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best nyc museums

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Created by jessica m. hintermeister • Updated On: August 11, 2012
Neue Galerie is one of best nyc museums.

1. Neue Galerie

8.8
1048 5th Ave (at E 86th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Upper East Side · 124 tips and reviews
Whitney Museum of American Art is one of best nyc museums.

2. 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
The Frick Collection is one of best nyc museums.

3. The Frick Collection

8.9
1 E 70th St (at 5th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Upper East Side · 212 tips and reviews
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of best nyc museums.

4. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

8.7
1071 5th Ave (at E 89th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 567 tips and reviews
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum is one of best nyc museums.

5. 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
Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of best nyc museums.

6. Metropolitan Museum of Art

9.5
1000 5th Ave (btwn E 80th & E 84th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · 1961 tips and reviews
New Museum is one of best nyc museums.

7. New Museum

7.9
235 Bowery (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Lower East Side · 204 tips and reviews
Tenement Museum is one of best nyc museums.

8. Tenement Museum

9.1
103 Orchard St (at Delancey St), New York, NY
History Museum · Lower East Side · 153 tips and reviews
American Museum of Natural History is one of best nyc museums.

9. 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

10. Moss Bureau

256 W 36th St Apt 10 (btwn 7th and 8th), New York, NY
Art Gallery · Garment District · No tips or reviews
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of best nyc museums.

11. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

9.3
11 W 53rd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Midtown East · 1870 tips and reviews