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A non-profit cultural institution located on 28 acres in the northwest Bronx, Wave Hill is dedicated to exploring the interaction between human beings and the natural environment. Programs in both the arts and sciences are designed to foster public understanding of and appreciation for this complementary relationship. Wave Hill maintains award-winning gardens and greenhouses; manages an urban woodland; provides environmental education for City children, teachers, and over 110,000 visitors annually; offers arts activities for children that strengthen environmental awareness; and presents exhibitions, concerts, lectures and workshops that examine the aesthetic response to nature. Wave Hill is available for meetings and conferences, special celebrations and photographic shoots. Built in 1843 in the style of an English country residence, Wave Hill House, a former estate house on Wave Hill’s 28 acres, has been home to such luminaries as Samuel Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, Arturo Toscanini, and two British ambassadors to the United Nations. Your guests will be treated to a memorable experience, at a location just thirty minutes from midtown Manhattan and equally convenient to Westchester, western Connecticut, and northeastern New Jersey.
A non-profit cultural institution located on 28 acres in the northwest Bronx, Wave Hill is dedicated to exploring the interaction between human beings and the natural environment. Programs in both the arts and sciences are designed to foster public understanding of and appreciation for this complementary relationship. Wave Hill maintains award-winning gardens and greenhouses; manages an urban wood... More
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