Day 1: SFO to NYC

View from the 38th floor on our hotel, UN Plaza
at 44rd Street and First Avenue, across the street from the UN

The East River from our hotel room

We're off and running on the Great Museum Marathon of 2015!

Here's our plan.
Total journey: 42 days minus 8 days in transit between cities equals 34 touring days

In 34 touring days we plan to see 21 museums, 4 palaces, and 2 cathedrals.

Here are our objectives:

New York

The Whitney

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan

The 9/11 Memorial Museum

Amsterdam

The Rijksmuseum

The Van Gogh

The Stadelijck

The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem

Otterlo

The Kroller Muller

Plus Palais Het Loo

The Hague

Mauritshuis

Gemeentemuseum

Paris
The Louvre
The Orsay
The Picasso
Pompidou
L'Orangerie
Luis Vuitton Foundation
Notre Dame
Sainte Chapelle

Fontainebleau

The Chateau

Madrid

The Prado
Thyssen Bornemisza
Reina Sophia
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Palace
El Escorial