Arts and Culture in New York City
NOTE: Cultural institutions within Manhattan are listed first. There are also wonderful places to visit in the outer boroughs- Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. We have included some of those as well.
(K) = kid-friendly places
(F) = places we know for sure offer free admission
Metropolitan Museum of Art: 5th Ave. and 82 Street
www.metmuseum.org
(K) American Museum of Natural History: Central Park West and W. 79 Street
www.amnh.org
Center for Jewish History: 15 W. 16 Street
www.cjh.org
The Jewish Museum: 1109 5th Avenue at 92 Street
www.thejewishmuseum.org
Museum of Jewish Heritage: 36 Battery Place in lower Manhattan
www.mjhnyc.org
Whitney Museum of American Art: 99 Gansevoort Street
NOTE: You may want to combine your stroll on the High Line Park with a visit to the Whitney, which is located at the southern end of the park.
www.whitney.org
Museum of Modern Art: 11 W. 53 Street (5-6 Avenues)
www.moma.org
(F) Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): 7th Ave. and W. 27 Street
www.fitnyc.edu
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden: 421 E. 61 Street
www.mvhm.org
Museum of Arts and Design: 2 Columbus Circle at Broadway
www.madmuseum.org
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: 5th Ave. at 89 Street
www.guggenheim.org
Museum of the City of New York: 5th Ave. at 103 Street
www.mcny.org
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA): 215 Centre Street in lower Manhattan
www.mocanyc.org
New-York Historical Society: Central Park West at W. 76 Street
www.nyhistory.org
(K) Hayden Planetarium: Central Park West at W. 79 Street
www.amnh.org
New Museum of Contemporary Art: 235 Bowery in lower Manhattan
www.newmuseum.org
(K) Children’s Museum of Manhattan: 212 W. 83 Street
www.cmom.org
The Cloisters: 99 Margaret Corbin Drive in Fort Tryon Park, upper Manhattan
www.metmuseum.org
Studio Museum in Harlem: 144 W. 125 Street
www.studiomuseum.org
Cooper Hewitt: Smithsonian Design Museum: 5th Ave. at 91 Street
www.cooperhewitt.org
Morgan Library and Museum: 225 Madison Avenue at E. 36 Street
www.themorgan.org
Asia Society Museum: 725 Park Avenue
www.asiasociety.org
(F) The Hispanic Society of America: 613 W. 155 Street
www.hispanicsociety.org
(F) National Museum of the American Indian in NY: 1 Bowling Green, lower Manhattan
www.nmai.si.edu
(F) The New York Public Library, Schwarzman Building: 5th Ave. at 42 Street
www.nypl.org
Rubin Museum of Art: 150 W. 17 Street
www.rubinmuseum.org
El Museo del Barrio: 1230 5 th Ave. at 104 Street
www.elmuseo.org
Frick Collection: 1 E. 70 Street at 5th Ave.
www.frick.org
American Folk Art Museum: Columbus Ave. at W. 66 Street
www.folkartmuseum.org
International Center of Photography: 1133 6th Ave. atW. 43 Street
www.icp.org
(Lower East Side) Tenement Museum: 97 Orchard Street
www.tenement.org
OUTSIDE OF MANHATTAN (OUTER BOROUGHS)
BROOKLYN
City Reliquary Museum: 370 Metropolitan Ave.
www.cityreliquary.org
The Brooklyn Museum: 200 Eastern Parkway
www.brooklynmuseum.org
(K) Brooklyn Children’s Museum: 145 Brooklyn Avenue
www.brooklynkids.org
(F) New York Transit Museum: Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street
www.web.mta.info/mta/museum
(F) The Harbor Defense Museum: 230 Sheridan Loop
www.harbordefensemuseum.com
THE BRONX
(F) Bronx Museum of the Arts: 1040 Grand Concourse
www.bronxmuseum.org
STATEN ISLAND
Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor: 1000 Richmond Terrace at the Ferry Terminal
www.statenislandmuseum.org
QUEENS
The Noguchi Museum: 9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City
www.noguchi.org (718) 204-7088
(F) Socrates Sculpture Park: 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City
www.socratessculpturepark.org (718) 956-1819
Museum of the Moving Image: 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria
www.movingimage.us/ (718) 777-6800