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Easton, MD
Regional art museum in a historic 19th-century school building with a permanent collection and school.
Logan Square · Philadelphia, PA
The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas.
Andover, MA
One of the earliest museums dedicated to American art, part of Phillips Academy Andover.
Hamilton County · Blue Mountain Lake, NY
A 121-acre campus telling the stories of the Adirondack region, its people, and its landscape.
Elizabethtown, NY
Essex County Historical Society museum in the 1869 Elizabethtown School interpreting Adirondack history.
Albany, NY
One of the oldest museums in the country, dedicated to the history and art of the Upper Hudson Valley region.
Rosebank, Staten Island · New York, NY
The home of pioneering photographer Alice Austen, a National Historic Landmark and site of LGBTQ history.
Cumberland, MD
Regional history museum in Cumberland's 1932 Neoclassical Post Office & Courthouse.
Allentown, PA
Regional art museum with a Kress Foundation core collection and Frank Lloyd Wright–designed library.
West Chester, PA
Museum of vertical flight with 40+ civilian and military helicopters.
Upper West Side · New York, NY
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.
Lowell, MA
Successor collection of the ATHM interpreting American textile industry through UMass Lowell.
Federal Hill · Baltimore, MD
A national museum dedicated to self-taught, intuitive artistry, at the base of Federal Hill by the Inner Harbor.
Annapolis, MD
Museum in the last surviving oyster packing plant on the Chesapeake Bay, interpreting maritime heritage.
Scranton, PA
State museum interpreting the story of hard coal mining and its immigrant communities.
Sharpsburg, MD
National battlefield preserving the site of the bloodiest single day in American military history.
Groton, CT
UConn Avery Point campus lighthouse preserved as a small maritime museum.
Southwest Baltimore · Baltimore, MD
One of the most comprehensive collections of American railroad artifacts, on the birthplace of American railroading.
Ridgely's Delight · Baltimore, MD
The rowhouse where George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born in 1895, restored as a museum to baseball's greatest player, two blocks from Oriole Park.
Charles Village · Baltimore, MD
Free admission and a collection of 95,000+ works including the world's largest public holding of Henri Matisse, plus contemporary art and outdoor sculpture gardens.
Locust Point · Baltimore, MD
Housed in a former oyster cannery on the Baltimore harbor, telling the stories of the workers, innovators, and industries that built modern America.
Bridgeport, CT
Museum in P. T. Barnum's 1893 landmark building interpreting Barnum, Bridgeport and 19th-century American culture.
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx · New York, NY
An 1836 Greek Revival mansion set on 9 acres of gardens and woodlands in Pelham Bay Park.
Fall River, MA
World's largest collection of preserved WWII naval vessels including the USS Massachusetts.
Rockville, MD
1815 Federal-era house museum operated by Montgomery History interpreting antebellum Rockville.
Catonsville, MD
Historic site and museum on the farm of Benjamin Banneker, mathematician and free Black almanac author.
Old City · Philadelphia, PA
Explores the character and life of Benjamin Franklin, on the site of his Philadelphia home.
Pittsfield, MA
Multidisciplinary art, natural science and history museum with an aquarium and Little Cinema.
Garrison, NY
A Federal-style historic house museum and gardens with panoramic Hudson Highlands views.
Boston, MA
One of the oldest and most influential children's museums in the U.S., on Fort Point Channel.
Boston, MA
Floating museum with restored tea ships interpreting the events of December 16, 1773.
Mott Haven, Bronx · New York, NY
A museum designed for children and families to explore the environment, culture, and communities of the Bronx.
South Bronx · New York, NY
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.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn · New York, NY
Founded in 1899, the world's first museum designed specifically for children.
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn · New York, NY
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.
Greenwich, CT
A community-based, world-class institution offering exhibitions and programs in art and science.
Buffalo, NY
Largest inland naval park in the U.S., preserving USS Little Rock, USS The Sullivans and USS Croaker.
