Green Round Banner

Best Museums in New York City

10

1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This famous New York institution, which was founded in 1880 and is located on Central Park, houses artwork spanning 5,000 years.

2. Museum of Modern Art - MoMA

The massive expansion brings the institution’s total size to a whopping 708,000 square feet, 166,000 of which are dedicated to exhibition space.

3. Whitney Museum of American Art

Founded in 1931 by sculptor and art patron Gertrude Vanderbilt, the Whitney is dedicated to presenting the work of American artists.

4. American Museum of Natural History

Like many of these monster museums, you won’t get around this properly within a day. Also, a savvy tip, donate less than the cost price.

5. The Jewish Museum

In addition to a superb collection of Judaica, The Jewish Museum also mounts important exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.

6. Museum of the City of New York

Museum of the City of New York is the place to explore the city’s past, celebrate its present, and imagine its future.

7. The Morgan Library & Museum

Morgan Museum was gifted to the city by the Gilded Age financier along with his collection of artworks and rare books

8. Merchant's House Museum

New York City’s only preserved 19th-century family home is an elegant, late Federal-Greek Revival house stocked with the same furnishings.

9. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Guggenheim exhibits modern and contemporary painting and sculpture in one of the most famous buildings in the world, designed by Frank Lloyd.

10. New Museum of Contemporary Art

It was founded in 1977, the New Museum has grown from a single gallery space to a global showcase of cutting-edge art.