NYC Museums

Visit a Museum in NYC

Most Popular NYC Museums:

These are the most popular NYC museums and they are often have the highest entrance fees, making it hard to decide between them.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Natural History

The Met

The Guggenheim

MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)

The Cloisters

Medium Popularity Museums in NYC:

These NYC museums are listed as less popular, but still quite compelling and are worth a visit.

American Museum of Natural History

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum

The Brooklyn Museum of Art

Dia Center for the Arts

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

El Museo del Barrio

The Museum of the City of New York

New York City Fire Museum

New-York Historical Society

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center

Pierpont Morgan Library

Queens Museum of Art

Seaman’s Church Institute

Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences

Least Popular NYC Museums

These NYC museums have seen better days and are not popular at all. Unless someone has a specific interest in the subject matter, they are best avoided.

American Numismatic Society

Artists Space

Carnegie Hall/Rose Museum

Dahesh Museum

The Drawing Center

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

Goethe House German Cultural Center

Guggenheim Museum Soho

The Hispanic Society of America

The Municipal Art Society

Museum of American Folk Art

National Museum of the American Indian

New York City Police Museum

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Taipei Gallery

Whitney Museum at Philip Morris

Museum Mile in NYC

Every major city around the world has a Museum Mile and NYC is no exception. Museum Mile is stretch along 5th Avenue between 58th Street and 89th Street which has many Museums and other fine arts institutions.The following NYC museums are located on Museum Mile:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design

Jewish Museum

International Center of Photography

Museum of the City of New York

El Museo del Barrio

Goethe House

National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts