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Wave
Hill is a 28-acre pubic garden and cultural center overlooking the
Hudson River and Palisades. Through programs in horticulture, environmental
education, land management, landscape history, and the visual, performing,
and literary arts, Wave Hill seeks to foster connections between
people and the natural world.
Former
residence of Perkins-Freeman family, Mark Twain (1901-1903), Theodore
Roosevelt (Summers of 1870 and '71), Arturo Toscanini (1942-1945)
and chief members of the British Delegation to the United Nations.
Mark
Twain: American Author (1835-1910)
Theodore Roosevelt: (1858-1919) 26th President of the US: 1901-09
Arturo Toscanini: Italian Conductor (1867-1957)
Location
675
W 252nd Street
Bronx, NY 10471-2899
Tel.:
(718) 549 3200
Fax: (718) 884 8952
E-mail: info@wavehill.org
Hours
October
15-April 14: Tuesday-Sunday: 9-4:30
April 15- October 14: Tuesday-Sunday: 9-5:30
Open until sunset on Wednesdays, May 31-August 30.
Wave
Hill is closed on Mondays.
Admission
$4.00;
$2/Seniors & Students; Members & Children under 6 free;Tuesdays
free all day; Saturdays free from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
November 15 to March 14: free.
Museum
URL
http://www.wavehill.org/
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