Buffalo, NY
One of the world's leading collections of modern and contemporary art, in an expanded campus by OMA.
Erie County · Buffalo, NY
A hands-on science museum featuring exhibits on natural history, space, and the human body.
Erie County · Buffalo, NY
Dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and distinguished artists of Western New York.
Gloucester, MA
Regional art and history museum with the finest collection of Fitz Henry Lane paintings.
Dennis, MA
Museum focused on the art of Cape Cod and the Islands, with over 3,000 works and a sculpture garden.
Brewster, MA
Natural science museum with trails through marsh, beach and woodland habitats.
Pittsburgh, PA
Among the first modern art museums in the U.S., known for the Carnegie International since 1896.
Pittsburgh, PA
One of the top natural history museums in the U.S., renowned for its dinosaurs in their real environments.
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh's science center with a planetarium, USS Requin submarine and SportsWorks.
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn · New York, NY
A hub for exploring Brooklyn's past through exhibitions, archives, and public programs.
St. Michaels, MD
18-acre waterfront campus with historic vessels, boat shop and exhibits on Chesapeake Bay life.
Stockbridge, MA
Country estate of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial statue.
Pittsburgh, PA
Innovative children's museum on the North Side with the MuseumLab expansion.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn · New York, NY
A community museum and civic organization displaying artifacts of New York City history.
Glen Echo, MD
Home of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton, preserved as a National Historic Site.
Williamstown, MA
Art museum and research center known for Impressionist masterworks in a Tadao Ando–expanded campus.
New Haven, CT
Children's museum focused on the eight ways of being smart.
Hartford, CT
The state's oldest museum, exploring Connecticut's history and culture (formerly the Connecticut Historical Society).
Hartford, CT
More than 165 hands-on exhibits, live science demonstrations, and a state-of-the-art 3D theater.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
The only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design, housed in the Andrew Carnegie Mansion.
Corning, NY
The world's largest collection of glass art and history, spanning 3,500 years, with live glassblowing demonstrations.
Garden City, NY
Air and space museum with 75+ planes and spacecraft chronicling Long Island's role in aviation history.
New London, CT
Museum in Robert Mills–designed 1833 U.S. Custom House interpreting New London's maritime past.
Allentown, PA
Hands-on science center focused on inspiring the next generation of STEM innovators.
Birdsboro, PA
Historic site preserving the birthplace of frontiersman Daniel Boone.
Beacon, NY
A museum for Dia's renowned collection of art from the 1960s to the present, housed in a former Nabisco box-printing factory.
Acton, MA
Hands-on children's and science museum with the Discovery Woods outdoor play area.
Bridgeport, CT
Hands-on science museum with a planetarium and Challenger Learning Center.
Fairmount · Philadelphia, PA
Once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, now a preserved ruin and museum.
Worcester, MA
Museum of science and nature with a digital planetarium, animal exhibits and outdoor trails.
Fordham, Bronx · New York, NY
The final home of poet and author Edgar Allan Poe, where he wrote several of his most famous works.
West Baltimore · Baltimore, MD
The modest brick rowhouse where a young Edgar Allan Poe lived in the early 1830s, now a museum devoted to his life and legacy.
Gettysburg, PA
Farm and home of President Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower adjacent to the Gettysburg battlefield.
East Harlem · New York, NY
The nation's leading Latino cultural institution, celebrating the art and culture of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and the broader Latin American diaspora.
Scranton, PA
Museum of the streetcar era with restored trolleys and rides through the historic Crown Ave. Shops.
Hamden, CT
Site of Eli Whitney's gun factory, now an experimental learning workshop and history museum.
Amherst, MA
Homestead and The Evergreens preserving the world of poet Emily Dickinson and her family.
Erie, PA
Regional art museum with 8,000+ works occupying a Greek Revival former bank.
Onondaga County · Syracuse, NY
Housed in the 1850 Weighlock Building, dedicated to the history of the Erie Canal.
