Brooklyn Museum of Art

One of the largest museums in the country, the Brooklyn Museum boasts some 1.5 million pieces of artwork. The first-floor features "Infinite Blue," a special collection that presents blue in all its varieties with works from ancient times to the present day. After meandering through, visit the second floor for a peek at Asian art before continuing upward to one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the world. The fourth and fifth floors display American decorative arts and a melange of American paintings and sculpture, with related items from the Spanish Colonial and Native American holdings. Besides the unparalleled exhibits, visitors may see live music performances, view film screenings, or take in literary readings.