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NYC Museums

Every museum in New York City — with hours, admission, and current exhibitions.

216 museums

TH

The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side
arthistoryculture
Pay What You Wish
MO

MoMA

Museum of Modern Art

Midtown
art
From $30
TH

The Guggenheim

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Upper East Side
art
From $30
TH

The Whitney

Whitney Museum of American Art

Meatpacking District
art
From $30
BM

Brooklyn Museum

Crown Heights
arthistoryculture
Pay What You Wish
FC

The Frick Collection

Upper East Side
art
From $30
NM

New Museum

Lower East Side
art
From $22
MP

MoMA PS1

Long Island City
art
Pay What You Wish
TH

The Shed

Hudson Yards
artspecialty
From $25
AM

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Upper West Side
sciencehistoryculture
Pay What You Wish
MC

MCNY

Museum of the City of New York

East Harlem
historyculture
Pay What You Wish
NY

NYHS

New-York Historical Society

Upper West Side
historyculture
From $25
TM

Tenement Museum

Lower East Side
historyculture
From $33
EI

Ellis Island

Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

Ellis Island
historyculture
Free Admission
IN

Intrepid

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Hell's Kitchen
sciencehistoryspecialty
From $40
NT

NYC Transit Museum

New York City Transit Museum

Downtown Brooklyn
historyspecialty
From $10
MA

MAD

Museum of Arts and Design

Columbus Circle
artspecialty
From $20
EM

El Museo del Barrio

East Harlem
artculture
Pay What You Wish
IC

ICP

International Center of Photography

Lower East Side
artspecialty
From $16
RM

Rubin Museum of Art

Chelsea
artculture
From $19
ML

Morgan Library & Museum

Murray Hill
arthistory
From $25
MH

Merchant's House Museum

NoHo
history
From $15
AF

American Folk Art Museum

Lincoln Square
art
Free Admission
PH

Poster House

Chelsea
art
From $20
MO

MOCA

Museum of Chinese in America

Chinatown
historyculture
Pay What You Wish
HS

Hispanic Society Museum & Library

Washington Heights
artculture
Free Admission
MM

Mmuseumm

Tribeca
specialty
Free Admission
SO

Society of Illustrators

Upper East Side
art
Free Admission
MO

Museum of Broadway

Midtown
culturespecialty
From $39
MO

MOFAD

Museum of Food and Drink

DUMBO
specialtyculture
From $15
WH

Wyckoff House Museum

East Flatbush
history
Free Admission
OS

Old Stone House

Park Slope
history
Free Admission
MO

Museum of the Moving Image

Astoria
artspecialty
From $20
NM

Noguchi Museum

Long Island City
art
From $16
QM

Queens Museum

Flushing Meadows
arthistory
Pay What You Wish
LA

Louis Armstrong House Museum

Corona
historyculture
From $20
LL

Lewis Latimer House Museum

Flushing
history
Free Admission
BM

Bronx Museum of the Arts

Grand Concourse
art
Free Admission
EA

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

Fordham
history
From $5
VC

Van Cortlandt House Museum

Van Cortlandt Park
history
From $5
BM

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

Pelham Bay Park
history
From $15
HR

Historic Richmond Town

Richmond Town
history
From $8
AA

Alice Austen House Museum

Rosebank
historyart
Free Admission
SI

Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor

Snug Harbor
historyart
From $10
NY

NYBG

New York Botanical Garden

Bronx Park
garden
From $35
BB

BBG

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Crown Heights
garden
From $22
QB

Queens Botanical Garden

Flushing
garden
From $6
WH

Wave Hill

Riverdale
gardenart
From $10
SH

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

Snug Harbor
gardenartculture
Free Admission
AB

African Burial Ground National Monument

Civic Center
historynps
Free Admission
CC

Castle Clinton National Monument

Battery Park
historynps
Free Admission
FH

Federal Hall National Memorial

Financial District
historynps
Free Admission
GT

Grant's Tomb

General Grant National Memorial

Riverside Heights
historynps
Free Admission
HG

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Hamilton Heights
historynps
Free Admission
SN

Stonewall National Monument

Greenwich Village
historynpsculture
Free Admission
GI

Governors Island National Monument

Governors Island
historynps
Free Admission
TB

TR Birthplace

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Flatiron District
historynps
Free Admission
GN

Gateway NRA — Floyd Bennett Field

Marine Park
historynps
Free Admission
GN

Gateway NRA — Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Broad Channel
nps
Free Admission
GN

