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Best Museums in New York City
World-class museums in New York City: the Met, MoMA, the Natural History Museum and dozens more, with timed-entry tickets and visitor guides.
200 attractions · Updated May 2026
New York
9/11 Memorial & Museum
New York
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
New York
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
New York
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York
Banksy Museum
New York
Society of Illustrators
New York
Museum of the City of New York
New York
Museum of Broadway
New York
9/11 Museum Workshop
Jersey City
Liberty Science Center
New York
The Paley Museum
New York
Museum of Sex
New York
New York Historical Society
New York
Museum of Ice Cream
Queens
Louis Armstrong House Museum
New York
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Brooklyn
The Museum of Food and Drink
New York
The Met Cloisters
New York
The Morgan Library & Museum
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum
New York
The Frick Collection
New York
Museum of Jewish Heritage
New York
Merchant's House Museum
Queens
Noguchi Museum
New York
Hispanic Society Museum & Library
Old Westbury
Old Westbury Gardens
East Hampton
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
Montauk
Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Glen Cove
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center
East Hampton
LongHouse Reserve
New York
The African Burial Ground National Monument
New York
Governors Island National Monument
Bronx
New York Yankees Museum
New York
Park Avenue Armory
New York
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York
AKC Museum of the Dog
New York
Jewish Museum
New York
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York
Tenement Museum
Queens
Museum of the Moving Image
New York
Neue Galerie New York
New York
The National Museum of the American Indian
Brooklyn
New York Transit Museum
Queens
New York Hall of Science
New York
Nicholas Roerich Museum
New York
Japan Society
Brooklyn
Pioneer Works
Queens
Socrates Sculpture Park
Staten Island
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Old Bethpage
Museum of American Armor
Garden City
Cradle of Aviation Museum
Sands Point
Sands Point Preserve
Centerport
Vanderbilt Museum
Water Mill
Parrish Art Museum
Captree Island
Fire Island Lighthouse
Sagaponack
Madoo Conservancy
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
Brooklyn
Center for Brooklyn History
New York
Center for Jewish History
New York
Dia:Chelsea
New York
FDNY Fire Zone
New York
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Staten Island
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Manhattan
John J. Harvey
Flushing
Mets Hall of Fame & Museum
Staten Island
National Lighthouse Museum
New York
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Corona
Queens Museum
Brooklyn
Weeksville Heritage Center
New York
New Museum
New York
Rubin Museum of Art
New York
Museum of Chinese in America
New York
International Center of Photography Museum
Queens
MoMA PS1
New York
Fraunces Tavern Museum
New York
National Museum of Mathematics
New York
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
New York
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling
New York
National Academy of Design
New York
Asia Society and Museum
New York
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
New York
Ukrainian Museum
New York
American Folk Art Museum
New York
China Institute
New York
El Museo del Barrio
New York
Studio Museum in Harlem
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Garden City
Long Island Children's Museum
Roslyn Harbor
Nassau County Museum of Art
Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Huntington
Heckscher Museum of Art
East Hampton
Guild Hall
West Sayville
Long Island Maritime Museum
Huntington Station
Walt Whitman Birthplace
Stony Brook
Long Island Museum
Riverhead
Hallockville Museum Farm
Cold Spring Harbor
Whaling Museum & Education Center
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum
Bridgehampton
Dia Bridgehampton
Staten Island
Alice Austen House
New York
Bard Graduate Center
Bronx
Bartow-Pell Mansion
Brooklyn
BRIC House
Bronx
Bronx Children's Museum
Bronx
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
New York
Castle Clinton National Monument
New York
Center for Architecture
Brooklyn
City Reliquary
New York
Columbia Rare Book & Manuscript Library
New York
Drawing Center
New York
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Bronx
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
New York
General Grant National Memorial
New York
Gracie Mansion
New York
Grolier Club
Staten Island
Historic Richmond Town
Bronx
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
Brooklyn
Lefferts Historic House
New York
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum
New York
The National Museum of Mathematics
Newark
The Newark Museum of Art
Queens
Queens County Farm Museum
New York
Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center
Long Island City
SculptureCenter
New York
Tibet House US
New York
Ukrainian Institute of America
Bronx
Van Cortlandt House Museum
Brooklyn
Waterfront Museum
New York
Museum of Arts and Design
New York
Skyscraper Museum
New York
South Street Seaport Museum
New York
The Drawing Center
New York
National Museum of the American Sailor
New York
Graffiti Hall of Fame
New York
Poster House
New York
Goethe-Institut New York
Brooklyn
MoCADA - Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
Bronx
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Southampton
Southampton Arts Center
Hempstead
African American Museum of Nassau County
Riverhead
Long Island Science Center
Greenport
East End Seaport Museum
Sag Harbor
Custom House Museum
East Hampton
East Hampton Historical Society
Amagansett
Amagansett Historical Association
Water Mill
Water Mill Museum
New York
Americas Society
New York
Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Bronx
Bernard Museum of Judaica
Flushing
Bowne House
New York
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center
Staten Island
Conference House
Bronx
Derfner Judaica Museum
Brooklyn
Harbor Defense Museum
Jamaica
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
Brooklyn
Jewish Children's Museum
New York
Jewish Theological Seminary Library Galleries
Jamaica
King Manor
New York
Korea Society
Brooklyn
Living Torah Museum
New York
Mmuseumm
New York
National Academy Museum and School
Staten Island
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
Staten Island
Noble Maritime Collection
New York
Salmagundi Museum of American Art
New York
Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York
Brooklyn
Wyckoff House
New York
Yeshiva University Museum
New York
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
New York
Museum of Illusions
New York
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
New York
Museum of American Illustration
Staten Island
Staten Island Museum
New York
The Museum of Interesting Things
Hempstead
Hofstra University Museum
Southold
Southold Historical Society
Southampton
Southampton Historical Museum
Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton Historical Society
Bayside
Bayside Historical Society
Bronx
Bronx River Art Center
Bronx
City Island Nautical Museum
Brooklyn
Coney Island Museum
New York
Czech Centre New York
Staten Island
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
Flushing
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Flushing
Kingsland Homestead
New York
Museum of Public Relations
New York
Parsons The New School for Design Gallery
Staten Island
Sandy Ground Historical Museum
Staten Island
Seguine Mansion
Flushing
Voelker Orth Museum
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
Quogue
Quogue Historical Society
Westhampton Beach
Westhampton Beach Historical Society
Staten Island
Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House