Name |
Neighborhood |
Borough |
Type |
Focus |
Summary |
9/11 Tribute Center | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | History of the September 11 attacks and tours of the World Trade Center site |
African Burial Ground National Monument |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
History |
African and African-American |
Visitor center and memorial to an 18th-century African-American slave burial ground |
AIGA National Design Center |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Design, decorative arts, architecture |
website, public gallery of the AIGA dedicated to presenting examples of outstanding contemporary design |
A.I.R. Gallery |
Dumbo |
Brooklyn |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Contemporary art by female artists |
Alice Austen House |
Rosebank |
Staten Island |
Historic house |
Photography, film, new media |
Home of photographer Alice Austen, also features photography exhibitions |
American Academy of Arts and Letters |
Washington Heights |
Manhattan |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Exhibitions of its members in American literature, music, and art, also recreated studio of composer Charles Ives |
American Folk Art Museum |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Art |
Folk art |
American folk art |
American Museum of Natural History |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Natural history |
Nature |
Includes Rose Center for Earth and Space |
American Numismatic Society Museum |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Numismatic |
Financial |
Exhibits of coins and medals from all periods and cultures |
Americas Society |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Art |
Hispanic, Latino and Caribbean |
Exhibits of historic and contemporary art from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada |
Anne Frank Center USA |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
History |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
Uses the diary and spirit of Anne Frank to promote tolerance and human rights |
Aperture Foundation |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Media |
Photography, film, new media |
Exhibitions dedicated to contemporary and classic photography |
Art in General |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Contemporary art space |
Artists Space |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Non-profit contemporary art gallery |
Asia Society |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Art |
Asian and Asian-American |
Features historic and contemporary Asian art and decorative items |
Asian American Arts Centre |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Asian and Asian-American |
Cultural center with exhibition galleries |
Austrian Cultural Forum New York |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Culture |
Contemporary art |
Culture center with art exhibition gallery |
Bard Graduate Center |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Art |
Design, decorative arts, architecture |
Annually organizes two to three exhibitions related to decorative arts, architecture and design |
Bartow-Pell Mansion |
Pelham Bay |
Bronx |
Historic house |
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Mid-19th-century period mansion and gardens |
Bayside Historical Society |
Bayside |
Queens |
History |
Local history |
Located in the Officer's Club in Fort Totten |
Bernard Museum of Judaica |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Jewish |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
Located in Temple Emanu-El, Jewish art, religious ornaments and Temple memorabilia |
Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House |
Old Town |
Staten Island |
Historic house |
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17th-century Dutch colonial house, operated by Historic Richmond Town |
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 |
Brooklyn Navy Yard |
Brooklyn |
Multiple |
American and NY history |
website, history of the former Navy yard, tours, plans for its future, exhibits of local art, photography, history |
Bowne House | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | | Oldest house in Queens, dates back to the mid-1600s |
BRIC House |
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Brooklyn |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Contemporary art and new media |
Bronx Museum of the Arts |
Downtown Bronx |
Bronx |
Art |
Encyclopedic |
Focuses on contemporary and 20th-century art |
Bronx River Art Center |
West Farms |
Bronx |
Art |
Neighborhood art center |
website |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
Park Slope |
Brooklyn |
Botanic garden |
Nature |
Includes a bonsai museum and art gallery in the conservatory |
Brooklyn Children's Museum |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
Children's |
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Brooklyn Historical Society |
Brooklyn Heights |
Brooklyn |
History |
American and NY history |
History and culture of Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Museum |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
Art |
Encyclopedic |
Collections include American art, Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern art, feminist, European and art of the Pacific Islands |
Castle Clinton National Monument |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
History |
American and NY history |
Fort that contains a museum that is administered by the National Park Service, and is a departure point for visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island |
Center for Architecture |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Art |
Design, decorative arts, architecture |
Exhibits of architecture, urban planning, urban design and environmental planning |
Center for Art and Culture of Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Bedford–Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Art |
Neighborhood art center |
website, cultural and performing arts center with the Skylight Gallery for visual art |
