List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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 organzations, based on their mission.

[edit] Museums

[edit] Art

• American Museum of the Moving Image
• American Folk Art Museum
• Asia Society
• Bronx Museum of the Arts
• The Dahesh Museum
• The Drawing Center
• Fisher Landau Center
• Forbes Galleries
• Frick Collection
• International Center of Photography
• Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
• Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
• Metropolitan Museum of Art – commonly called "The Met"
  • The Cloisters – medieval art collection
• Municipal Art Society (includes the Urban Center Gallery)
• Museum for African Art
• Museum of Biblical Art
• Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – commonly called "MoCCA"
• Museum of Modern Art – MoMA
• Museum of Television and Radio
• Neue Galerie
• New Museum of Contemporary Art
• Noguchi Museum (aka The Isamu Noguchi 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
• Whitney Museum of American Art

[edit] Culture or History

• American Numismatic Society Museum
• Brooklyn Historical Society
• Brooklyn Museum
• Coney Island Museum
• The Hispanic Society of America
• Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
• Jewish Museum (New York)
• Merchants House Museum
• Museo del Barrio, El
• Museum of the City of New York
• Museum of Chinese in the Americas
• Museum of Jewish Heritage
• Museum of Sex
• National Museum of the American Indian (New York branch)
• National Museum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History
• New York City Fire Museum
• New York City Police Museum
• New York Historical Society
• New York Transit Museum
• Queens County Farm Museum
• Skyscraper Museum
• Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
• Yeshiva University Museum

[edit] Design

• Center for Architecture
• Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• National Academy of Design
• Parsons The New School for Design

[edit] Natural History

• American Museum of Natural History
  • Hayden Planetarium (the Rose Center for Earth and Space)
• Bronx Zoo
• Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
• New York Botanical Garden
• New York Hall of Science
• Queens Botanical Garden
• Staten Island Zoo
• Wave Hill

[edit] Children's Museums

• Brooklyn Children's Museum
• Children's Museum of the Arts
• Children's Museum of Manhattan
• Jewish Children's Museum
• Staten Island Children's Museum

[edit] Performing Arts

[edit] Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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

[edit] Music

• Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Manhattan School of Music
• Juilliard School
• Boys Choir of Harlem
• Mannes College of Music
• The New York Collegium

[edit] Theaters

• Apollo Theater
• Biltmore Theatre
• Bowery Ballroom
• Carnegie Hall
• Hammerstein Ballroom
• La MaMa Experimental Theater Club
• New York City Center
• The Public Theater
• Radio City Music Hall
• Royal WAH Theater
• Snug Harbor Cultural Center
• The Town Hall

[edit] Sites of Historical Significance

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• African Burial Ground
• Bartow-Pell Mansion
• Ellis Island
• Federal Hall
• Fort Schuyler
• Governors Island
• Gracie Mansion
• Grant's Tomb
• Historic Richmond Town
• Irish Hunger Memorial
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum
• Snug Harbor Cultural Center
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
• Weeksville Heritage Center

[edit] World Trade Center Site

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

[edit] Libraries

• Morgan Library
• New York Public Library
• New York Academy of Medicine Library
• New York Society Library
• Arthur Schomberg 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 Public Library

[edit] See also

• List of museums in the United States