Website www.visitithaca.com
Open Jan-early May Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; mid May-early Sep Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm; mid Sep-Dec Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Coming & Going

Ithaca's bus terminal is at 710 W State Street. Greyhound (website www.greyhound.com) goes to Buffalo, New York City and Philadelphia and Shortline (tel (607) 277 8800; website www.shortlinebus.com) goes to New York City.

Local Transport

TCAT Bus (website www.tcatbus.com) run local bus services in the Ithaca area. Standard fares are $1.50 and a one-day pass costs $3.

Sights

Cornell University

Most of Ithaca's sights are centred on its Ivy League university. Campus tours leave from the Information & Referral Center in Day Hall on East Avenue.

Tel (607) 254 4636
Website www.cornell.edu
Admission free
Tours depart Jan-Mar 1pm daily; Apr-Nov Mon-Fri 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, Sat 9am, 11am, 1pm, Sun 1pm; Dec 1pm daily

Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art

The small art museum houses an impressive collection that includes works by Dürer, Goya, Matisse and Toulouse-Lautrec but it is most noted for its collection of Asian Art.

Corner Central & University Avenues, Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel (607) 255 6464
Website www.museum.cornell.edu
Admission free
Open Tue-Sun 10am-5pm

Museum of the Earth

This natural history museum run by the Paleontological Research Institution features the skeleton of a North Atlantic Right Whale plus a gallery depicting pre-history from the Big Bang through to the Ice Age and exhibits on effects of climate change and how glaciers shaped the landscape of the Finger Lakes. Dinosaurs comprise a major focus of the museum.

1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel (607) 273 6623
Website www.museumoftheearth.org
Admission $8, students $5
Open summer Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm; winter Mon & Wed-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm

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