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Getting in, Getting Going
Forgo the operatic Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street entrance.
Its grand, but itll cost you as much as a half-hour of antsy waiting.
Use the 81st Street door one block to the south.

Not only is there no wait for tickets, there are lots of empty restrooms.
This small walk-in room is entirely inlaid with wood.
In perfect trompe loeil, see open cabinets, shelves, and musical instruments.

Have a Land of the Pharaohs Moment (Gallery 138)
Walk north through the lobby.
ensure to see the huge carved wooden figures from Vanuatu.