Erie, PA
Museum interpreting Great Lakes maritime history and home port of the U.S. Brig Niagara.
Scranton, PA
Natural history, science and art museum in Scranton's Nay Aug Park since 1908.
Syracuse, NY
I.M. Pei's first museum commission, housing a distinguished collection of American art and one of the largest ceramics collections in the U.S.
Erie, PA
Interactive children's museum in downtown Erie.
Buffalo, NY
Waterfront children's museum with hands-on exhibits inspired by Western New York.
Fall River, MA
History museum in an 1843 granite mansion with the largest collection of Lizzie Borden artifacts.
Cooperstown, NY
American folk, fine, and Native American art on the shore of Otsego Lake.
Lutherville, MD
One of the largest fire museums in the U.S. with 55+ pieces of firefighting apparatus.
Stoystown, PA
National park unit honoring the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
Old Lyme, CT
The home of American Impressionism and the Lyme Art Colony.
Pittsburgh, PA
Museum inside Point State Park interpreting Western Pennsylvania's role in the French & Indian War and American Revolution.
Flatiron, Manhattan · New York, NY
A contemporary museum of photography in the historic Church Missions House.
Dutchess County · Poughkeepsie, NY
Vassar College's art museum, home to more than 22,000 works spanning ancient to contemporary art.
Financial District, Manhattan · New York, NY
A museum dedicated to the study and interpretation of Early American history in a Revolutionary-era tavern.
Mumford, NY
Largest living-history museum in New York State with 68 restored 19th-century buildings.
Rochester, NY
The world's oldest photography museum and one of the world's leading film archives, on the estate of Kodak founder George Eastman.
Gettysburg, PA
Downtown museum focused on civilian and eyewitness experience of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, PA
Museum, Gettysburg Cyclorama and visitor center for the site of the 1863 battle.
Boston, MA
Intact Victorian Back Bay townhouse preserved as a museum of Gilded Age domestic life.
Glen Echo, MD
National Park Service arts campus in the former Glen Echo Amusement Park with the Dentzel Carousel.
University Heights, Bronx · New York, NY
The nation's first hall of fame, an open-air colonnade with 98 bronze busts of notable Americans.
Annapolis, MD
National Historic Landmark 1774 Georgian mansion designed by William Buckland.
Pittsfield, MA
Living history museum on the site of the third Shaker community, with the iconic Round Stone Barn.
Hartford, CT
The home of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, connecting Stowe's legacy to today's social justice issues.
Auburn, NY
Preserves Harriet Tubman's residence, home for the aged, and the AME Zion Church she helped build.
Church Creek, MD
Visitor center commemorating Harriet Tubman's life and the Underground Railroad in her Maryland homeland.
Cambridge, MA
Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler collections unified in a Renzo Piano–reimagined building.
Cambridge, MA
Public face of three Harvard research museums, home of the Glass Flowers.
Cambridge, MA
Museum of the ancient Near East with collections spanning Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant and Cyprus.
Huntington, NY
A community-based art museum with a permanent collection spanning 500 years of European and American art.
Ithaca, NY
Cornell University teaching art museum in an I.M. Pei building with panoramic Cayuga Lake views.
Frederick, MD
The Historical Society of Frederick County's museum, library and gardens in an 1820 mansion.
Sandwich, MA
100-acre American history museum campus with folk art, antique autos, and gardens.
North Tonawanda, NY
Museum in the historic Herschell factory dedicated to carousels and mechanical amusement history.
Worcester, MA
The former Higgins arms and armor collection now presented within the Worcester Art Museum.
Bethlehem, PA
Cluster of 18th- and 19th-century Moravian industrial and domestic sites, a National Historic Landmark District.
Richmondtown, Staten Island · New York, NY
A living history town and museum complex illustrating three centuries of Staten Island life.
Inner Harbor · Baltimore, MD
A floating museum of four historic vessels — USS Constellation, USS Torsk, USCGC Taney, and Lightship Chesapeake — plus the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse.
