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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