New York

The nation's only museum dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media.

A hub for exploring Brooklyn's past through exhibitions, archives, and public programs.

The only museum in New York City dedicated solely to the art of fashion.

Contemporary craft, art, and design showcasing the materials and processes behind hand-made work.

The preserved home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, offering tours and a research archive.

Founded in 1899, the world's first museum designed specifically for children.

An interactive museum introducing Jewish history and heritage to children of all backgrounds.

Preserves the history of Weeksville, one of the largest 19th-century free Black communities in America.

Housed in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, the Transit Museum tells the story of the largest transit network in North America.

New York City's oldest surviving structure and the first designated NYC landmark.

The nation's leading Latino cultural institution, celebrating the art and culture of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and the broader Latin American diaspora.

A museum dedicated to the study and interpretation of Early American history in a Revolutionary-era tavern.

Preserves and interprets the history of New York City as a great port, with historic ships and galleries.

A contemporary museum of photography in the historic Church Missions House.

Home to the Panorama of the City of New York — a 9,335 sq ft architectural model of NYC — plus rotating contemporary art in the 1939 World's Fair pavilion.

Housed in the historic Kingsland Homestead, dedicated to the history of Queens.

A Victorian house museum, bird sanctuary, and Victorian garden in Flushing.

The final home of poet and author Edgar Allan Poe, where he wrote several of his most famous works.

The Metropolitan Museum's branch dedicated to the art, architecture, and gardens of medieval Europe.

A reconstruction of the brownstone where President Theodore Roosevelt was born in 1858.

The nexus for artists of African descent, showcasing contemporary art by Black artists.

A sea, air, and space museum aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, plus the space shuttle Enterprise and the Concorde.

The home of Rufus King, signer of the U.S. Constitution and antislavery advocate.

One of the largest collections of Tibetan and Himalayan art in the Western world.

A contemporary art institution and one of the oldest in the United States dedicated solely to contemporary art.

Founded by Isamu Noguchi in 1985, the museum showcases his sculpture, models, drawings, and stage designs in a former photo-engraving factory.

Dedicated to new art and new ideas, the New Museum is the only museum in New York City devoted exclusively to contemporary art.

A museum and school dedicated to photography and visual culture.

Dedicated to twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art, presented in a Renzo Piano building overlooking the Hudson and the High Line.

The foremost museum of modern and contemporary art, home to iconic works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol, and countless twentieth- and twenty-first-century voices.

Explores the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging media.

A museum designed for children and families to explore the environment, culture, and communities of the Bronx.

Rare books, illuminated manuscripts, drawings, and music manuscripts housed in J. Pierpont Morgan's original library.

New York's only preserved family home from the 19th century, offering a rare window into domestic life.

A reconstructed 1699 Dutch farmhouse and site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn.

An 1836 Greek Revival mansion set on 9 acres of gardens and woodlands in Pelham Bay Park.

One of the oldest and largest art museums in the country, with a global collection from ancient Egypt to contemporary art and a landmark Beaux-Arts building.

Housed aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge #79, preserving New York's waterfront heritage.

A living history town and museum complex illustrating three centuries of Staten Island life.

The home of pioneering photographer Alice Austen, a National Historic Landmark and site of LGBTQ history.

A museum in Snug Harbor Cultural Center celebrating maritime artist John A. Noble.

A hands-on museum at Snug Harbor with interactive exhibits for children and families.

The only nonprofit museum in the United States focused solely on the exhibition of drawings.

A contemporary art museum on the Grand Concourse focused on twentieth- and twenty-first-century art by artists of African, Asian, and Latin American descent.

Preserves and interprets the history of lighthouses and lighthouse keepers of America.

The nation's first hall of fame, an open-air colonnade with 98 bronze busts of notable Americans.

The only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design, housed in the Andrew Carnegie Mansion.

Explores the past, present, and future of New York City and the people who have shaped it, through exhibitions and public programs.

Dedicated to promoting the art and appreciation of illustration through exhibitions, lectures, and educational programs.

Frank Lloyd Wright's spiraling landmark on Fifth Avenue holds a leading collection of modern and contemporary art.

Old Master paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, displayed in industrialist Henry Clay Frick's Gilded Age mansion.

Explores the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture from around the world in the Warburg Mansion on Museum Mile.

One of the world's largest and most comprehensive art museums, with more than two million works spanning 5,000 years of human creativity.

A museum devoted to early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design, home to Klimt's Adele Bloch-Bauer I.

A landmark institution presenting the natural world and human cultures across 45 permanent halls, plus the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Gilder Center.

New York's first museum, founded in 1804, exploring 400 years of American history through the lens of New York.

The oldest surviving building in the Bronx, a National Historic Landmark built in 1748.

A free museum and reference library dedicated to the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.

A community museum and civic organization displaying artifacts of New York City history.