moma.org.

Meadowlands Sports Complex. Together, the three Meadowlands facilities–Giants Stadium, Continental Airlines Arena and The Meadowlands Racetrack–form a 700–acre entertainment oasis that can accommodate virtually any sports or entertainment event. For more information, visit www.meadowlands.com.  [Top]

Van Saun County Park. A local park that’s picture–perfect for, well, just about everything. There are six picnic areas, several ball fields, a zoo, pony and train rides, tennis and basketball courts–even a lake for fishing. For more information, visit www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks/Parks/Van%20Saun%20Park.htm.

Bronx Zoo. Explore award–winning, cutting–edge exhibits. Go nose–to–nose with Western lowland gorillas in the Congo Gorilla Forest. Spot snow leopards in the naturalistic Himalayan Highlands Habitat. Experience nearly an acre of an indoor Asian rain forest. In short, it’s all happening at the Bronx Zoo. For more information, visit www.bronxzoo.com.  [Top]

New Jersey Children’s Museum. Family fun and learning abounds. Covering 15,000 square feet, the New Jersey Children’s Museum offers more than 30 different exhibits, each designed for specific groups–from the special Baby Nook and Housekeeping for two–year–olds and toddlers to the challenging Science and Technology for first graders. For more information, visit www.njcm.com.

Lincoln Center. Eclectic is the only word to describe the performances that make their way to Lincoln Center. These unique sight and sound experiences range from a multi–media staging of Wagner’s complete opera “Tristan and Isolde” to the world premier of a work by the celebrated Mark Morris Dance Group. For more information, visit www.lincolncenter.org.  [Top]

Newark Museum. The Newark Museum complex is the largest in New Jersey. It weaves together 80 galleries of art and science, a mini zoo, planetarium, gift shops, cafe, auditorium, sculpture garden, schoolhouse and the Ballantine House, a restored 1885 mansion that is a National Historic Landmark. For more information, visit www.newarkmuseum.org/pages/toc2.html.  [Top]

Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is both a New York City Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. It soars more than a quarter of a mile into the atmosphere above the heart of Manhattan. Located on the 86th floor, 1,050 feet above the city’s bustling streets, the Observatory offers panoramic views from within a glass enclosed pavilion and from the surrounding open–air promenade. For more information, visit www.esbnyc.com.

New Jersey Botanical Garden. New Jersey Botanical Garden at Skylands, located in Ringwood, is the jewel of the Ringwood State Park System. The Garden offers the elegance of its Tudor–style manor house, the beauty of its formal and naturalized gardens and the serenity of its gentle woodland paths. For more information, visit www.njbg.org.  [Top]