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New York City's Top Museums

There are hundreds of museums in New York City. Here are what we consider your top choices:

 
American Folk Art Museum
 
American Museum of Natural History
 
American Museum of the Moving Image
 
American Numismatic Society
 
Asia Society Galleries
 
Bronx Museum of the Arts

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Brooklyn Museum
 
Children's Museum of Manhattan
 
China Institute
 
Cloisters, The
 
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
 
Dia Center for the Arts
 
El Museo Del Barrio
 
Ellis Island Museum of Imigration
 
Forbes Galleries

Fraunces Tavern

Frick Collection
 
Guggenheim (Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum)

Ground Zero Museum Workshop

Hispanic Society of America

International Center of Photography
 
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
 
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
 
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
 
Japan Society
 
Jewish Museum
 
Liberty Science Center
 
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
Morris-Jumel Mansion
 
Museum of African Art
 
Museum of American Illustration
 
Museum of Arts & Design (formerly the American Craft Museum)
 
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
 
Museum of Modern Art
 
Museum of the City of New York
 
National Academy Museum
 
National Museum of the American Indian
 
New Museum of Contemporary Art
 
New York City Fire Museum
 
New York City Police Museum
 
New York City Transit Museum
 
New York Hall of Science
 
New-York Historical Society
 
Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television & Radio)
 
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
 
Pierpont Morgan Library
 
Queens Historical Society
 
Queens Museum of Art
 
Rose Center for Earth and Space
 
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
 
South Street Seaport Museum
 
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
 
Whitney Museum of American Art
 
Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria

Ukrainian Institue of America

Note that we've developed a separate section for NYC's top sightseeing attractions and what we consider New York's hidden treasures. We've also compiled a list of fun things, including NYC's best comedy clubs and best bars.

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