Museums in New York City

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   Metropolitan Museum of Art

   6,953,927 visitors a year

   Nestled in the heart of New York City, the Metropolitan Museum of Art stands as one of the world's most comprehensive and inspiring artistic treasures. Known affectionately as "The Met," this iconic...

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   Museum of Modern Art

   2,800,000 visitors a year

   Van Gogh's The Starry Night, Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Dalí's The Persistence of Memory hang within a few galleries of one another at the Museum of Modern Art, widely known as MoMA....

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   Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

   1,100,000 visitors a year

   Frank Lloyd Wright's spiralling white building on Fifth Avenue is as much the draw as anything shown inside it. Opened in 1959, the year of Wright's death, it wraps a continuous ramp around a tall,...

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   Whitney Museum of American Art

   492,500 visitors a year

   Nestled in the vibrant Meatpacking District of New York City, the Whitney Museum of American Art is a haven for art lovers and cultural explorers alike. Renowned for its impressive collection of 20th...

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   Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

   265,000 visitors a year

   Nestled in the heart of New York City, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum invites visitors to immerse themselves in the world of design. Housed in the historic Andrew Carnegie mansion, this...

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   American Museum of Natural History

   Step into the American Museum of Natural History, a treasure trove of discovery nestled in the heart of New York City. This iconic institution invites you to explore the wonders of our planet and...

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   Brooklyn Museum

   Nestled in the heart of Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Museum is a vibrant cultural hub that invites visitors to explore the richness of art and history. With its stunning Beaux-Arts architecture and...

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   9/11 Tribute Museum

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   American Folk Art Museum

   Website of American Folk Art Museum

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    Anthology Film Archives

    Website of Anthology Film Archives

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    Barnum's American Museum

    Website of Barnum's American Museum

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    Bellwether Gallery

    Website of Bellwether Gallery

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    Bernard Museum of Judaica

    Website of Bernard Museum of Judaica

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    Bronx Museum of the Arts

    Website of Bronx Museum of the Arts

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    Bronx Zoo

    Website of Bronx Zoo

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    Brooklyn Children's Museum

    Website of Brooklyn Children's Museum

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    Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives

    Website of Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives

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    Center for Brooklyn History

    Website of Center for Brooklyn History

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    Center for Italian Modern Art

    Website of Center for Italian Modern Art

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    Central Park Zoo

    Website of Central Park Zoo

21. Children's Museum of Manhattan
22. Children's Museum of the Arts
23. Choco-Story New York
24. Climate Museum
25. Coney Island USA
26. Dahesh Museum of Art
27. Deitch Projects
28. Drawing Center
29. Dyckman House
30. Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
31. El Museo del Barrio
32. Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
33. Eyebeam Art and Technology Center
34. Fisher Landau Center
35. Frick Madison
36. Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
37. Girl Scout Museum and Archives
38. Grey Art Gallery
39. Guggenheim Museum SoHo
40. Harbor Defense Museum
41. Hispanic Society of America
42. Historic Richmond Town
43. Houdini Museum of New York
44. House of Cannabis
45. International Center of Photography
46. International Print Center New York
47. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
48. Jackie Robinson Museum
49. Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
50. Jewish Children's Museum
51. Jewish Museum
52. Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
53. Lefferts Historic House
54. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
55. Living Torah Museum
56. Louis Armstrong House
57. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
58. Madame Tussauds New York
59. Makeup Museum
60. Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
61. Merchant's House Museum
62. Microscope Gallery
63. Mishkin Gallery
64. Morbid Anatomy Museum
65. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum
66. Museum of American Finance
67. Museum of Arts and Design
68. Museum of Biblical Art
69. Museum of Broadway
70. Museum of Chinese in America
71. Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
72. Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
73. Museum of Food and Drink
74. Museum of Jewish Heritage
75. Museum of Motherhood
76. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
77. Museum of Russian Art
78. Museum of Sex
79. Museum of the City of New York
80. Museum of the Dog
81. Museum of the Moving Image
82. National Academy of Design
83. National Jazz Museum in Harlem
84. National Museum of Mathematics
85. National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center
86. National September 11 Memorial & Museum
87. Neue Galerie
88. New Museum
89. New York City Fire Museum
90. New York City Police Museum
91. New York Tattoo Museum
92. New York Transit Museum
93. Nicholas Roerich Museum
94. Noguchi Museum
95. Old Stone House
96. Poster House
97. Prospect Park Zoo
98. Queens Museum
99. Queens Zoo
100. Ride of Fame
101. Rivington Arms
102. Rubin Museum of Art
103. SculptureCenter
104. Skyscraper Museum
105. Society of Illustrators
106. Socrates Sculpture Park
107. Spyscape
108. Staten Island Children's Museum
109. Staten Island Museum
110. Staten Island Zoo
111. Statue of Liberty Museum
112. Studio Museum in Harlem
113. Stux Gallery
114. Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling
115. Swiss Institute
116. Terrain Gallery
117. The Africa Center
118. The City Reliquary
119. The Cloisters
120. The Frick Collection
121. The Met Breuer
122. The Morgan Library & Museum
123. The New York Historical
124. The Paley Center for Media
125. The Shed
126. Ukrainian Museum
127. Universal Hip Hop Museum
128. Wallach Art Gallery
129. Weeksville Heritage Center
130. Yeshiva University Museum

Map of museums in New York City

Museums in New York City: questions

How many museums are there in New York City?

Mooseum lists 130 museums in New York City.

What are the most visited museums in New York City?

By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: Metropolitan Museum of Art (6,953,927), Museum of Modern Art (2,800,000) and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1,100,000).

• Jersey City5 museums · 6 km away
• New Haven7 museums · 112 km away
• Allentown5 museums · 126 km away
• Philadelphia43 museums · 130 km away
• Hartford6 museums · 161 km away
• Newport5 museums · 242 km away

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