Goudreau Museum Mathematics Art

Highlights & Collections

The Math Museum is a unique learning environment. We are a hands-on museum that offers you and your family an exciting opportunity to have fun while you gain an understanding of mathematical principles. Our Museum is colorful, inviting and visually stimulating with the polyhedra (solids) that are displayed throughout the Museum, many of which were built by the Museum's founder Bernie Goudreau. The mainstay of the Museum is our collection of large wooden games and puzzles.

The Math Reference Library covers the gamut of topics from elementary to graduate level and are organized by subject area. This specialized collection at the Goudreau Museum provides a unique research experience.

Some of the books in the collection such as Mathematical Methods of Physics by Courant-Hilbert and Men of Mathematics by E.T. Bell are classics in mathematics. The collection also contains textbooks well suited for research projects at the intermediate and secondary school levels as well as for teachers. Topics can be further researched in our many mathematical journals.

Exhibits & Special Events

Saturday Open Hours 12 noon - 3 p.m. (except as noted)

• Jan 10, 17 (kite making),
• 24 (game day)
• Feb 7 (origami)
• Mar 14 Family Workshop: 1-3 p.m. "3.14 on 3/14", A Hands-on Geometry Workshop for grades 5,6,7
• Mar 21
• Apr 4, 25 (Pi Day Exhibit)
• May 2, 9, 16
• June 6, 13

• Grades 4,5-6, 7-8
• 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 4/4

• Sequential I, II, III
• 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13

Hours:

• Three Saturdays each month from 12 noon until 3 p.m.
• During the week, by appointment.

Admission & Directions:

• $2 per person.
• Free for members.
• There may be a small materials fee for some programs and/or different fees for special programs.

The museum is easily accessible by car or by bus. The museum is located on the second floor of the Herricks Community Center building, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY at the junction of Shelter Rock Rd and Searingtown Rd.

By bus: Take the N22 bus along Route 25B, Hillside Avenue and get off at Herricks Road. Walk 3 blocks north to the community center.

By car from the east:

• Take the Long Island Expressway (I-495) or the Northern State Parkway west.
• Long Island Expressway exit 36, Searingtown Road. Make a left at the traffic light and travel south approximately 1.3 miles. The road will take a LONG sweeping curve to the right. You will pass the Shelter Rock Library and a pond on your left. Get into the center lane. Turn left at the traffic light onto Herricks Road. The parking lot will be on your right.

• Northern State Parkway to exit 27, Shelter Rock Road. Turn left at the top of the ramp and proceed south approximately 1.3 miles. The road will take a LONG sweeping curve to the LEFT. On your right side you will see a small school building and a LARGER school building behind it. That LARGER building is the Herricks Community Center. Make a right at the traffic light onto Herricks Road and enter the parking lot on your right.

From the west,

• Take the Grand Central Parkway which becomes the Northern State Parkway and exit at 27 (south), Shelter Rock Road. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Shelter Rock Road and proceed as above.
• or,
• Take the Long Island Expressway, (I-495) to exit 35, Shelter Rock Road. Make a right turn onto Shelter Rock Road. Proceed with the Northern State directions from above.

For handicapped accessibility:

• Please park in the gymnasium parking lot at the north end of the building, walk south and then east, turning around the gymnasium. Enter the Community Center through the breezeway connecting the gym with the main building. Turn right and proceed through the double doors. The elevator is located by going through the first door on your right.