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NYC Museums
Directory of museums ranging from Impressionism to Avant Garde to Asian crafts.
The Bronx
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Museum's permanent collection consists of over 700 twentieth-century
and contemporary works of art in all media (e.g., paintings, photographs,
prints, mixed media, and sculpture) by artists of African, Asian, and
Latin American ancestry.
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
The last home of the gothic mystery writer and poet, now a city-owned
museum devoted to his memory.
The
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
A national landmark; overlooks the Harlem and Hudson Rivers.
Judaica Museum
The Judaica Museum is devoted to Jewish works of art. Its permanent collection,
special exhibitions, and lecture series address Jewish themes spanning
the last three centuries.
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Brooklyn
The
Brooklyn Museum of Art
The second largest art museum
in the State of New York and one of the largest in the country. One of
the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collection includes
more than one and a half million objects, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces
to contemporary art, and represents almost every culture.
Waterfront Museum in Red
Hook
Provides educational and cultural programs aboard an historic vessel
based in Redhook, Brooklyn.
The Wyckoff House
Oldest surviving Dutch farmhouse in New York City.
New York Transit Museum
Information on events and tours at this museum that revolves around New
York City transportation.
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Manhattan
American Craft Museum
New York museum displays crafts
by American artists. Exhibits include furnishings, glass, and jewelry.
American Folk Art Museum
Explores
the diversity of American culture as expressed through folk art.
American Museum of Natural History
This is one of the world's
preeminent scientific and educational institutions. Collections include
more than 30 million items; dinosaur fossils, a 63 foot-long canoe carved
by the Haida Indians, a slice of a giant sequoia tree, and the costume
of an African spirit dancer.
American Museum of the Moving Image
The
largest repository of moving images in the country, housed in the old
Astoria Studios built by Paramount in 1920. Integrating works of art,
artifacts, audio-visual presentations, and interactive exhibits.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Changing exhibitions of design,
decorative arts, industrial design and architecture.
Dahesh Museum of Art
The Dahesh Museum of Art is
the only museum in America dedicated to collecting and exhibiting 19th-
and early 20th-century European academic art, which is the continuation
of the great Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo traditions in the visual
arts.
Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library
The Frick Collection includes
some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major
works of sculpture, superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains,
Limoges enamels, Oriental rugs, and other works of remarkable quality.
Guggenheim Museum Soho
The museum has hosted several
noteworthy exhibitions, including the work of Bill Viola, Paul Klee, Robert
Rauschenberg and Marc Chagall.
International Center of Photography
The International Center of
Photography presents photography's vital and central place in contemporary
culture.
The
Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum is dedicated
to presenting the remarkable scope and diversity of Jewish culture. Visitors
to the Museum enjoy an art experience that captures 4,000 years of history.
Madame Tussaud's New York Wax Museum
The New York version of the
famous London museum takes on "the face of the place" presenting
New York's most famous and infamous personalities, as well as figures
of international fame and acclaim.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of
Art is one of the largest and finest art museums in the world. Its collections
include more than two million works of art -- several hundred thousand
of which are on view at any given time -- spanning more than 5,000 years
of world culture, from prehistory to the present
El Museo Del Barrio
New York City's only Latino
museum dedicated to Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Latin American art.
The
Museum for African Art
The museum is devoted exclusively
to historical and contemporary African art.
Museum of American Financial History
Online exhibits and resources
chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Museum of Jewish Heritage
educating people about the 20th Century Jewish experience before, during,
and after the Holocaust.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
You can find information about
current and upcoming exhibitions and archives, educational resources,
online projects and more.
The Museum of Television & Radio
Daily screenings and radio
presentations.
Museum of the Chinese in the Americas
Museum is dedicated to reclaiming,
preserving, and interpreting the history and culture of Chinese and their
descendants in the Western Hemisphere.
Museum of the City of New York
Information on exhibitions,
collections and research on the museum for Earth's capital. Toy Collection.
The National Museum of the American Indian - NY
The National Museum of the
American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition
of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
The National Museum of the American Indian - Resource Center - NY
The National Museum of the
American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition
of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Official site for the New
York City museum which exhibits new work by American and international
artists, with an emphasis on innovation in a variety of media.
New York Food Museum
"How New York Ate 100
Years Ago." Farming, fishing, open-air markets, pushcarts, oyster
barges, breweries, more.
New York Historical Society
"New York’s first
museum, founded in 1804, is a treasure trove of American history
housing a wealth of fine and decorative arts objects from the
17th-century to the present. The Society’s museum contains some
40,000 items defining four centuries of American life—paintings,
sculpture, furniture, clothing, toys, tools, textiles, ceramics,
glass, and assorted artifacts ranging from George Washington’s
camp bed to the desk where Clement Clarke Moore wrote The Night
Before Christmas. The New-York Historical Society is also New York’s
primary caretaker of artifacts related to the World Trade Center tragedy
of September 11, 2001."
Nicholas Roerich Museum
The Nicholas Roerich Museum
is dedicated to the art of Nicholas Roerich, a Russian-born artist. Along
with a fine exhibition of paintings, the museum also presents concerts
and poetry readings.
The Skyscraper Museum
Devoted to the study of highrise
building, past, present, and future. Includes examinations of the New
York City skyline.
South Street Seaport Museum
Combines galleries, living
history programs, and 18th- and 19th-century buildings lining stone-paved
streets.
Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum
You can get information about
collection of modern and contemporary art. Currently online collection
represents 169 artists.
Whitney
Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections of twentieth-century
American art. The Permanent Collection of some 12,000 works encompasses
paintings, sculptures, multimedia installations, drawings, prints, and
photographs—and is still growing.
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Queens
American Museum of the Moving Image
The largest repository of moving images in the country, housed in
the old Astoria Studios built by Paramount in 1920. Integrating works of
art, artifacts, audio-visual presentations, and interactive exhibits.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
Information
on the life and work of Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988),
and on the artist's museum. The museum includes thirteen indoor galleries
around an outdoor sculpture garden.
Louis Armstrong House and Archives
Here you'll find biographical info, archives, FAQs,
recordings, books, and a bulletin board.
Queens County Farm Museum
A 47-acre farm which has been the site of continuous farming for
over 200 years and now houses The Museum of the Agricultural History
of New York City.
Queens Museum of Art
The museum that specializes in modern and contemporary works.
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Staten Island
The
Alice Austin House
Information about the house
and its most famous occupant, the photographer Alice Austen.
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
A museum that was once the
home of Antonio Meucci, who helped develop the telephone, and Giusseppe
Garibaldi, a great Italian revolutionary. Features period rooms, historic
telephone models and documents.
Historic Richmond Town
Take a stroll through history
at this 100-acre village featuring buildings representing 300 years of
Staten Island life, including the oldest schoolhouse still standing (built
1695).
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
The only one of its kind in the United States, featuring exhibits, sculptures,
paintings, ritual objects, and musical instruments from Tibet and other
Asian countries.
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