List Of Museums And Cultural Institutions In New York City

New York City is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known. This List contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations, based on their mission.

MUSEUMS

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Art

• American Museum Of The Moving Image


• American Folk Art Museum


• Asia Society


• Bronx Museum Of The Arts


• The Dahesh Museum


• The Drawing Center


• Fisher Landau Center


• Forbes Galleries


• Frick Collection


• International Center Of Photography


• International Print Center New York


• Jacques Marchais Museum Of Tibetan Art


• Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning


• Metropolitan Museum Of Art – commonly called ''"The Met"''


• --- The Cloisters – Medieval Art collection


• Municipal Art Society (includes the Urban Center Gallery)


• Museum For African Art


• Museum Of Biblical Art


• Museum Of Comic And Cartoon Art – commonly called ''"MoCCA"''


• Museum Of Modern Art – MoMA


• Neue Galerie


• New Museum Of Contemporary Art


• Noguchi Museum (aka The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum)


• The Paley Center For Media


• P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center


• Queens Museum Of Art


• Rubin Museum Of Art


• SculptureCenter


• Socrates Sculpture Park


• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum


• Studio Museum In Harlem


• Williamsburg Art & Historical Center


• Whitney Museum Of American Art

• American Numismatic Society Museum


• Brooklyn Historical Society


• Brooklyn Museum


• Center For Jewish History (New York)


• Coney Island USA


• Hispanic Society Of America


• Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum


• Jewish Museum (New York)


• Merchant's House Museum


• El Museo Del Barrio


• Museum Of American Finance


• Museum Of The City Of New York


• Museum Of Chinese In The Americas


• Museum Of Jewish Heritage


• Museum Of Sex


• National Museum Of The American Indian (New York branch)


• National Museum Of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History


• National Sports Museum


• New York City Fire Museum


• New York City Police Museum


• New-York Historical Society


• New York Transit Museum


• Queens County Farm Museum


• Skyscraper Museum


• Staten Island Institute Of Arts & Sciences


• Yeshiva University Museum

• Center For Architecture


• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum


• Cooper Union's Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography


• Fashion Institute Of Technology


• National Academy Of Design


• Parsons The New School For Design

• American Museum Of Natural History


• --- Hayden Planetarium (the Rose Center for Earth and Space)


• Bronx Zoo


• Brooklyn Botanic Garden


• New York Aquarium


• New York Botanical Garden


• New York Hall Of Science


• Queens Botanical Garden


• Staten Island Zoo


• Wave Hill

• Brooklyn Children's Museum


• Children's Museum Of The Arts


• Children's Museum Of Manhattan


• Jewish Children's Museum


• Staten Island Children's Museum

• Avery Fisher Hall


• Jazz At Lincoln Center


• Metropolitan Opera


• New York State Theater , which hosts:


• --- New York City Ballet


• --- New York City Opera

• 92nd Street Y


• Brooklyn Academy Of Music


• Manhattan School Of Music


• The Juilliard School


• Boys Choir Of Harlem


• Mannes College Of Music


• The New York Collegium


• City Parks Foundation


• New York Public Library For The Performing Arts

• 92nd Street Y


• Apollo Theater


• Biltmore Theatre


• Bowery Ballroom


• Carnegie Hall


• Hammerstein Ballroom


• La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club


• New York City Center


• The Public Theater


• Radio City Music Hall


• Snug Harbor Cultural Center


• The Town Hall


• Williamsburg Art & Historical Center

• African Burial Ground National Monument


• Bartow-Pell Mansion


• Ellis Island


• Federal Hall


• Fort Schuyler


• Governors Island


• Gracie Mansion


• General Grant National Memorial


• Historic Richmond Town


• Irish Hunger Memorial


• Lower East Side Tenement Museum


• Snug Harbor Cultural Center


• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site


• Weeksville Heritage Center

• International Freedom Center


• World Trade Center Memorial


• Tribute In Light

• The Morgan Library & Museum


• New York Public Library


• New York Academy Of Medicine Library


• New York Society Library


• Arthur Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture


• Andrew Heiskell Braille And Talking Book Library


• Frick Art Reference Library


• Biblioteca Instituto Cervantes


• Shevchenko Scientific Society


• United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library


• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum


• Cloisters Library And Archives


• Brooklyn Public Library


• Queens Public Library

• List Of Museums In The United States


• Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers (Gale)