Out of Town: New York

Going to the Big Apple for New Year’s Eve? Here are some other things to do while you’re there:

* Part 2 of “The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000,” concentrating on post-1950 art, is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art through Feb. 13. 945 Madison Ave. Advance tickets: (877) WHITNEY. Open Tuesday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday, 1-8 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Adults $12.50; age 62 and older and students, $10.50; age 12 and younger, free. (212) 570-3676.

* “Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids” finishes its only U.S. exhibition on Jan. 9 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The show includes 250 artworks created for use in and around the great Egyptian tombs 4,000 years ago. Other exhibitions at the Met close Jan. 2: “Klee Paintings,” “Rodin’s Monument to Victor Hugo” and “Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch.” 1000 5th Ave. $10 adults; $5 students and seniors. Open Friday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m.; Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1. (212) 535-7710.

* moe. plays Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie. $25.50. (914) 785-3337.

* “Wrong Mountain,” a comedy by David Hirson starring Ron Rifkin, Dan Jenkins, Tom Riis Farrell and Larry Pine, opens in previews Dec. 27 with a scheduled opening date of Jan. 13 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St. $25 to $65. (212) 239-6200.