Wave Hill
675 West 252nd Street
Bronx, NY 10471
(718) 549-3200, ext. 209 groups, ext. 396 Schools
www.wavehill.org
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Tucked away behind Henry Hudson Parkway in Riverdale, nestled beside the Hudson River, is Wave Hill, one of New York City's finer cultural institutions. With twenty-eight acres of beautiful property and four greenhouses overlooking the Hudson, Wave Hill serves as a laboratory for discovery of humanity's relation to the environment.
Wave Hill offers a year-round schedule of events, visual and performing arts, and programs for individuals and families in the fields of horticulture, forest management, and landscape history and design. There is almost always something going on that people will find interesting and educational. Call for a calendar.
School Programs for grades K through 12 include, among others, Love of Leaf (grades K - 3): Match-Making with Shapes and Patterns, delivered during autumn, children collect leaves, identify them, and match the leaves with the trees that dropped them; Power of Seeds: Roots and Shoots ( 4 - 8): a Multi-Session Program where (at school) students dissect and analyze the anatomy of seeds, plant them, and record germination. At Wave Hill they learn of the many uses of seeds through a variety of hands-on activities; Hudson River Estuary: Geography, Geology & Marine Life Galore! (grades 4 - 8): students observe geologic formations showing how the river has carved its way through ancient rock. A week later, on the other side of the Bronx Peninsula, students go fishing with buckets and seine nets at Orchard Beach to examine the habitats of an estuarine environment.
Most programs are available in either single session or multi-session (three) format (multi for Bronx and Manhattan schools only), with the multi-format including a 90 minute presentation in the classroom to introduce the program, workbooks for each student, and a teacher's manual. Maximum class size is 32, with 1 supervisor per 11 students. Program offerings may change with the seasons.
Teacher Workshops utilize Wave Hill's unique resources to upgrade teachers' knowledge and experience in environmental science.
| Hours: Open Tuesday - Sunday 9am - 5:30pm; open on some Wednesdays till 8:30pm in summer. Closes at 4:30pm during the winter. Call or visit the official website linked above for details. Closed Mondays, but open some holiday Mondays -- call. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. Greenhouses open from 10am - 4pm (closed 12 - 1 for lunch). Call for gallery hours. Cafe open 10 - 4:30. | ||
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| Group Reservations: At least 4 weeks in advance. | ||
| Lunch: Cafe open from 11am - 4:30pm. Eating areas assigned for bagged lunch. | ||
| Handicapped Access: Paved paths on grounds and Learning Center are accessible. | ||
| Directions: Major Deegan to Van Cortlandt Park South exit. Bear right from exit toward Broadway. Turn right onto Broadway. Go to second traffic light (light after the end of the elevated subway tracks) and turn left. At stop sign turn left. At next stop sign turn right onto Manhattan College Parkway. Follow MC Pkwy (turns left after passing Manhattan College) to end. At fork bear right to Henry Hudson Parkway (service road) north. Proceed to West 252nd St. and turn left. Immediately turn left onto Henry Hudson Pkwy southbound. Turn right onto West 249th St. and drive to Wave Hill entrance at 249th and Independence. Passengers unload at gate. Bus cannot enter. Bus can park along stone wall on Independence. 15 minutes north from the George Washington Bridge. | ||
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