oops, that url for the Belleclaire Hotels should be http://www.hotelbelleclaire.com/index.html of course. >>> Felicia Pickering 06/09 11:13 AM >>> Manhattan hotels have gotten pretty pricey, even the "budget" ones. We have stayed regularly at the Milburn Hotel, 242 West 76th St. (just off Broadway) 1-800-833-9622, which is perfectly adequate. We somewhat prefer the Belleclaire Hotel, 250 W. 77th at Broadway www.hotelbellclaire.com , but only the rooms with shared baths seem to fit your price range. The Upper West Side has lots of nice restaurants and also Zabars and other markets and food places, and these hotels are close to the American Museum of Natural History and to buses and the subway. It is a quick trip across the park to the Upper East Side museums. Another option would be to try www.quikbook.com and look for bargains. Click on Find/Book a Hotel in the top menu bar on the web page and you will have a search screen where you can specify price range. Finally, since this is a museum list ... please make note of a couple of small and relatively new museums that are worth a visit: The Lower East Side Tenement Museum http://www.tenement.org/ (they have a virtual tour online http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html ), and the Neue Galerie http://neuegalerie.org/neuemain.html (which has a nice cafe). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).