As an actress, singer, model and Americana icon, Marilyn Monroe is a celebrity with quite a large following, even decades after her death. Monroe left her mark around the country, including a few attractions in New York. From movie locations to famous portraits, tourists can find Marilyn Monroe attractions sprinkled throughout the state.
Andy Warhol painted a variety of portraits of Marylin Monroe using his colorful pop-art style. Some of these stylized pieces are on display at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. As of 2011, the museum featured a display called "On to Pop," which featured Warhol's "Gold Marilyn Monroe" print from 1962. The piece, featuring a smiling and vibrant head-and-shoulder shot of Monroe, is silk-screened on canvas. The artist created the painting the year the actress committed suicide.
Madame Tussauds, a world-famous wax museum, opened its New York City branch in the heart of Times Square in 2000. The attraction displays many celebrities re-created in life-sized wax figures. Political figures such as former United States presidents; historical figures including Benjamin Franklin and Martin Luther King Jr; and Hollywood celebrities like Brad Pitt and Charlie Chaplin are among the collection. Marilyn Monroe also has a wax figure to her likeness in the museum.
Marilyn Monroe helped revive Niagara Falls' fame when she was featured in the 1953 movie "Niagara," and her romance flick helped re-establish the area as the "Honeymoon Capital of the World." Guests visiting the falls in Niagara Falls, New York, can cross over the Canadian boarder to Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Skyline Brock hotel. This is the hotel where Marilyn Monroe and the "Niagara" cast stayed during the making of the film.
At 586 Lexington Avenue in New York City, tourists can stand over the subway grate that blew Marylin Monroe's white dress into the air in one of the actress' most iconic scenes. The grate is located outside what used to be the Trans-Lux Theater, which has since closed. Monroe stood over the grate for the skirt-blowing scene of the 1955 film "The Seven Year Itch," in which she starred alongside Tom Ewell.