Center for Jewish History |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Ethnic - Jewish |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
Jewish history and culture around the world |
Chaim Gross Studio Museum |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Art |
Sculpture |
Operated by the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, home and studio of sculptor Chaim Gross |
Children's Cultural Center of Native America |
Washington Heights |
Manhattan |
Children's |
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website, located in the Church of the Intercession |
Children's Museum of Manhattan |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Children's |
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Children's Museum of the Arts |
SoHo |
Manhattan |
Children's |
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International children's art, programs in creating drawings, sculpture, sound art, textiles and stop-motion animation |
China Institute |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Art |
Asian and Asian-American |
Galleries with exhibits about traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy, Chinese folk arts, textiles and architecture |
City Island Nautical Museum |
City Island |
Bronx |
History |
American and NY history |
Operated by the City Island Historical Society, local history, maritime heritage |
City Reliquary | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | History | Local history | website; Memorabilia and artifacts about New York City |
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Culture |
Hispanic, Latino and Caribbean |
Cultivates Latino culture and acts as a hub for visual and performing arts on the Lower East Side |
The Cloisters |
Washington Heights |
Manhattan |
Art |
European |
Art and architecture of the European Middle Ages, branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Library |
Books, drawings, illustrations, prints |
Two galleries with free exhibitions from the collections |
Coney Island Museum |
Coney Island |
Brooklyn |
Amusement |
Amusements |
History of Coney Island's amusement park, beach and neighborhood |
Conference House |
Tottenville |
Staten Island |
Historic house |
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Only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City |
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
Museum Mile |
Manhattan |
Design |
Design, decorative arts, architecture |
Part of the Smithsonian, decorative arts and design |
Cooper Union Galleries |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Several galleries with works by students, faculty and guest artists in art, architecture, design, photography |
Culture Shed |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Scheduled to open in 2018, will host activities in a wide range of cultural areas including art, performance, film, design, food, fashion, and new combinations of cultural content |
Czech Centre New York |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Culture |
Contemporary art |
website, exhibits of Czech artists, located in Bohemian National Hall |
Dahesh Museum of Art |
Hudson Square |
Manhattan |
Art |
European |
Currently seeking new permanent home in Manhattan, European academic art of the 19th and 20th century |
Derfner Judaica Museum |
Riverdale |
Bronx |
Ethnic - Jewish |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
Includes the Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale |
Dia:Chelsea |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Contemporary art |
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Discovery Times Square |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Multiple |
Amusements |
Changing exhibitions of culture, science, art, history |
Drawing Center |
SoHo |
Manhattan |
Art |
Books, drawings, illustrations, prints |
Contemporary and historical drawings |
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum |
Inwood |
Manhattan |
Historic house |
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Late 18th-century farmhouse; the oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island |
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage |
Fordham |
Bronx |
Historic house |
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1840s house where author Edgar Allan Poe lived |
El Museo del Barrio |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Art |
Hispanic, Latino and Caribbean |
Latin American and Caribbean art, with an emphasis on works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community in New York City |
Ellis Island Museum |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
History |
American and NY history |
Tours by boat from Battery Park in Manhattan or Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, immigration experience and history of the immigrants |
Enrico Caruso Museum of America |
Homecrest |
Brooklyn |
History |
Biographical |
website, open on Sundays, life of opera tenor Enrico Caruso |
Eyebeam Art and Technology Center |
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Brooklyn |
Art |
Photography, film, new media |
Art and technology exhibitions, resident artistries |
Federal Hall National Memorial |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
History |
American and NY history |
First capitol of the United States of America and the site of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789 |
FDNY Fire Zone |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Firefighting |
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website, fire safety learning center operated by the FDNY, located in Rockefeller Center |
Filipino American Museum |
Moving museum |
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Filipino Americans |
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Fisher Landau Center |
Long Island City |
Queens |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Contemporary art exhibitions |
Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art |
Fordham |
Bronx |
Art |
Antiquities |
Collection of ancient antiquities in William D. Walsh Family Library of Fordham University |
Fort Totten |
Bayside |
Queens |
Military |
