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New York City Fire Museum
(between Varick and Hudson Streets)
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 691-1303
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Senior rate for 65 and older.
Sun: 10 am – 4 pm
The New York City Fire Museum displays the richest collection of fire-related art and artifacts in the United States, with objects dating from the 18th century to the present. Beautifully preserved hand-drawn, horse-drawn and motorized rigs, toys and models, prints, photographs and paintings show visitors how firefighting has changed. The museum is located in a renovated 1904 Beaux-Arts firehouse in SoHo. The permanent first-floor exhibition is organized around firefighting tools and vehicles—from leather buckets used by Colonial brigades to a shiny red 1950s searchlight truck. The second floor's permanent and changing exhibitions primarily celebrate 19th-century volunteer firefighters and feature presentation silver, Currier & Ives prints, folk art, firemarks and beautiful parade wagons, including the Hope-a red and gold pumper used at the dedication of the Statue of Liberty.
- Directions: Subway: 1 to Houston Street; C, E to Spring Street
Bus: M10, M21 to Spring Street
- Disability Access: Fully accessible.
- Gift Shops: T-shirts, caps, fire-related books, toys and memorabilia are available.
- On-Site Parking: Cars can be parked in commercial lots nearby or on the street. School buses can be parked on the street.
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Ongoing Among the museum's holdings are painted leather buckets, helmets, parade hats and belts, lanterns and tools, pre-Civil War hand pumped fire engines, horse drawn vehicles and early motorized apparatus.