Gateway NRA — Fort Tilden

Rockaway
historynps
Free Admission
CF

Color Factory

SoHo
specialty
From $38
AN

American Numismatic Society

Tribeca
historyspecialty
Free Admission
AS

Americas Society

Upper East Side
artculture
Free Admission
AS

Artists Space

Tribeca
art
Free Admission
CH

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Midtown
culturehistory
Free Admission
DC

Dia Chelsea

Chelsea
art
Free Admission
NJ

National Jazz Museum in Harlem

Harlem
culturehistory
Free Admission
MA

The Museum at FIT

Chelsea
artspecialty
Free Admission
MT

Madame Tussauds New York

Times Square
specialty
From $36
MV

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden

Upper East Side
history
From $12
MA

MAS

Municipal Art Society of New York

Midtown
culturespecialty
Free Admission
PC

Paley Center for Media

Midtown
culturehistory
From $20
MO

MoMath

National Museum of Mathematics

Flatiron
sciencespecialty
From $25
UM

Ukrainian Museum

East Village
culturehistoryart
From $8
JM

The Jewish Museum

Upper East Side
artculturehistory
From $18
MO

Museum of the American Gangster

East Village
historyspecialty
From $20
SC

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Harlem
historyculture
Free Admission
SM

Studio Museum in Harlem

Harlem
artculture
Free Admission
AK
Open

Arthur Kill Boat Graveyard

Rossville
specialtyhistory
Free Admission
GM

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

Rosebank
historyculture
From $5
JM

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

Lighthouse Hill
artculture
From $8
NL

National Lighthouse Museum

St. George
historyspecialty
From $8
NM

Noble Maritime Collection

Snug Harbor
arthistory
From $6
LA

LaGuardia and Wagner Archives

Long Island City
history
Free Admission
HD

Harbor Defense Museum

Fort Hamilton
history
Free Admission
WM

Waterfront Museum

Red Hook
historyspecialty
Free Admission
MO

MoCADA

Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts

Fort Greene
artculture
Free Admission
WH

Weeksville Heritage Center

Crown Heights
historyculture
From $10
HO

Hall of Fame for Great Americans

University Heights
historyculture
Free Admission
B9

Bldg 92 — Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum

Brooklyn Navy Yard
historyspecialty
Free Admission
CI

City Island Nautical Museum

City Island
historyspecialty
Free Admission
MI

Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler

Throggs Neck
historyspecialty
Free Admission
BC

Bronx County Historical Society

Norwood
history
BC

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Crown Heights
children
CI

China Institute

Financial District
artculture
FT

Flushing Town Hall

Flushing
artculturehistory
KM

King Manor

Jamaica
history
LC

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Square
performing-arts
MA

Museum at Eldridge Street

Lower East Side
historyculture
MO

Museum of Jewish Heritage

Battery Park City
historyculture
NY

New York Aquarium

Coney Island
sciencenature
NY

New York City Ballet

Lincoln Square
performing-arts
NY

New York City Center

Midtown
performing-arts
PT

The Public Theater

NoHo
performing-arts
SI

Staten Island Children's Museum

Snug Harbor
children
BZ

Bronx Zoo

Fordham
sciencenature
CP

Central Park Zoo

Upper East Side
sciencenature
PP

Prospect Park Zoo

Prospect Park
sciencenature
QZ

Queens Zoo

Corona
sciencenature
TH

The Cloisters

Washington Heights
arthistory
AS

Asia Society

Upper East Side
artculture
CM

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Upper West Side
children
CH

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Upper East Side
designart
DC

