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Beacon is a Hudson River town anchored by Dia Beacon, a former factory turned into one of the best contemporary-art museums in the country, all vast daylit halls of large-scale work.
Take the Metro-North Hudson Line from Grand Central to Beacon, about 1.5 hours, trains roughly hourly, and $15–25 each way. The station is a short walk or shuttle from Dia and Main Street.
Dia's halls are best in the morning light and before the afternoon crowd, and the museum's hours are shorter than you'd expect, check them and build the day around them, not the other way around.
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