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Tours of the Civil War-era fort |
Fort Wadsworth |
Fort Wadsworth |
Staten Island |
Military |
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Exhibits and tours of the mid-19th-century fort |
Fraunces Tavern |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
History |
American and NY history |
Reconstruction of a tavern with a prominent role in pre-Revolution and American Revolution history |
Frick Collection |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Art |
European |
Mansion with collection of old master paintings and fine furniture |
Front Room Gallery | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art gallery |
FusionArts Museum |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Contemporary art space |
Gallery Korea |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Asian and Asian-American |
Part of the Korean Cultural Service, contemporary Korean art |
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum |
Rosebank |
Staten Island |
Ethnic |
European |
Home of Italian politician Giuseppe Garibaldi and inventor Antonio Meucci, celebrates Italian American culture and heritage |
George Gustav Heye Center |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Native American |
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Part of the Smithsonian, Native American history, culture and art |
General Grant National Memorial |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
History |
American and NY history |
Mausoleum of General Ulysses Grant and his wife, displays about his life and Presidency |
Girl Scout Museum |
Garment District |
Manhattan |
Scouting |
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History of the Girl Scouts of the USA |
Godwin-Ternbach Museum |
Kew Gardens Hills |
Queens |
Art |
Encyclopedic |
Part of Queens College, City University of New York, collection includes painting, sculpture and decorative arts, prints and drawings, and ethnographic arts from all periods and cultures, Western and non-Western |
Governors Island National Monument |
Governors Island |
Manhattan |
Military |
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Includes tours of Castle Williams, an 1807 fort and prison, and Fort Jay, a coastal star fort; open seasonally |
Gracie Mansion |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Historic house |
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Official residence of the Mayor of New York City |
Greater Astoria Historical Society |
Astoria |
Queens |
History |
American and NY history |
Local history |
Green-Wood Cemetery |
Greenwood Heights |
Brooklyn |
History |
American and NY history |
Exhibits of history related to people buried in the historic cemetery, themed tours |
Grey Art Gallery |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Art |
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Part of New York University, emphasizes art's historical, cultural, and social context |
Grolier Club |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Literary |
Books, drawings, illustrations, prints |
Public exhibitions from its book and literary collections |
Ground Zero Museum Workshop |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
History |
American and NY history |
website, history of the September 11 attacks and the workers at the World Trade Center site |
Guggenheim Museum |
Museum Mile |
Manhattan |
Art |
Modern art |
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art |
Hall of Fame for Great Americans |
University Heights |
Bronx |
Hall of fame |
American and NY history |
Part of Bronx Community College, National Landmark founded as a Pantheon honoring historically significant American men and women |
Hamilton Grange National Memorial |
Hamilton Heights |
Manhattan |
Historic house |
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Relocated early 19th-century home of Alexander Hamilton |
Harbor Defense Museum |
Bay Ridge |
Brooklyn |
Military |
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Located in Fort Hamilton, 19th-century fort with exhibits of NY military history |
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Ethnic - Jewish |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
website, part of Hebrew Union College, art exploring Jewish identity, history, culture, and experience |
Hispanic Society of America |
Washington Heights |
Manhattan |
Art |
Hispanic, Latino and Caribbean |
Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American art and artifacts |
Historic Richmond Town |
Richmondtown |
Staten Island |
Living |
American and NY history |
Over 30 historic buildings and sites dating from the late 17th to the early 20th century; includes the Lake-Tysen House and Voorlezer's House |
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture |
Mott Haven |
Bronx |
Art |
Art center |
The Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos presents a seasonal showcase of different Latin American artists |
International Center of Photography |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Photography |
Photography, film, new media |
Photography exhibits - moving to Lower Manhattan in 2016 |
International Print Center New York |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Books, drawings, illustrations, prints |
Exhibition and understanding of fine art prints |
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |
Hell's Kitchen |
Manhattan |
Military |
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Showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, Space Shuttle Enterprise, submarine USS Growler, a Concorde supersonic airplane, helicopters and military aircraft |
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art |
Egbertville |
Staten Island |
Art |
Asian and Asian-American |
Art and artifacts of the Himalayas |
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning |
Jamaica |
Queens |
Art |
Neighborhood art center |
Cultural center with art gallery |
Japan Society (New York) |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Cultural |
Asian and Asian-American |
Features exhibit gallery for Japanese art |
