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Fall Culture Travel: Get Thirsty in New York

Cold, rainy fall days make for the best museum visits. So over the next few weeks we're mapping the latest shows worth seeing--and a nearby spot to nurse your art hangover.

Remember when California tried to ship fresh water from the Great Lakes to the West Coast after a lengthy draught in the early '90s? We don't really either, but you can learn more about it, and the finite resource's past and future at the upcoming exhibit, Water: H20 = Life, at New York's American Museum of Natural History. This compelling show opens November 3 and will run until May 26, 2008. It explains that less than 1 percent of the Earth's water is readily available for human consumption and examines just what we can do to protect this natural resource.

Afterwards, you're bound to be thirsty, so head down to Prohibition. This trendy watering hole is dressed up like a 1920s speakeasy, with exposed brick walls and wooden booths. Order up one of the eight beers on tap, a house mojito or the Ciroc white grape martini. But skip the water--we hear it's a precious resource.

Related Stories:
· Water: H20 = Life [American Museum of Natural History]
· Prohibition [Official Site]
· Fall Cultural Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Wired New York]