Yonkers, NY
A museum complex with an art museum, historic Glenview house, planetarium, and views of the Hudson River.
University City · Philadelphia, PA
A non-collecting contemporary art museum at the University of Pennsylvania, free to all.
Boston, MA
Contemporary art museum on the Boston waterfront in a landmark Diller Scofidio + Renfro building.
Lower East Side, Manhattan · New York, NY
A museum and school dedicated to photography and visual culture.
Hell's Kitchen · New York, NY
A sea, air, and space museum aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, plus the space shuttle Enterprise and the Concorde.
Boston, MA
Venetian-inspired palazzo housing the personal collection of Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island · New York, NY
One of the largest collections of Tibetan and Himalayan art in the Western world.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn · New York, NY
An interactive museum introducing Jewish history and heritage to children of all backgrounds.
Lake Placid, NY
Home and burial place of abolitionist John Brown, a National Historic Landmark.
Boston, MA
I.M. Pei–designed presidential library and museum devoted to the life and legacy of JFK.
Westchester County · Katonah, NY
A non-collecting art museum presenting exhibitions of art from all cultures and time periods.
Middletown, CT
Themed play-based children's museum in a Victorian home downtown Middletown.
Jamaica, Queens · New York, NY
The home of Rufus King, signer of the U.S. Constitution and antislavery advocate.
New Haven, CT
Museum of Catholic and Knights of Columbus history and heritage.
Sleepy Hollow, NY
The six-story stone house built by John D. Rockefeller with terraced gardens overlooking the Hudson.
Lake Placid, NY
Museum inside the 1932 & 1980 Olympic Center celebrating the region's Winter Games legacy.
Lancaster, PA
Regional history museum and library including President James Buchanan's Wheatland.
Lancaster, PA
Living history village interpreting Pennsylvania German rural life and material culture.
Norwalk, CT
National Historic Landmark 1868 Second Empire–style country mansion.
Nassau County · Garden City, NY
A hands-on museum with interactive exhibits inspiring learning through play.
Stony Brook, NY
Smithsonian-affiliated museum of American art, history, and carriages set on a nine-acre campus.
Cambridge, MA
Home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Washington's Cambridge headquarters in 1775–76.
Corona, Queens · New York, NY
The preserved home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, offering tours and a research archive.
Lowell, MA
National park telling the story of America's Industrial Revolution through Lowell's textile mills.
Silver Spring, MD
National Academy of Sciences science museum focused on public understanding of scientific evidence.
Norwalk, CT
Aquarium focused on Long Island Sound with IMAX theater and marine research programs.
Buffalo, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie-style masterpiece for Darwin D. Martin, restored as a house museum.
Inner Harbor · Baltimore, MD
Three floors of hands-on exhibits, an IMAX theater, and the Davis Planetarium on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
North Adams, MA
One of the largest centers for contemporary visual and performing arts in the U.S., in a 26-building factory campus.
Waterbury, CT
Art and history museum interpreting Connecticut culture with a nationally recognized American art collection.
Pittsburgh, PA
Museum of contemporary art specializing in site-specific installations by artists in residence.
Amherst, MA
Amherst College art museum with 19,000+ works spanning ancient to contemporary.
Rochester, NY
The civic art museum of Rochester and one of the country's leading regional museums, with 12,000 works spanning 5,000 years.
NoHo, Manhattan · New York, NY
New York's only preserved family home from the 19th century, offering a rare window into domestic life.
Cambridge, MA
Museum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showcasing MIT research, holography and kinetic art.
Long Island City, Queens · New York, NY
A contemporary art institution and one of the oldest in the United States dedicated solely to contemporary art.
Frederick, MD
"The Battle That Saved Washington" — 1864 Civil War battlefield south of Frederick.
Nazareth, PA
Museum of the American Moravian settlement in the 1740 Whitefield House.
