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Visit the Premier Museums in NYC
The Best New York City Museums
New York City museums are known worldwide for their high-quality exhibits and permanent collections. Most NYC museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the eclectic Frick Collection, are located in Manhattan, on the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 82nd and 105th Streets known as "Museum Mile." Many museums in New York City are internationally renowned and regarded as one-of-a-kind. The Guggenheim Museum, for example, is an architectural landmark with a permanent collection of impressionist, post-impressionist, early modern, and contemporary art. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is located in Midtown and is often regarded as the most influential modern art museum in the world. Other NYC museums focus exclusively on nature and life sciences, design, culture, history, music, and even sports. There's even a group of children's museums in NYC!
Millions of visitors flock to New York City every year to look for inspiration, knowledge, and the rare chance to view the world's most important and influential works of art. For more information about New York City museums, continue reading below!
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Good NY Hotels Close to NYC Museums
Many of the best hotels in NYC stand just steps away from New York City museums. Among these hotels are the following:
- Waldorf Astoria NYC: A popular tourist destination for over 100 years, the Waldorf Astoria NYC is a 4.5-star luxury NYC hotel with an on-site restaurant and bar. It was here, at this legendary NYC hotel in Midtown Manhattan, that the first Waldorf salad was served and the first Rob Roy cocktail was poured.
- Franklin Hotel NYC: Located on Manhattan's Upper East Side, just steps from Museum Mile, the 3.0-star Franklin Hotel NYC is a great NY hotel choice for those who plan to spend a good amount of time in NYC museums. This historic NYC hotel boasts a library, a business center, and a comfy lobby area where wine and cheese are served.
To find more hotels close to Museum Mile Manhattan, check out our New York City hotels page!
Visit The Most Popular Museums
Popular New York City Museums
Want to get your fill of arts and culture in NYC? Go to a museum New York! Here's a brief list of top museums in NYC:
- American Museum of Natural History: As the subject of the recent movie Night at the Museum, the American Museum of Natural History is one of the most famous museums in the world. Here you'll find massive dinosaur skeletons, historical artifacts, and stuffed mammals.
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: Housed in the landmark Andrew Carnegie Mansion on Fifth Avenue, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum features a vast collection of over 250,000 prints, textiles, wall coverings, and drawings, among other things.
- Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum: At the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum, you'll learn all about the history of the U.S. Military and NASA with fun, kid-friendly, hands-on exhibits that both educate and entertain.
How to Get into NYC Museums for Less!
For a more thorough list of NYC museums, check out our full list of Museums in New York City page! There is a museum in this city for everyone, whether you're looking for art, history, something to entertain the kids with or animals! If you want to see even more of NYC, be sure to check out the NYC Go Select Cards that cater to museum lovers!
- The NYC Museum Pass will save you 15% on three of the most popular museums in NYC - the Met, the Guggenheim and MoMA! Not only will you get into all three museums for one low price (15% lower than if you were to pay full price at the door) but you get to skip the door (and waiting in line) completely and head right to the good stuff! New York City museums can get pretty crowded, so bypass all the havoc and head on in!
- For NYCTourists who are traveling with children, look into the NYC Museum Pass for Kids to save you 15% on the museums in NYC that the little ones will love! The American Museum of Natural History, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, and BODIES...The Exhibition will all make an exciting first trip for any young NYC Tourist, and will keep them learning even when they're on vacation!
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
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Chaufferred Tours of the Big Apple
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All Around Town Tour
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Hop-On Hop-Off NYC Bus Tour
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Stray Boots NYC
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ArtMuse New York Art Tours
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$70.00
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Madame Tussauds Museum
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Museums That Are Fun For The Whole Family
Fun New York City Museums
Looking for fun things to do in New York with the whole family? Why not visit a museum New York! One of our favorite kid-friendly museums in NYC is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. This museum offers exciting, highly interactive, professionally guided tours of the restored apartments of those immigrants who lived at 97 Orchard Street from 1869 to 1935. Tours are by appointment only, so book ahead!
Another fun NYC museum is the New York Transit Museum. This popular, kid-friendly NYC museum is the largest museum in the United States devoted exclusively to urban public transportation history. Antique turn styles, historic buses, and commemorative subway tokens are just a few of the things you'll find at this fun museum New York.
New York City Fire Museum
Other NYC Museums
If you've been to New York City before, no doubt you're already visited the famous NYC museums of Museum Mile. For your next trip, consider going to one of the following New York City museums. They stand as great alternatives to the fine arts museums of Manhattan.
- New York City Fire Museum: The New York City Fire Museum is located in a renovated 1904 firehouse in Manhattan's SoHo district. Here you'll find all manner of fire-related art and artifacts, including modern-day firefighting equipment and an authentic New York fire apparatus from 1790.
- New York City Police Museum: Founded in 2000, the New York City Police Museum displays an impressive collection of modern and old-fashioned police equipment, including the gun used by Al Capone's gang in the 1928 murder of Frankie Yale. This museum also features a moving tribute to those officers who lost their lives on September 11th.
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
421 E 61st Street
New York, NY
Museum of Arts & Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York, NY
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5912
(212) 769-5100
American Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue and 36th Street
Astoria, NY
Americas Society Art Gallery
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Asia Society & Museum
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY
Children's Museum of Manhattan
212 W 83rd Street
New York, NY
The Cloisters
Fort Tryon Park
New York, NY
Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design
2 E 91st Street
New York, NY
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Ellis Island
New York, NY
El Museo del Barrio
1230 5th Avenue
New York, NY
The Equitable Gallery
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY
Forbes Magazine Galleries
62 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
The Frick Collection
1 E 70th Street
New York, NY
Goethe House German Cultural Center
1014 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Harbor Defense Museum
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn, NY
The Hispanic Society of America
613 W 155th Street
New York, NY
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
Intrepid Sea/Air/Space Museum
Pier 86 on the Hudson River
New York, NY
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
32-37 Vernon Boulevard
Long Island City, NY
Japan Society
333 E. 47th Street
New York, NY
The Jewish Museum
1109 5th Avenue
New York, NY
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
90 Orchard Street
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Avenue
New York, NY
The Municipal Art Society
457 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Museum for African Art
36-01 43rd Avenue, 3rd Floor
Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101
Museum of American Financial History
28 Broadway
New York, NY
Museum of American Folk Art
2 Lincoln Square
New York, NY
Museum of Chinese in the Americas
70 Mulberry Street
New York, NY
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place
New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art
45-20 33rd Street
Long Island City, NY
Museum of Television and Radio
25 W 52nd Street
New York, NY
Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Avenue
New York, NY
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
1083 5th Avenue
New York, NY
National Museum of the American Indian
1 Bowling Green
New York, NY
New Museum of Contemporary Art
583 Broadway
New York, NY
New York City Fire Museum
278 Spring Street
New York, NY
New York City Police Museum
25 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
New York, NY
New York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street
New York, NY
New York Transit Museum
Grand Central Terminal Annex
Brooklyn, NY (closed for renovations to 2003)
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY
Queens Museum of Art
New York City Building
Queens, NY
Queens Museum of Art
Flushing Meadows
Queens, NY
South Street Seaport Museum
207 Front Street
New York, NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 W 125th Street
New York, NY
Taipei Gallery
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
The Morgan Library
29 E 36th Street
New York, NY
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
28 E 20th Street
New York, NY
Whitney Museum at Philip Morris
120 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
