2. Escape to Cuba

¡Cuba!-Exhibit-American Museum of Natural History-NYCPhoto via American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West & 79th

Walk along a Cuban street, gawp at a boa constrictor, and admire a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air – these are all things you can do in Cuba, and at the ground-breaking exhibition ¡Cuba! at the American Museum of Natural History.

If you don’t have a visa to get you to Havana on Jan 20, then just take the 1 train to 79th Street and immerse yourself in the nature and culture of the Caribbean archipelago.

As well as the live animals, the curators have also reconstructed a whole cave, where you can examine fossil remains. You might also want to hide in there until 2021.