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The New York Botanical Garden and Transportation Museum are launching two holiday train shows this weekend. The former combines parent-child activities with nightly jazz, and the latter will be performed for free at Grand Central Station until February next year.
At the end of each year, the sight of model trains traveling through New York landmarks in the greenhouse is always the fondest winter memory for many families. This year, two “holiday train shows” with the same name will be held this weekend: New YorkBotanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) Train Show enters its 35th year. It will be on display from 14th (Saturday) and will remain on display till 10th January (Sunday) next year. There will also be “Holiday Train Nights” for adults to drink in the evenings. The New York Transit Museum (New York Transit Museum) train show at Grand Central Station in Manhattan opens today and admission is free. Both exhibitions are indoors, so there is no need to worry, even if it is freezing cold, both adults and children can enjoy.
Entering the Botanical Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, more than 25 G-shaped trains and trams are racing along nearly a half-mile long track, across bridges and around street corners, as if all of New York has shrunk and moved into a glass house. The most fascinating part of the exhibit is the nearly 200 historical models, from the Brooklyn Bridge, Yankee Stadium to the Statue of Liberty, all handmade from natural materials such as palm leaves, pine cones, cinnamon sticks, bark, acorns, etc. Every texture is a simplicity.
These models are the result of a long-term collaboration with the Botanic Gardenkentucky Studio Applied Imagination Many historic sites, such as the old Yankee Stadium and the old Penn Station, have long been demolished in reality, but have reappeared in the train show, giving audiences a glimpse of New York’s past.
This year’s new inclusion is the Midtown skyscraper “One Vanderbilt”, a new landmark located next to Grand Central Station and renowned for its clean-slim appearance. Even the summit observation deck on the top floor has been replanted with plant material.
Families with children, after visiting the New York Botanical Garden Train, may wish to transfer to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden to participate in the “Evergreen Express” program. It is open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Children can follow a winter-themed storybook, climb to the top of the tree, and make a small craft to take home.
Bearing in mind that some children are more sensitive to sound and light, the Botanical Garden also introduced “Sensory Friendly Mornings” from 9am to 11am on Saturdays, 21 and 9 January next year. Videos and music on the site have been turned off, leaving only the sounds of trains and running water. There is also a quiet rest area and another exit so that each family can view the exhibition independently.
I have seen it during the day, but train shows at night are a different story. Beginning Thanksgiving weekend (November 27–29), the Botanical Garden will be open several nights in December and until 8 p.m. on January 2 next year. After 5 pm, two jazz trios, the Samantha Lewis Trio and the Skylar Flo Trio, took turns performing.
For a more lively night, you can choose the “Holiday Train Night”. The event will be held for 16 nights from January 22 (Sunday) to January 10 next year. Entry starts at 7 pm and the entire process takes about an hour and a half.
