Mercer Labs Museum of Art & Technology

Tickets, SUMMIT Combo & Visitor Guide to NYC's Newest Immersive Experience

⏱ 90 min - 2 hours👤 All ages$$$

Mercer Labs Museum of Art & Technology opened in 2024 at the base of One Vanderbilt — the same Midtown East tower that hosts SUMMIT on its observation floors. Designed by Israeli-American digital artist Roy Nachum (best known for design work spanning music, technology, and large-scale installations), the 15 themed rooms span 50,000 square feet of art-technology hybrid installations.

The experience moves visitors through a sequence of rooms each built around a different intersection of art and tech — large-scale projection mapping, mirrored infinity environments, sound-reactive surfaces, motion-tracking installations, and a finale that uses the structural geometry of the building itself as a projection canvas. The aesthetic is more architectural than playful — closer to a contemporary art commission than a photo-museum like Color Factory.

Mercer Labs is currently available primarily as a combined ticket with SUMMIT One Vanderbilt — a same-building pairing that makes geographic sense (both experiences are accessible from the same lobby; the combination keeps you in the building for several hours). Standalone Mercer Labs tickets exist but the combination is the recommended pattern for visitors doing either.

Plan 90 minutes to 2 hours for Mercer Labs alone. Add SUMMIT's 2-3 hours for the combined experience. The combination is the most-time-intensive single-building NYC attraction visit and rewards visitors who care about experience design more than checking off iconic sites.