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NYC Museums
Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of NYC Museums.

1. Metropolitan Museum of Art

9.5
1000 5th Ave (btwn E 80th & E 84th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · 1960 tips and reviews
American Museum of Natural History is one of NYC Museums.

2. American Museum of Natural History

9.2
200 Central Park W (btwn W 77th & W 81st St), New York, NY
Science Museum · Upper West Side · 1398 tips and reviews
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of NYC Museums.

3. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

8.6
1071 5th Ave (at E 89th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 567 tips and reviews
New York Transit Museum Annex is one of NYC Museums.

4. New York Transit Museum Annex

7.2
Grand Central Terminal (42nd and Park Avenue), New York, NY
History Museum · Midtown East · 30 tips and reviews

Glafira Elena C.Glafira Elena Carr: They sell awesome subway merchandise here.. The boxers are awesome!

Ellis Island Immigration Museum is one of NYC Museums.

5. Ellis Island Immigration Museum

8.7
Ellis Island, Jersey City, NJ
History Museum · Ellis Island · 166 tips and reviews

Glafira Elena C.Glafira Elena Carr: The audio tour here is just amazing. Very informative, interesting, and inspiring.

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of NYC Museums.

6. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

9.3
11 W 53rd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Midtown East · 1869 tips and reviews
Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of NYC Museums.

7. Metropolitan Museum of Art

9.5
1000 5th Ave (btwn E 80th & E 84th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · 1960 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: Bring your walking shoes as this gigantic museum has a lot to see, featuring art from all over the world. Don’t miss the roof garden in the summer time!

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum is one of NYC Museums.

8. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

9.2
2 E 91st St (at 5th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 142 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: Often overlooked on "Museum Mile", Cooper Hewitt is set in a former Carnegie Mansion. They have an abundance of design exhibits so check their website before going to find one that interests you.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of NYC Museums.

9. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

8.6
1071 5th Ave (at E 89th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 567 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: A fantastic art museum with many famous works situated on a unique spiral walkway. When you walk into the main area, look up! It makes for a great photo.

Museum of the City of New York is one of NYC Museums.

10. Museum of the City of New York

8.9
1220 5th Ave (at E 103rd St), New York, NY
History Museum · East Harlem · 148 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: Perfect for visitors and locals alike. Learn about the rich history of NYC through photos, film, and actual living spaces.

Whitney Museum of American Art is one of NYC Museums.

11. Whitney Museum of American Art

9.2
99 Gansevoort St (btwn 10th Ave & Washington St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Meatpacking District · 434 tips and reviews
Tibor de Nagy Gallery is one of NYC Museums.

12. Tibor de Nagy Gallery

8.8
724 5th Ave (btwn W 56th & W 57th St), New York, NY
Art Gallery · Midtown East · 1 tip

The New YorkerThe New Yorker: After opening in 1950, the gallery amounted to a salon for the New York School of poets, publishing the first or second books of John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara, James Schuyler and Barbara Guest. Read more.

American Folk Art Museum is one of NYC Museums.

13. American Folk Art Museum

45 W 53rd St, New York, NY
Art Museum · Midtown East · 11 tips and reviews

The New YorkerThe New Yorker: “The architectural strategy is jazzlike. Displays occur on offbeats of the space’s perambulatory rhythms—each object feels like an unexpected discovery.” —Peter Schjeldahl Read more.

Museum Mile is one of NYC Museums.

14. Museum Mile

Fifth Avenue (btwn 82nd and 105th Streets), New York, NY
Road · Upper East Side · 11 tips and reviews

The New YorkerThe New Yorker: This stretch might just as well refer to the distance spanned if you lined up, ends to end, all the paperweights, mouse pads, and refrigerator magnets with reproductions of famous paintings on them. Read more.

The Jewish Museum is one of NYC Museums.

15. The Jewish Museum

9.4
1109 5th Ave (at E 92nd St), New York, NY
Museum · Carnegie Hill · 73 tips and reviews

The New YorkerThe New Yorker: There’s menorah mania in the gift shop of this spot, which, considering the many exhibits that feature artists such as Pissarro or Soutine, could easily be called the "I Didn’t Know They Were Jewish!" Read more.

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is one of NYC Museums.

16. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

9.1
Pier 86 (at W 46th St & 12th Ave), New York, NY
History Museum · Hell's Kitchen · 348 tips and reviews
Museum of American Finance is one of NYC Museums.

17. Museum of American Finance

48 Wall St (at William St), New York, NY
History Museum · Financial District · 38 tips and reviews

18. Sports Museum of America

25 Broadway, New York, NY
Museum · Financial District · No tips or reviews

19. Mob Museum

396 Broome St, New York, NY
History Museum · NoLita · No tips or reviews
South Street Seaport Museum is one of NYC Museums.

20. South Street Seaport Museum

8.1
12 Fulton St (btwn Water and South St), New York, NY
History Museum · Financial District · 14 tips and reviews
Hayden Planetarium is one of NYC Museums.

21. Hayden Planetarium

8.9
200 Central Park W (inside American Museum of Natural History), New York, NY
Planetarium · Upper West Side · 85 tips and reviews
The Morgan Library & Museum is one of NYC Museums.

22. The Morgan Library & Museum

9.2
225 Madison Ave (btwn E 36th & E 37th St), New York, NY
Museum · Murray Hill · 179 tips and reviews