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Individual Field Trip Report: New York Transit Museum
Due March 3
Visit the New York Transit Museum, Corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Heights. (www.mta.info/museum) Tel. 718-694-1600. Admission: $7.
Visit the entire museum, including two of the long-term exhibits:
• Steel, Stone & Backbone: Building New York’s Subways 1900-1925
• Moving the Millions: New York City’s Subway from Its Origins to the Present
Following your visit, write a typed, double-spaced report of 1000 words total (including the essay in #5 below) that covers the following five elements in the following order (in the p. 1 top right corner: your name, SFC History 1201-15, date of your submission, and the word count of your paper):
1. A general description of the museum: its purpose, what it includes. Include the date
that you visited the museum. (1 paragraph)
2. Describe 3 things that you saw during the visit that really caught your attention
and captured your interest. What did you learn from each of them, and why did
they strike you as significant? (3 paragraphs)
3. Write a brief account, based on what you learned in the museum, of Elizabeth
Jennings Graham and her role in integrating New York City public transport in the
1850s. (1 paragraph)
4. Write a short letter to the director of the museum and say what you liked
about the exhibit. Make 1-2 suggestions for what you feel could improve the
museum and its access to the public. (1 paragraph)
5. Conclude with an essay of 500 words on the following theme: “New York City and
the Subway: Inseparable Since Birth.”