Syracuse, NY
Regional science center with a domed IMAX theater and planetarium in Armory Square.
Cambridge, MA
America's first landscaped rural cemetery and a National Historic Landmark arboretum.
Utica, NY
A regional museum with a collection ranging from the 18th century to today, housed in a Philip Johnson-designed building.
Utica, NY
Art museum with a Philip Johnson–designed building, plus a school of art and performing arts programs.
Boston, MA
Preserves and interprets African American history in Massachusetts through the Black Heritage Trail sites.
Columbus Circle, Manhattan · New York, NY
Contemporary craft, art, and design showcasing the materials and processes behind hand-made work.
Boston, MA
Encyclopedic art museum with nearly 500,000 works spanning ancient Egypt to contemporary art.
Boston, MA
One of the world's largest science centers, with the Charles Hayden Planetarium and Mugar Omni Theater.
Old City · Philadelphia, PA
Uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America's ongoing experiment in liberty.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
Explores the past, present, and future of New York City and the people who have shaped it, through exhibitions and public programs.
Ithaca, NY
Paleontology and natural history museum of the Paleontological Research Institution.
Astoria, Queens · New York, NY
The nation's only museum dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media.
Center City · Philadelphia, PA
America's finest museum of medical history, part of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Mystic, CT
A world-class aquarium and research institution home to beluga whales, sea lions, and Steller sea lions.
Mystic, CT
The nation's leading maritime museum, with a re-created 19th-century coastal village and historic ships including the Charles W. Morgan.
Roslyn Harbor, NY
Fine art museum housed in a historic Georgian mansion on 145 landscaped acres.
Otsego County · Cooperstown, NY
The official hall of fame for Major League Baseball, honoring the sport's greatest players and pioneers.
Harrisburg, PA
Museum devoted to a balanced presentation of the American Civil War overlooking Harrisburg.
Old City · Philadelphia, PA
The only museum in America devoted to the U.S. Constitution and the story of We the People.
Annapolis Junction, MD
NSA-operated museum on the history of cryptology, including Enigma machines and code-breaking exhibits.
Hunt Valley, MD
Museum of the history of American defense electronics from the telegraph era to today.
St. George, Staten Island · New York, NY
Preserves and interprets the history of lighthouses and lighthouse keepers of America.
Frederick, MD
Museum interpreting medical innovations arising from the American Civil War.
Bethlehem, PA
Smithsonian affiliate on the Bethlehem Steel campus telling the story of American industrial innovation.
Monroe County · Rochester, NY
The home of suffragist Susan B. Anthony and site of her 1872 arrest for voting.
Strasburg, PA
Home of the Train Collectors Association with five massive operating layouts of toy trains.
Columbia, PA
World-class collection of horology from the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
Seneca Falls, NY
The nation's oldest membership organization recognizing the achievements of great American women.
Stockbridge, MA
Stanford White–designed country estate and Fletcher Steele–designed gardens operated by The Trustees.
Upper East Side, Manhattan · New York, NY
A museum devoted to early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design, home to Klimt's Adele Bloch-Bauer I.
New Bedford, MA
Community art museum in a former public library celebrating the SouthCoast's creative culture.
New Bedford, MA
World's largest museum devoted to the global story of whales and whaling, on a National Historical Park.
New Britain, CT
The first museum in the country dedicated exclusively to American art, founded in 1903.
Windsor Locks, CT
One of the largest aviation museums in the Northeast with 100+ aircraft.
Lower East Side · New York, NY
Dedicated to new art and new ideas, the New Museum is the only museum in New York City devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
Albany, NY
The oldest and largest state museum in the country, exploring New York's history, art, and cultural and natural landscapes.
Downtown Brooklyn · New York, NY
Housed in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, the Transit Museum tells the story of the largest transit network in North America.
Upper West Side · New York, NY
New York's first museum, founded in 1804, exploring 400 years of American history through the lens of New York.