Jewish Children's Museum |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
Children's |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding |
Jewish Museum (Manhattan) |
Museum Mile |
Manhattan |
Ethnic - Jewish |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
Modern and contemporary Jewish art, history |
Jewish Theological Seminary Library Galleries |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Ethnic -Jewish |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
website, free exhibitions from the library's collections of Jewish heritage |
John J. Harvey | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Maritime | Transportation | Fireboat under restoration, offers occasional public tours and rides |
King Manor |
Jamaica |
Queens |
Historic house |
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Early 19th-century period home of Rufus King, a signer of the United States Constitution |
Kingsland Homestead |
Flushing |
Queens |
Historic house |
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Member of the Historic House Trust, operated by the Queens Historical Society, Victorian period house, local history exhibits |
Korea Society |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Art |
Asian and Asian-American |
Cultural society with gallery of Korean art and culture |
Lefferts Historic House |
Park Slope |
Brooklyn |
Historic house |
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Located in Prospect Park, 1820s period house |
Lehman College Art Gallery |
Bronx |
Bronx |
Art |
Contemporary art |
website, part of Lehman College |
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art |
SoHo |
Manhattan |
Art |
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Contemporary and historical gay-related art |
Lewis H. Latimer House |
Flushing |
Queens |
Historic house |
African and African-American |
Home of African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer |
The Living Museum |
Queens Village |
Queens |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Part of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, art dedicated to, and created by individuals with a mental illness |
Living Torah Museum |
Borough Park |
Brooklyn |
Ethnic - Jewish |
European Jewish and Jewish-American |
Ancient artifacts mentioned in the Torah, items from the Biblical period |
Louis Armstrong House |
Corona |
Queens |
Historic house |
Performing arts |
Home of musician Louis Armstrong |
Lower East Side Tenement Museum |
Lower Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Historic house |
American and NY history |
Immigrant experience |
Madame Tussauds |
Midtown Manhattan |
Manhattan |
Wax museum |
Amusements |
Famous figures in entertainment |
Maritime Industry Museum |
Silver Beach |
Bronx |
Maritime |
Transportation |
Located in Fort Schuyler, history of the US maritime industry including commercial shipping, the merchant marine, and the port of New York |
Merchant's House Museum | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Historic house | | 19th-century family town home |
Metropolitan Museum of Art | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Encyclopedic | One of the world's largest art museums, includes American art and decorative arts, European, African, Asian, Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek art, Byzantine and Islamic art, modern art |
Mets Hall of Fame & Museum | Flushing | Queens | Sports | Amusements | Located at Citi Field, New York Mets baseball history |
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | website, part of Columbia University |
Mmuseumm | TriBeCa | Manhattan | Design | Contemporary Archaeology | website, contemporary vernacular design from around the world |
MoCADA: Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts | Fort Greene | Brooklyn | Art | African and African-American | Art focusing on social and political issues facing the African Diaspora |
MoMA PS1 | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art museum, part of Museum of Modern Art |
Morbid Anatomy Museum | Gowanus | Brooklyn | Natural history | Nature | Themes include nature, death and society, anatomy, medicine, arcane media, and curiosity and curiosities |
The Morgan Library & Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Includes books and printed materials, prints, and drawings of European artists, material from ancient Egypt and medieval liturgical objects, ancient Near Eastern cylinder seals, music manuscripts |
Morris-Jumel Mansion | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Historic house | | 18th-century period mansion used as headquarters for both sides in the American Revolution |
Mossman Lock Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Commodity | Financial | Bank and vault locks and cases, part of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York |
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic house | | Early 19th period-century hotel |
Museum at Eldridge Street | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic - American Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | American Jewish history and culture in a restored historic synagogue |
Museum at FIT | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Textile | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Fashion museum, part of Fashion Institute of Technology |
Museum of American Finance | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Industry - Finance | Financial | Financial markets, money, banking, entrepreneurship and Alexander Hamilton |
Museum of American Illustration | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Part of the Society of Illustrators, American illustration |
Museum of Arts and Design | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Features contemporary hand-made objects in a variety of media, including clay, glass, metal, fiber and wood, located at Columbus Circle |
Museum of Chinese in America | Chinatown | Manhattan | Ethnic - Chinese American | Asian and Asian-American | History of North America's Chinatowns and the cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants |
