Skip to content

New York Hall of Science

NYUnited StatesNew York City (Queens), NY

Active6 machines

From collectors

The New York Hall of Science is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, in the section of the park that is in Corona. It occupies one of the few remaining structures from the 1964 New York World's Fair and is New York City's only hands-on science and technology center. The more than 400 hands-on exhibits explore biology, chemistry, and physics.
The museum offers free admission Fridays 2-5 pm. and Sundays 10am-11am. Parking costs $10. Try to get parking on the street.

Machine 5 (2018) has been installed in the lobby. It has four designs:
1) NY Hall Of Science Exterior,
2) Great Hall Interior
3) Rocket Park
4) Mars Rover

Token machine 1: Designs are:
Need Scan/ photo of tokens, front and back, on a plain white background.
1) Albert Einstein,
2) Mars Rover Camille,
3) An Atom,
4) Tesla.

Retired Designs:
Retired 1) 'New York Hall of Science, NYC', Rocket with shooting stars,
Retired 2) 'New York Hall of Science, E+MC2', Albert Einstein,
Retired 3) 'New York Hall of Science, NYC', Rocket with shooting stars
Retired 4) 'New York Hall of Science', Robot,

10/14: Machine 4 retired.
7/18: Token machine 1 installed.
11/18: Four design penny machine installed here.

8/1/2025: Machine is in the ticketing lobby next to the gift shop. 50¢ plus a penny each. No change machine so bring your own coins.
Press does not elongate the pennies enough so part of the design is consistently cut off on all designs.

Machines and designs

6 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Machine 54Penny
Token Machine 14Token
Retired 4?Penny
Retired 1 (Similar to but different from Mach 3)?Penny
Retired 2?Token
Retired 3?Penny

5 photos from collectors

Also in New York City (Queens)

  • Last seen Jun 2025
    Queens Zoo

    New York City (Queens), NY

    VENU+Gone

Every machine in New York City (Queens) →

Report an update to this machine

Know something this listing does not? A new machine, new designs, moved, gone, jammed. Describe it below and a volunteer will check it and update the record.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Drop files here or
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, webp, Max. file size: 12 MB, Max. files: 5.
    Up to 5 photos of the machine or the pressed coins (JPG, PNG or WebP, 12 MB each). A volunteer checks them before they go on the listing.
    Only used if a volunteer needs to ask a follow-up question.

    ← All machines in New York