Niagara Falls, NY
Museum interpreting the role of Niagara Falls and the Suspension Bridge in freedom-seeking journeys.
Boston, MA
Bulfinch-attributed Beacon Hill townhouse preserved as the home of writer Rose Standish Nichols.
Snug Harbor, Staten Island · New York, NY
A museum in Snug Harbor Cultural Center celebrating maritime artist John A. Noble.
Stockbridge, MA
The world's largest collection of original Norman Rockwell art on his final home's grounds.
Ocean City, MD
Beachfront museum in the 1891 U.S. Life-Saving Station interpreting resort and rescue history.
Columbia County · Hudson, NY
The Persian-inspired home of Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church, set on 250 landscaped acres.
Boston, MA
Boston's oldest surviving church building, famed for the 1775 "one if by land, two if by sea" signal.
Park Slope, Brooklyn · New York, NY
A reconstructed 1699 Dutch farmhouse and site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn.
Sturbridge, MA
The largest living history museum in the Northeast, recreating early 19th-century New England.
Nassau County · Old Westbury, NY
A Charles II-style mansion set on 200 acres of formal gardens, ponds, and woodlands.
Boston, MA
Federal-style Bulfinch mansion, headquarters of Historic New England.
Water Mill, NY
A leading art museum on the East End of Long Island showcasing artists of the region and beyond in a landmark Herzog & de Meuron building.
Boston, MA
Colonial home of Paul Revere and the oldest remaining structure in downtown Boston.
Salem, MA
One of the oldest continuously operating museums in the U.S., renowned for maritime, Asian and American art.
Cambridge, MA
One of the oldest anthropology museums in the world, part of Harvard.
University City · Philadelphia, PA
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, home to nearly a million objects.
Center City · Philadelphia, PA
The nation's first art museum and school of fine art, founded in 1805.
Fairmount · Philadelphia, PA
One of the largest art museums in the United States, with more than 240,000 objects spanning 2,000 years.
South Street · Philadelphia, PA
An immersive mixed media art environment by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar.
Fairmount Park · Philadelphia, PA
The children's museum of Philadelphia, located in historic Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park.
Downtown · Baltimore, MD
A three-story hands-on children's museum in the historic Fish Market building on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Provincetown, MA
Historic art association and museum documenting the century-old Provincetown art colony.
Flushing, Queens · New York, NY
Housed in the historic Kingsland Homestead, dedicated to the history of Queens.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park · New York, NY
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.
Strasburg, PA
Official state railroad museum with more than 100 historic locomotives and rail cars.
Reading, PA
Combined art, science and civilization museum with a planetarium and arboretum.
Downtown · Baltimore, MD
The Smithsonian-affiliated museum documenting the art, history, and culture of African Americans in Maryland from the 1600s to today.
Binghamton, NY
Regional art, history and science museum with the Kopernik Observatory outreach and Link Planetarium.
Rochester, NY
Regional science, technology and Native American history museum with the Strasenburgh Planetarium.
Fairmount · Philadelphia, PA
The largest public collection of Auguste Rodin's work outside Paris.
East Aurora, NY
National Historic Landmark district and Arts and Crafts community founded by Elbert Hubbard.
Salem, MA
Circa-1727 Georgian house museum on the Peabody Essex Museum campus.
Nassau County · Oyster Bay, NY
The home of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919.
Salem, MA
First National Historic Site in the National Park System, preserving Salem's maritime heritage.
Salem, MA
Museum devoted to interpreting the 1692 Salem witch trials.
Liverpool, NY
Onondaga County museum interpreting the 19th-century salt industry that gave Syracuse its nickname.
Ulster County · New Paltz, NY
One of the largest university art museums in New York State, on the SUNY New Paltz campus.
Sandwich, MA
Local history museum devoted to the 19th-century Boston & Sandwich Glass Company and Cape Cod history.
Sandy Spring, MD
Community heritage museum in Sandy Spring interpreting Quaker and African American history.