Museum of Jewish Heritage | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Modern Jewish history and the Holocaust |
Museum of Mathematics | Rose Hill | Manhattan | Science | | Interactive exhibits about mathematics |
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Modern art | Modern art including architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film and electronic media |
Museum of Public Relations | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Media | History of public relations | website, a public relations museum and reference library, part of Baruch College’s Newman Library Archives and Special Collections, open to the public by appointment for tours, guest lectures and research |
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space | East Village | Manhattan | History | | History of grassroots urban space activism |
Museum of Sex | Rose Hill | Manhattan | Sex | | History, evolution and cultural significance of human sexuality |
Museum of the City of New York | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Multiple | | Art and local history |
Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria | Queens | Media | Photography, film, new media | Art, history, technique and technology of film, television, digital media, video games |
National Academy Museum and School | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Exhibits of art and architecture from its collections |
National September 11 Memorial & Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | Memorial and museum dedicated to victims of 9/11 attacks |
National Jazz Museum in Harlem | Harlem | Manhattan | Music | Performing arts | Harlem's jazz history |
National Track and Field Hall of Fame | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Sports | Amusements | Operated by The Armory Foundation in conjunction with USA Track & Field |
New Africa Center | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | African and African-American | African art and culture, not open yet, building new facility on Museum Mile, formerly known as Museum for African Art |
Neue Galerie | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Modern art | Gallery of early-20th-century German and Austrian art and design |
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Art | Contemporary art | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, contemporary art |
New Museum | East Village | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art from around the world |
New York Botanical Garden | Fordham | Bronx | Botanical garden | Nature | Includes Mertz Library with exhibitions relating to botanical themes and the Enid B. Haupt Conservatory |
New York Earth Room | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Permanent exhibit of earth covered room |
New York Hall of Science | Flushing | Queens | Science | | Topics include biology, chemistry and physics |
New-York Historical Society | Upper West Side | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | History of New York and the United States |
New York City Fire Museum | SoHo | Manhattan | Firefighting | | Historical and modern firefighting vehicles, equipment, uniforms |
New York City Police Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Law enforcement | | |
New York Public Library Main Branch | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Multiple | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Exhibitions about art, history, culture, photography from its collections |
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Performing arts | Exhibitions about the performing arts, located at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts |
New York School of Interior Design Gallery | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | website, free gallery with exhibits about interior design |
New York Tattoo Museum | Old Town | Staten Island | Art | Amusements | Tattoo designs and artifacts |
New York Transit Museum | Brooklyn Heights | Brooklyn | Transportation | Transportation | Subways, trolleys and buses |
New York Transit Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Transportation | Transportation | Subway and train system of NY, located in Grand Central Terminal |
New York Yankees Museum | | Bronx | Sports | Amusements | Located in Yankee Stadium, history and memorabilia of the New York Yankees |
Nicholas Roerich Museum | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Works by Nicholas Roerich |
Noble Maritime Collection | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Maritime | Transportation | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, houseboat and artist studio |
Noguchi Museum | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Sculpture | Works by sculptor Isamu Noguchi |
Old Stone House | Park Slope | Brooklyn | Historic house | | Reconstructed 1699 Dutch stone farmhouse with Revolutionary War ties, focuses on evolving histories of Brooklyn, New York and the United States |
Onassis Cultural Center | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | European | website, cultural and artistic activities concerning ancient, Byzantine and modern Hellenic civilization, located in the Olympic Tower |
Paley Center for Media | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Media | Photography, film, new media | Cultural, creative and social significance of television, radio, the Internet and emerging media platforms |
Park Avenue Armory | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Presents art exhibitions |
Parsons The New School for Design Gallery | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Exhibits of art and design in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center |
Peter Fingesten Gallery | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | website, operated by Pace University at 1 Pace Plaza |
Proteus Gowanus | Gowanus | Brooklyn | Art | Contemporary art | Interdisciplinary gallery and reading room, exhibits and art on the history of the Gowanus Canal |
Queens College Art Center | Flushing | Queens | Art | Neighborhood art center | website, part of Queens College |
