Day Trip: Brooklyn Botanic Garden & Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Saturday, October 10 – Departing from Storrs and Cromwell
Advance registration required: Bus Fee $50 ($40 for Members and Donors) All ages welcome.
Beautiful in the fall, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden represents the very best in urban gardening and horticultural display, with over 10,000 taxa of plants within its 52 acres. Adjacent to the Botanic Garden you will find the Brooklyn Museum, one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its world-renowned permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures from across the globe.
The bus will leave Storrs at 8 am and make a second pick-up in Cromwell at 8:45 am. The bus will depart Brooklyn at 5 pm. Please arrive and be prepared to board the bus prior to departure times. Admission to the Museum and Botanic Garden are not included and should be paid at the door. Both offer a discounted “Art and Garden Ticket” to visit both venues. For admission packages, visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden website at http://www.bbg.org and the Brooklyn Museum website at http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/home.php.
For more information, contact: Natural History Museum at 860.486.4460