Ithaca, NY
Hands-on children's science museum with the Sagan Planet Walk connecting downtown Ithaca to Cornell.
Pittsburgh, PA
Smithsonian-affiliated museum interpreting 250 years of Western Pennsylvania history and sports.
Auburn, NY
Home of William H. Seward, U.S. Secretary of State and abolitionist, with original family collections.
Norwich, CT
Historic art museum at the Norwich Free Academy known for classical plaster casts.
Northampton, MA
One of the finest college art museums in the U.S., known for 19th- and 20th-century painting and sculpture.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
Dedicated to promoting the art and appreciation of illustration through exhibitions, lectures, and educational programs.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright's spiraling landmark on Fifth Avenue holds a leading collection of modern and contemporary art.
Financial District, Manhattan · New York, NY
Preserves and interprets the history of New York City as a great port, with historic ships and galleries.
Springfield, MA
Five-museum quadrangle including the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum, art, history and science.
Stamford, CT
118-acre museum campus with a working farm, planetarium and observatory in Stamford.
Snug Harbor, Staten Island · New York, NY
A hands-on museum at Snug Harbor with interactive exhibits for children and families.
Scranton, PA
National park unit preserving the history of steam railroading in America.
Rockville, MD
Restored 1850 medical office interpreting the medical practice of Dr. Edward Stonestreet.
New Windsor, NY
A 500-acre open-air museum with a world-renowned collection of monumental sculpture.
Groton, CT
Official U.S. Navy submarine museum and home of the world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus.
Saratoga County · Saratoga Springs, NY
Skidmore College's interdisciplinary museum known for cross-disciplinary exhibitions.
Ridgefield, CT
One of the oldest contemporary art museums in the U.S. and the only one in Connecticut, non-collecting.
Pittsburgh, PA
Largest museum in North America dedicated to a single artist — Andy Warhol.
Fairmount · Philadelphia, PA
One of the world's greatest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early Modern paintings.
SoHo, Manhattan · New York, NY
The only nonprofit museum in the United States focused solely on the exhibition of drawings.
Cooperstown, NY
A living history museum interpreting 19th-century rural life in New York State.
Logan Square · Philadelphia, PA
One of the oldest and premier centers of science education and development in the country.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
Old Master paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, displayed in industrialist Henry Clay Frick's Gilded Age mansion.
Pittsburgh, PA
Art museum, historic Clayton house, car and carriage museum on the estate of Henry Clay Frick.
Washington Heights, Manhattan · New York, NY
A free museum and reference library dedicated to the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
Salem, MA
17th-century seaside mansion made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of the same name.
Warren County · Glens Falls, NY
A historic house museum and art gallery with a distinguished collection of European and American art.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
Explores the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture from around the world in the Warburg Mansion on Museum Mile.
Hartford, CT
The Gothic Revival home where Samuel L. Clemens wrote his greatest works, now a National Historic Landmark.
Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan · New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum's branch dedicated to the art, architecture, and gardens of medieval Europe.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
One of the world's largest and most comprehensive art museums, with more than two million works spanning 5,000 years of human creativity.
Murray Hill · New York, NY
Rare books, illuminated manuscripts, drawings, and music manuscripts housed in J. Pierpont Morgan's original library.
Chelsea, Manhattan · New York, NY
The only museum in New York City dedicated solely to the art of fashion.
Midtown · New York, NY
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.
East Baltimore · Baltimore, MD
The first wax museum of African American history in the country, with more than 100 life-size figures documenting Black history from ancient Africa to today.
Long Island City, Queens · New York, NY
Founded by Isamu Noguchi in 1985, the museum showcases his sculpture, models, drawings, and stage designs in a former photo-engraving factory.
Midtown, Manhattan · New York, NY
Explores the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging media.
Downtown · Baltimore, MD
The nation's first purpose-built museum (1814), reborn as a community museum telling Baltimore's stories through art, music, and oral history.