Queens County Farm Museum | Glen Oaks | Queens | Farm | | Working farm dating back to 1697 |
Queens Museum | Flushing | Queens | Art | Encyclopedic | Includes a collection of Tiffany glass |
Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Amusement | Amusements | Oddities and curiosities |
Rose Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Music | Performing arts | Chronicles the history Carnegie Hall from the collections of its archives |
Rubin Museum of Art | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions |
Sandy Ground Historical Museum | South Shore | Staten Island | Local history | African and African-American | Operated by the Sandy Ground Historical Society, community and Staten Island's African-American culture and history |
Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Cultural | European | Art, design, and historical exhibitions of the Nordic countries |
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Harlem | Manhattan | African American | African and African-American | Branch of the New York Public Library, exhibits of African American history, culture |
SculptureCenter | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Sculpture | Dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture |
Seguine Mansion | South Shore | Staten Island | Historic house | | Mid-19th-century mansion |
Skyscraper Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Architecture | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Currently the only museum in the world dedicated to skyscrapers |
Socrates Sculpture Park | Astoria | Queens | Art | Sculpture | Outdoor museum and public park where artists can create and exhibit sculptures and multi-media installations |
Sony Wonder Technology Lab | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Technology | Photography, film, new media | Interactive technology and media entertainment |
South Street Seaport Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Maritime | Transportation | Includes exhibition galleries, a working 19th-century print shop, an archeology museum and several historic museum ships including the four-masted Peking |
Staten Island Children's Museum | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Children's | | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
Staten Island Museum | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Multiple | Encyclopedic | Natural history, art, history, science, part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
Statue of Liberty | Liberty Island | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | Accessible by boat from Battery Park in Manhattan and Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey |
Studio Museum in Harlem | Harlem | Manhattan | Art | African and African-American | Art of African-Americans, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century work as well as exhibits of Caribbean and African art |
Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art |
Terrain Gallery | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Exhibits of contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs |
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic house | | Recreated 1865 period brownstone home where Theodore Roosevelt lived as a child |
Tibet House | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Classical and contemporary Tibetan art |
Toy Museum of NY | Boerum Hill | Brooklyn | Toy | Amusements | Traveling collection with no permanent facility, includes children's theatre performance, classic dolls, toy soldiers, trains and trolleys, board games, electronic toys |
Trinity Church | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | | History of the church, changing art, religious and cultural exhibits |
Ukrainian Institute of America | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | European | Features exhibits of notable Ukrainian artists living in the states and other events related to Ukrainian heritage |
Ukrainian Museum | East Village | Manhattan | Ethnic - Ukrainian-American | European | Ukrainian heritage in America including folk art and fine art |
United Nations Headquarters | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic building | | Includes exhibits on such topics as peacekeeping operations, decolonization and disarmament, and the United Nations Art Collection |
Valentine-Varian House | Norwood | Bronx | Historic house | | Houses the Museum of Bronx History, operated by the Bronx Historical Society |
Van Cortlandt House Museum | Riverdale | Bronx | Historic house | | 18th-century period manor house |
Vander Ende-Onderdonk House | Ridgewood | Queens | Historic house | | Oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City, operated by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society |
Voelker Orth Museum | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | Nature | German immigrant family’s 1890s home and garden, exhibits of cultural and horticultural heritage of Flushing, Queens and adjacent communities |
Waterfront Museum | Red Hook | Brooklyn | Maritime | Transportation | website, historic floating barge museum in Red Hook |
Wave Hill | Riverdale | Bronx | Botanical garden | Nature | Botanical garden with art gallery and interpretive visitor's center |
Weeksville Heritage Center | Bedford–Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | History | African and African-American | History of the 19th-century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn - one of America’s first free black communities |
White Columns | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Alternative art gallery |
Whitney Museum of American Art | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Modern art | 20th-century American art and contemporary American art by living artists |
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | Art | Neighborhood art center | Art exhibitions, performances and cultural events |
Wyckoff House | Canarsie | Brooklyn | Historic house | | Dutch saltbox frame house dating back to 1652 |
Yeshiva University Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Also an archaeology, history and art museum focused on Jewish subjects |