One of the top attractions in New York City is our wonderful abundance of museums and fine art institutions. We have such a wealth of culture and learning that people travel from all points of the world to visit them.

It can be overwhelming trying to cram a full city tour of all the museums Manhattan has to offer, so here is a quick breakdown of the top museums in NYC by area. 

UPPER EAST SIDE
El Museo del Barrio
Museum of the City of New York
Jewish Museum
Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Goethe House German Cultural Center
Whitney Museum of American Art

UPPER WEST SIDE
American Museum of Natural History
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
American Folk Art Museum

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Sex
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
Museum of Television & Radio ‎
International Center of Photography
Museum at F.I.T.

DOWNTOWN
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
South Street Seaport Museum
American Indian Museum ‎
Skyscraper Museum‎
Sports Museum of America‎
Ground Zero Museum
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
The Children’s Museum of the Arts

OUTER BOROUGHS
New York Transit Museum
The Brooklyn Museum of Arts
The Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Queens Art Museum
Museum of the Moving Image ‎

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One Response to “A Guide to NYC Museums”

1. Sweetie Bracelet Says:
   January 29th, 2011 at 11:27 pm

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