Corning, NY
A Smithsonian Affiliate exploring the American experience through the art of the American West.
Harrisburg, PA
Pennsylvania's official state museum, spanning geology, archaeology, art and industrial history.
Rochester, NY
Devoted exclusively to the history and exploration of play; home to the National Toy Hall of Fame and World Video Game Hall of Fame.
Harlem, Manhattan · New York, NY
The nexus for artists of African descent, showcasing contemporary art by Black artists.
Mount Vernon · Baltimore, MD
A free museum with a global collection spanning 7,000 years — ancient Egypt, medieval Europe, Islamic art, Asian art, and more — assembled by Henry and William Walters.
Suffolk County · Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Explores the whaling heritage of Cold Spring Harbor and Long Island's maritime past.
Franklin County · Tupper Lake, NY
A natural history center on 115 acres featuring the Wild Walk, an elevated trail through the treetops.
Gramercy, Manhattan · New York, NY
A reconstruction of the brownstone where President Theodore Roosevelt was born in 1858.
Buffalo, NY
Wilcox Mansion where Roosevelt was sworn in as president in 1901 after McKinley's assassination.
Greene County · Catskill, NY
The home and studio of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting.
Annapolis, MD
History of the U.S. Navy and the Naval Academy through the Rogers Ship Model Collection and more.
Amherst, MA
UMass Amherst museum focused on 20th- and 21st-century American and international art.
Boston, MA
Museum interpreting the history of USS Constitution — Old Ironsides — the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat.
King of Prussia, PA
Site of the 1777–78 Continental Army winter encampment with museum, monuments and reconstructed cabins.
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx · New York, NY
The oldest surviving building in the Bronx, a National Historic Landmark built in 1748.
Centerport, NY
The former estate of William K. Vanderbilt II with a mansion, natural history museum, and planetarium overlooking Northport Bay.
Old Forge, NY
Multidisciplinary arts center serving the Central Adirondacks with exhibitions and performances.
Flushing, Queens · New York, NY
A Victorian house museum, bird sanctuary, and Victorian garden in Flushing.
Hartford, CT
The oldest continually-operating public art museum in the United States, founded in 1842.
Hagerstown, MD
Regional art museum in Hagerstown's City Park with an American and European collection since 1931.
Red Hook, Brooklyn · New York, NY
Housed aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge #79, preserving New York's waterfront heritage.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn · New York, NY
Preserves the history of Weeksville, one of the largest 19th-century free Black communities in America.
Old City · Philadelphia, PA
The only museum in the nation dedicated exclusively to exploring and interpreting the American Jewish experience.
Harrisburg, PA
Downtown Harrisburg center with a hands-on science museum, IMAX and performing arts theater.
Meatpacking District · New York, NY
Dedicated to twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art, presented in a Renzo Piano building overlooking the Hudson and the High Line.
West Yarmouth, MA
Museum built around artifacts from the pirate ship Whydah Gally, wrecked off Cape Cod in 1717.
Annapolis, MD
Home of Declaration of Independence signer William Paca with a restored 2-acre pleasure garden.
Williamstown, MA
One of the finest college art museums in the U.S., with 15,000 works in the historic Lawrence Hall.
Seneca County · Seneca Falls, NY
Preserves sites associated with the 1848 First Women's Rights Convention and the movement it launched.
Chestnut Hill · Philadelphia, PA
Celebrates the art and artists of Philadelphia, past and present.
Worcester, MA
Encyclopedic art museum with 38,000 works spanning 5,000 years and the Higgins Armory collection.
East Flatbush, Brooklyn · New York, NY
New York City's oldest surviving structure and the first designated NYC landmark.
New Haven, CT
The largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
New Haven, CT
One of the oldest, largest and most productive university natural history museums in the world.
New Haven, CT
The oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere, with more than 300,000 objects.
Amherst, MA
Cultural institution devoted to rescuing Yiddish books and telling the story of modern Jewish culture.
