List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

New York City is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known. This list contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations, based on their mission.

Art

 * American Folk Art Museum
 * Art in General
 * Artists Space
 * Asia Society
 * Asian American Arts Centre
 * Brooklyn Museum
 * Bronx Museum of the Arts
 * Chelsea Art Museum
 * Dahesh Museum of Art
 * Dia Art Foundation
 * The Drawing Center
 * Fisher Landau Center
 * Forbes Galleries
 * Frick Collection
 * International Center of Photography
 * International Print Center New York
 * Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
 * Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
 * Japan Society
 * Korea Society
 * Metropolitan Museum of Art ("The Met")
 * The Cloisters – medieval art collection
 * Municipal Art Society (includes the Urban Center Gallery)
 * Museum for African Art
 * Museum of Arts & Design
 * Museum of Biblical Art
 * Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art ("MoCCA")
 * Museum of Modern Art ("MoMA")
 * Museum of the Moving Image
 * National Museum of Catholic Art and History
 * Neue Galerie
 * New Museum of Contemporary Art
 * Nicholas Roerich Museum
 * The Noguchi Museum (The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum)
 * P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
 * Queens Museum of Art
 * Rubin Museum of Art
 * SculptureCenter
 * Socrates Sculpture Park
 * Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
 * Studio Museum in Harlem
 * Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
 * White Columns
 * Whitney Museum of American Art

Culture or history

 * American Numismatic Society Museum
 * Brooklyn Historical Society
 * Brooklyn Museum
 * Conference House
 * Center for Jewish History (New York)
 * Coney Island USA
 * Discovery Times Square Exposition
 * Dyckman House Museum
 * Fraunces Tavern Museum
 * Girl Scout Museum
 * Greater Astoria Historical Society
 * Harbor Defense Museum
 * Hispanic Society of America
 * Historic Richmond Town
 * Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
 * Jewish Museum (New York)
 * Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale
 * Louis Armstrong House
 * Merchant's House Museum
 * El Museo del Barrio
 * Ellis Island Immigration Museum
 * Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
 * Museum of American Finance
 * Museum of the City of New York
 * Museum of the Moving Image
 * Museum of Chinese in America
 * Museum at Eldridge Street
 * Museum of Jewish Heritage
 * Museum of Sex
 * Museum of Television and Radio
 * National Museum of the American Indian (New York branch)
 * National Museum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History
 * Sports Museum of America
 * New York City Fire Museum
 * New York City Police Museum
 * New-York Historical Society
 * New York Transit Museum
 * The Paley Center for Media
 * Queens County Farm Museum
 * Ripley's Believe It or Not!
 * Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ANNEX NYC
 * Skyscraper Museum
 * Sony Wonder Technology Lab
 * South Street Seaport Museum
 * Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
 * Yeshiva University Museum

Design

 * Center for Architecture
 * Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
 * Cooper Union's Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography
 * Fashion Institute of Technology
 * National Academy of Design
 * Parsons The New School for Design
 * New York School of Interior Design

Nature and life sciences

 * American Museum of Natural History
 * Hayden Planetarium (Rose Center for Earth and Space)
 * Bronx Zoo
 * Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 * Central Park Zoo
 * Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
 * New York Aquarium
 * New York Botanical Garden
 * New York Hall of Science
 * Prospect Park Zoo
 * Queens Botanical Garden
 * Queens Zoo
 * Staten Island Zoo
 * Staten Island Botanical Garden
 * The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden
 * Wave Hill

Children's museums

 * Brooklyn Children's Museum
 * Children's Galleries for Jewish Culture
 * Children's Museum of the Arts
 * Children's Museum of Manhattan
 * Jewish Children's Museum
 * Staten Island Children's Museum

Lincoln Center

 * Avery Fisher Hall
 * Jazz at Lincoln Center
 * Metropolitan Opera
 * New York State Theater, which hosts:
 * New York City Ballet
 * New York City Opera

Music

 * 92nd Street Y
 * Boys Choir of Harlem
 * Brooklyn Academy of Music
 * Carnegie Hall
 * City Parks Foundation
 * The Juilliard School
 * Kaufman Center
 * Manhattan School of Music
 * Mannes College of Music
 * New York Collegium
 * New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
 * Symphony Space

Theaters

 * 92nd Street Y
 * Apollo Theater
 * Biltmore Theatre
 * Bowery Ballroom
 * Carnegie Hall
 * Hammerstein Ballroom
 * La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
 * New York City Center
 * The Public Theater
 * Radio City Music Hall
 * Snug Harbor Cultural Center
 * The Town Hall
 * Williamsburg Art & Historical Center

Historically significant sites

 * See Also:List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City
 * See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Bronx County, New York
 * See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Kings County, New York
 * See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in New York County, New York
 * See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Queens County, New York
 * See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Richmond County, New York

Historic House Trust
Most of the following are Registered Historic Places covered in the county lists


 * Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
 * Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
 * Valentine-Varian House
 * Van Cortlandt House Museum
 * Hendrick I. Lott House
 * Lefferts Historic House
 * The Old Stone House
 * The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum


 * Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
 * Gracie Mansion
 * The Little Red Lighthouse
 * Merchant's House Museum
 * Morris-Jumel Mansion
 * Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
 * King Manor Museum


 * Kingsland Homestead, with weeping beech tree
 * Lewis H. Latimer House
 * Queens County Farm Museum
 * Alice Austen House Museum
 * Historic Richmond Town
 * Seguine Mansion
 * The Conference House

National Parks of New York Harbor
Despite its name, National Parks of New York Harbor does not overseen any national parks proper.
 * African Burial Ground National Monument
 * Castle Clinton National Monument
 * Federal Hall National Memorial
 * Fort Wadsworth
 * General Grant National Memorial
 * Governors Island
 * Hamilton Grange National Memorial
 * Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Other historic sites
Following are already listed Registered Historic Places
 * Ellis Island
 * Irish Hunger Memorial
 * Statue of Liberty
 * Weeksville Heritage Center
 * Trinity Churchyard
 * Fort Schuyler
 * Lower East Side Tenement Museum
 * Snug Harbor Cultural Center

World Trade Center site

 * International Freedom Center
 * World Trade Center Memorial
 * Tribute in Light

Libraries



 * The Morgan Library & Museum
 * New York Public Library
 * New York Academy of Medicine Library
 * New York Society Library
 * Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
 * Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
 * Frick Art Reference Library
 * Biblioteca Instituto Cervantes
 * Shevchenko Scientific Society
 * United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
 * Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
 * Cloisters Library and Archives
 * Brooklyn Public Library
 * Queens Borough Public Library