The Skyscraper Museum celebrates NYC’s rich architectural heritage and examines the historical forces and individuals that have shaped its successive skylines. Through exhibitions, programs, and publications, the Museum explores tall buildings as objects of design, products of technology, sites of construction, investments in real estate, and places of work and residence.

The museum's Battery Park City gallery was designed by the distinguished architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) with award-winning partner Roger Duffy as lead designer. Described as a “vertical Versailles,” the space features reflective stainless-steel floors and ceilings of mirrors that exude verticality and create a dazzling effect. On view are two permanent exhibitions, one devoted to the "History of Height" and another the history of World Trade Center, as well as a temporary exhibition, "The Modern Concrete Skyscraper."

Friday Tour: 3pm

Join a free tour of "The Modern Concrete Skyscraper," led by the Museum’s Head of Programs, which examines the hidden history of concrete in tall buildings. This exhibition reveals why, today, almost all skyscrapers are built of concrete, not steel. Tours are limited to 25 people; first-come-first-served.