Fall (September 3 - November 4): Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. & Sundays noon to 5 p.m.
Winter (November 5 - April 15): Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays: noon to 4 p.m.
Spring (April 16 - June 24): Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays: Noon to 5 p.m.
Summer (June 25 - Labor Day): Tuesdays - Saturdays 11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. & Sundays noon to 5:00 p.m.
Museum, Mansion and Planetarium - Open additional days and hours during school holidays
Thanksgiving Recess Friday after Thanksgiving (noon to 4:00 p.m.)
Winter Recess December 26 - December 30, 2012 (noon to 4 p.m.)
Museum, Mansion and Planetarium are closed: New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
Last mansion tour each day is one hour prior to closing.
Administrative office hours:
Open Monday - Friday, 9:00 to 4:00
Closed weekends
Planetarium Show Schedule
Friday Evenings
8:00 —
Long Island Skies
9:00 —
Stars
Observatory — Viewing of the night sky (weather permitting) on Friday only, 9:00-10:00 (free with show ticket; $3.00 without show ticket)
Saturdays
12:00 —
One World, One Sky
1:00 —
Solar System Odyssey
2:00 —
Stars
3:00 —
Stars
4:00 —
Solar System Odyssey
Saturday Evenings
8:00 —
Solar System Odyssey
9:00 —
Stars
Sundays
12:00 —
One World, One Sky
1:00 —
Solar System Odyssey
2:00 —
Stars
3:00 —
Stars
4:00 —
Solar System Odyssey
Planetarium Admission
During the day, visitors to the Planetarium pay general museum admission ($7 for adults, $6 for students with IDs and seniors 62 and older, and $3 for children 12 and under), plus $5 each for a Planetarium show. Since the museum is closed in the evening, no general museum admission is charged — visitors pay only for Planetarium show tickets: $9 for adults, $8 for students with IDs and seniors 62 and older, and $7 for children 12 and under.
Directions:
Vanderbilt Museum
180 Little Neck Road
Centerport, New York 11721-0605
From the LIE Exit 51, The Northern State Parkway Exit 42N, and The Southern State Parkway Exit 39N:
Drive North on Deer Park Avenue, bear left at the fork (at traffic light), onto Park Avenue. At 4th light, make a right turn onto Broadway, continue for 4-5 miles until you reach Route 25A. Cross 25A (to left of Centerport Automotive), and you are on Little Neck Road. The Vanderbilt Museum is 1.5 miles on the right.
From the South Shore:
Take the Sagtikos Pakway North to the Sunken Meadow Parkway north. Take the last exit, 25A West. Travel about 8 miles and make a right at the Centerport Automotive in Centerport, onto Little Neck Road. We are 1.5 miles on the right.
From Route 110 or 25A West:
Travel north on 110 to Huntington Village. Make a right turn onto 25A/Main Street. Travel about 4 miles to Centerport, at the flashing yellow light, bear left onto Park Circle, then turn left onto Little Neck Road. We are 1.5 miles on the right.
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