The Best Museums in New York City

We prepared a long list of 65 museums for you to tour New York and enjoy the city the best way possible! In this list you'll find the museum categories, their location, cost, time to visit, and attractions, as well as their websites for additional information and a picture to easily identify them. If you like our list, feel free to make a copy for you and share with your friends which may also like it. Noticed we've used formal categories of museums created by the History of Museums site.

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10th November 2022 in art & entertainment
The Best Museums in New York City
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  • 1

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • 2

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

  • 3

    Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

  • 4

    Whitney Museum of American Art

  • 5

    Brooklyn Museum

  • 6

    The Jewish Museum

  • 7

    Fotografiska

  • 8

    Merchant's House Museum

  • 9

    New Museum of Contemporary Art

  • 10

    The Frick Collection

  • 11

    The Morgan Library & Museum

  • 12

    Neue Galerie New York

  • 13

    Queens Museum

  • 14

    American Museum of Natural History

  • 15

    MoMA PS1

  • 16

    Museum of the Moving Image

  • 17

    Bronx Museum of the Arts

  • 18

    International Center of Photography Museum

  • 19

    Museum of Arts & Design

  • 20

    Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

  • 21

    Museum of Sex (MoSex)

  • 22

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

  • 23

    El Museo del Barrio

  • 24

    American Folk Art Museum

  • 25

    New-York Historical Society

  • 26

    Studio Museum in Harlem

  • 27

    The Rubin Museum of Art

  • 28

    National Museum of the American Indian

  • 29

    Museum of the City of New York

  • 30

    Asia Society and Museum

  • 31

    Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art