Drawing Center

SoHo
art
DF

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

Inwood
history
FT

Fraunces Tavern Museum

Financial District
history
JS

Japan Society Gallery

Midtown East
artculture
LM

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

SoHo
art
MM

Morris-Jumel Mansion

Washington Heights
history
MO

Museum of American Finance

Financial District
history
MO

Museum of Sex

Flatiron
culture
NA

National Academy of Design

Upper East Side
art
NS

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Lower Manhattan
history
NG

Neue Galerie New York

Upper East Side
art
NY

New York City Fire Museum

SoHo
history
NR

Nicholas Roerich Museum

Upper West Side
art
PA

Park Avenue Armory

Upper East Side
artperforming-arts
SM

Skyscraper Museum

Battery Park City
historyarchitecture
SS

South Street Seaport Museum

Lower Manhattan
history
SH

Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling

Harlem
artchildren
CG

Chaim Gross Studio Museum

Greenwich Village
art
AM

AKC Museum of the Dog

Midtown
specialty
AA

American Academy of Arts and Letters

Washington Heights
art
SM

Salmagundi Museum of American Art

Greenwich Village
art
SO

Statue of Liberty National Monument

New York Harbor
npshistory
NM

National Museum of the American Indian

Financial District
historyculture
BR

BRIC

Fort Greene
art
CF

Center for Brooklyn History

Brooklyn Heights
history
CR

City Reliquary

Williamsburg
historyculture
CI

Coney Island Museum

Coney Island
historyculture
GC

Green-Wood Cemetery

Greenwood Heights
history
JC

Jewish Children's Museum

Crown Heights
childrenculture
LH

Lefferts Historic House

Prospect Park
history
VE

Vander Ende-Onderdonk House

Ridgewood
history
WA

Williamsburg Art & Historical Center

Williamsburg
arthistory
NY

New York Hall of Science

Corona
science
QC

Queens County Farm Museum

Floral Park
history
BH

Bowne House

Flushing
history
KH

Kingsland Homestead

Flushing
history
SC

SculptureCenter

Long Island City
art
SS

Socrates Sculpture Park

Long Island City
art
VO

Voelker Orth Museum

Flushing
history
GA

Greater Astoria Historical Society

Astoria
history
JC

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning

Jamaica
art
BC

Bronx Children's Museum

Melrose
children
BR

Bronx River Art Center

West Farms
art
DJ

Derfner Judaica Museum

Riverdale
historyculture
VH

Valentine-Varian House

Norwood
history
HC

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture

Mott Haven
artperforming-arts
CH

Conference House

Tottenville
history
SG

Sandy Ground Historical Museum

Woodrow
history
NC

Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art

West New Brighton
art
FN

Fotografiska New York

Chelsea
art
JR

Jackie Robinson Museum

Financial District
history
CM

Children's Museum of the Arts

SoHo
art
FR

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Museum

Financial District
history
MO

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

Lower East Side
history
NY

New York Earth Room

SoHo
art
KK

Kehila Kedosha Janina Museum

Lower East Side
history
JF

Judd Foundation

SoHo
art
SI

Swiss Institute

SoHo
art
CF

Center for Book Arts

Flatiron
art
OC

Onassis Cultural Center

Midtown
art
DT

DareDevil Tattoo Museum

Lower East Side
history
BM

Bernard Museum of Judaica

Upper East Side
history
TH

Tibet House

Gramercy
art
KC

Korean Cultural Center New York

Midtown
art
UI

Ukrainian Institute of America

Upper East Side
art
CF

Center for Italian Modern Art

Hudson Square
art
VF

Vilcek Foundation

Upper East Side
art
EC

Enrico Caruso Museum of America

Brooklyn
history
AA

Amud Aish Memorial Museum

Brooklyn
history
WC

Woodlawn Cemetery

Bronx
history
BH

Bayside Historical Society

Bayside
history
LM

The Living Museum

Queens Village
art
FT

Fort Totten Visitor Center

Bayside
history
FW

Fort Wadsworth

Staten Island
nps
GA

Grey Art Gallery

Greenwich Village
art
LC

Lehman College Art Gallery

Bronx
art
HU

Hebrew Union College Museum

Greenwich Village
history
GZ

Ground Zero Museum Workshop

Financial District
history
9T

9/11 Tribute Museum

Financial District
history
NY

New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)

Midtown
history
NY

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Upper West Side
history
GM

Gracie Mansion

Upper East Side
history
CA

Conjuring Arts Research Center

Midtown
history
GN

Goethe-Institut New York

Midtown
art
LN

L'Alliance New York

Midtown East
art
NY

New York City Police Museum

Governors Island
history
FD

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park

Roosevelt Island
history
FP

Flatiron/NoMad Partnership

Flatiron
public-art
TS

Times Square Alliance

Midtown
public-art
AF

Alliance for Downtown New York

Financial District
public-art
3S

34th Street Partnership

Midtown
public-art
LS

Lincoln Square BID

Upper West Side
public-art
HL

The High Line

Chelsea
public-art
BB

Brooklyn Bridge Park

DUMBO
public-art
PP

Prospect Park

Prospect Park
history
CP

Central Park

Central Park
public-art
MS

Madison Square Park

Flatiron
public-art
BP

Battery Park City

Financial District
public-art
FM

Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Corona
public-art
RP

Riverside Park

Upper West Side
public-art
DP

Domino Park

Williamsburg
public-art
FG

Fort Greene Park

Fort Greene
public-art
US

Union Square Park

Union Square
public-art