The museum was founded in 1972, and has among its permanent exhibitions, the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs originally built for the 1964 New York World's Fair, and repeatedly updated since then. It also has a large archive of artifacts from both World's Fairs, a selection of which is on display.
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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.