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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
American Museum of Natural History
Address: W 79th St at Central Park W, New York, NY 10024-5102
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One of the world's largest natural history museums with over 36 million specimens and exhibits, the American Museum of Natural History educates and entertains visitors, keeping them busy for quite some time. Forty-two separate exhibit halls display a variety of interactive and hands-on collections, including dinosaurs...
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Address: 108 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002-3106
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The historic gateway to America, Manhattan's Lower East Side is home to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. In the 19th century, millions of European immigrants poured into New York Harbor. A tour of the Tenement at 97 Orchard Street illustrates the way of life for many of these new arrivals. All tours begin at 90...
Address: 1000 Fifth Ave, at 82nd St, New York, NY 10028-0198
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The Met is a coalition of internationally renowned museums housing more than 2 million works of art. The Museum displays international work by artists from all styles, genres, and time periods. The Cloisters, housed in a separate building in northern Manhattan, displays the museum's incomparable medieval art...
Address: 11 W 53rd St, between 5th and 6th Aves, New York, NY 10019-5498
Located in the heart of downtown New York City, MoMA houses many works representing a variety of media and genres. The museum opened in 1929 and has weathered numerous changes throughout its history, including major renovations completed in 2004. Museum exhibits include works by Matisse, Picasso and Van Gogh, to name...
Museum of the City of New York
Address: 1220 5th Ave, at 103rd St, New York, NY 10029-5221
The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) was established in 1923 with the mission to collect, preserve and present pieces related to the original culture and history of New York City. This museum houses such varied media as paintings, costumes, prints, photographs and sculptures depicting the history of the great...
Address: 1071 5th Ave, at 89th St, New York, NY 10128-0112
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The building is impressive by itself. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1959, the Guggenheim was restored in 1990-1992. The exhibition space was renamed the Thannhauser Building. The galleries feature work by such greats as Picasso, Kandinsky and Klee. Some of the oldest pieces represent the height of...
Address: Margaret Corbin Dr, Fort Tryon Park, New York, NY 10040-7503
Home of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's awesome medieval collection, this North Manhattan museum resembles an old world monastery. Four reconstructed cloisters make up the complex, and each contains sculptures, fountains and artwork donated by the Rockefeller families and others. A tour highlight includes the...
Address: 1 East 70th St, between Madison & 5th Aves, New York, NY 10021-4967
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Opened in 1935, the Frick was once a private mansion and now houses numerous works. Pieces from such greats as Rembrandt, Whistler, Vermeer and El Greco are on permanent display. There are also special exhibitions, so call for a calendar of showings. While here, take a break in the indoor garden court and enjoy a...
Address: 25 W 52nd St, between 5th And 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019-6104
Founded by William S. Paley, this museum aims to preserve defining examples of the two mediums. More than 140,000 television and radio programs and advertisements are catalogued, all of which you can easily access with a library reservation made at the front desk. A daily schedule of programming is complemented by...
Whitney Museum of American Art
Address: 945 Madison Ave, at 75th St, New York, NY 10021-2790
Founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1931, the Whitney is one of the most well known contemporary art museums in the country. American art from 1900 to the present is exhibited, highlighted by works from such notable artists as Edward Hopper, Alexander Calder, Georgia O'Keeffe, Louise Nevelson, Mark Rothko,...
