The Art Center Takes Manhattan
Monday, April 19, 2027 @ to Friday, April 23, 2027 @
The Art Center Takes Manhattan
🗽 Excursion Details
📅 Dates: –
📍 Destination: New York City
🎭 Hosted by: Executive Director Lee Borden and former Visit Grand Junction superstar Barbara Bowman
💲 Cost: $3,650 per person
🛏️ Single Supplement: $600
✈️ Airfare: Not included
🎟️ About the Excursion
Experience the magic of Broadway this April with The Art Center of Western Colorado. Join Executive Director Lee Borden and former Visit Grand Junction superstar Barbara Bowman for a five-day, four-night excursion to New York. Enjoy four world-class Broadway performances, explore the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Broadway, take in an architectural boat tour of Manhattan Island, and dine at some of the city’s iconic restaurants.
The group will stay at the WestHouse Hotel near Central Park, offering a comfortable home base for a packed and memorable Manhattan experience.
✅ What’s Included
- Four Broadway performances: Hamilton, Dolly: A True Original Musical, Evita, and Galileo the Musical (show selections depend on availability)
- Four nights of lodging at WestHouse, 201 West 55th Street, New York
- Eight meals
- Admission to the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Broadway
- Architectural boat tour of Manhattan Island
🗓️ Trip Itinerary
Day 1 —
🗽 Welcome to the Big Apple!
- : Check in at WestHouse Hotel, 201 West 55th Street, New York, NY.
- : Enjoy a welcome dinner at La Grande Boucherie, just a four-minute walk from the hotel.
- : Settle in for a good night’s rest before an exciting, jam-packed week!
Day 2 —
🚢 Architecture, Museum of Broadway, and Hamilton
- Breakfast at WestHouse.
- Take a taxi, Uber, or Lyft to Chelsea Piers, Pier 62, at West 22nd Street and Hudson River Park, for a nearly three-hour architectural boat tour of the island of Manhattan.
- Take a taxi, Uber, or Lyft to the Museum of Broadway, 145 West 45th Street.
- Enjoy a 15-minute walk through the Theatre District and Midtown Manhattan to WestHouse to freshen up before dinner.
- Walk 12–15 minutes to dinner at the iconic Glasshouse Tavern, 252 West 47th Street.
- Walk four minutes to the Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street, for an evening performance of Hamilton.
- Return to WestHouse, 201 West 55th Street, by taxi, Uber, or Lyft.
Day 3 —
🎨 MoMA, Dolly, and Evita
- Breakfast at WestHouse.
- Walk 10 minutes to the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019.
- Walk 20–25 minutes or take a taxi, Uber, or Lyft to lunch at Miss Nellie’s New York Restaurant, 321 West 44th Street.
- Walk three minutes to the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street, for Dolly: A True Original Musical.
- Walk six minutes to Havana Central – Times Square, 151 West 46th Street.
- Walk seven minutes to the Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway, for Evita.
- Return to WestHouse by taxi, Uber, or Lyft.
Day 4 —
🎭 The Met, Sardi’s, and Galileo
- Breakfast at WestHouse.
- Take a taxi, Uber, or Lyft to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue.
- Take a taxi, Uber, or Lyft to Tavern on the Green in Central Park, West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023.
- Walk 20 minutes or take a taxi, Uber, or Lyft to WestHouse, 201 West 55th Street.
- Enjoy a couple of free hours to explore Midtown or do some shopping.
- : Meet for dinner at the iconic Sardi’s, 234 West 44th Street, #808.
- Take a one-minute walk to the Shubert Theatre, 225 West 44th Street, for the brand-new Galileo the Musical.
- Return to WestHouse with a 15-minute late-night walk or take a taxi, Uber, or Lyft.
Day 5 —
✈️ New York to Grand Junction
- Breakfast at WestHouse, then say goodbye to Manhattan and depart for Grand Junction or your final destination.
⚠️ Important Note
The itinerary may change depending on opportunities that become available.
Event Category
- Excursions
