# List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

New York City is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known. This list contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations, based on their mission.

## Museums

Also included are non-profit art galleries, arts centers and cultural centers with galleries.
* See List of museums in New York City for a complete sortable list in alphabetical order.
* See List of museums in New York for museums in the rest of New York state.

### Encyclopedic

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | One of the world's largest, and most visited art museums; includes American art and decorative arts, European, African, Asian, Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek art, Byzantine and Islamic art, modern art |
| Brooklyn Museum | Crown Heights | Brooklyn | Art | Collections include American art, Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern art, feminist, European and art of the Pacific Islands. |
| Staten Island Museum | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Multiple | Natural history, art, history, science; located at Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Concourse Village | Bronx | Art | Focuses on contemporary and 20th-century art |
| Queens Museum | Corona | Queens | Art | Formerly Queens Museum of Art; includes a collection of Tiffany glass |

### Region and tradition
#### African and African American

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Weeksville Heritage Center | Bedford–Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | Living | Historic homes of 19th-century free African Americans in the urban North |
| Jackie Robinson Museum | Soho | Manhattan | African American | Learn about the enduring legacy of Jackie Robinson through exhibitions, dialogue and education. |
| Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts | Fort Greene | Brooklyn | Art | Art focusing on social and political issues facing the African Diaspora |
| Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Harlem | Manhattan | African American | Branch of the New York Public Library; exhibits of African American history and culture |
| Studio Museum in Harlem | Harlem | Manhattan | Art | Art of African-Americans, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century work as well as exhibits of Caribbean and African art |
| The Africa Center | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | African art and culture, building new facility on Museum Mile |
| African Burial Ground National Monument | TriBeCa | | Monument | Visitors' center and memorial to an 18th-century African-American slave burial ground |
| Lewis H. Latimer House | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | Home of African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer |
| Sandy Ground Historical Museum | South Shore | Staten Island | Local history | website |
| Louis Armstrong House | Corona | Queens | Historic House | Original home and furnishings of Jazz trumpeter and pop icon Louis Armstrong |

#### Asian and Asian American

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Asia Society | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Features historic and contemporary Asian art and decorative items |
| Asian American Arts Centre | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Cultural center with exhibition galleries |
| China Institute | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Galleries with exhibits about traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy, Chinese folk arts, textiles and architecture |
| Museum of Chinese in America | Chinatown | Manhattan | Ethnic – Chinese American | History of North America's Chinatowns and the cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants |
| Japan Society | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Cultural | Features exhibit gallery for Japanese art |
| Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art | Egbertville | Staten Island | Art | Art and artifacts of the Himalayas |
| Tibet House US | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Classical and contemporary Tibetan art |
| Rubin Museum of Art | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions |
| Nicholas Roerich Museum | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Works by Nicholas Roerich |
| Gallery Korea | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Part of the Korean Center Cultural Service; contemporary Korean art |
| Korea Society | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Cultural society with gallery of Korean art and culture |
| Pearl River Mart | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Culture | Experiential retail with cultural performances and events. Houses one of the few galleries in Lower Manhattan dedicated to showing works important to Asian American communities. |

#### Indigenous and African Caribbean in Latin America

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Americas Society | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Exhibits of historic and contemporary art from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada |
| El Museo del Barrio | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Latin American and Caribbean art, with an emphasis on works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community in New York City. |
| The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Art | Performance, visual arts, and community events that reflect the cultural diversity of the Lower East Side |

#### European Jewish and Jewish American

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| American Sephardi Federation | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic – Jewish | Exhibits about the heritage of all Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, to the Jews of North Africa and Muslim lands including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Ethiopia and Bukharian Jews |
| Amud Aish Memorial Museum | Mill Basin | Brooklyn | Jewish | website, Living memorial to victims of the Holocaust |
| Anne Frank Center USA | | | History | website, uses the diary and spirit of Anne Frank to promote tolerance and human rights |
| Bernard Museum of Judaica | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Jewish | website, located in Temple Emanu-El, Jewish art, religious ornaments and temple memorabilia |
| Center for Jewish History | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Jewish | Jewish history and culture around the world |
| Derfner Judaica Museum | Riverdale | Bronx | Jewish | Includes the art collection at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale |
| Eldridge Street Synagogue | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Jewish | American Jewish history and culture in a restored historic synagogue |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Jewish | website, part of Hebrew Union College; art exploring Jewish identity, history, culture, and experience |
| Jewish Children's Museum | Crown Heights | Brooklyn | Children's / ethnic Jewish | Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding |
| Jewish Museum (New York) | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Jewish | Modern and contemporary Jewish art and history |
| Jewish Theological Seminary | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Jewish | website, free exhibitions from the library's collections of Jewish heritage |
| Living Torah Museum | Borough Park | Brooklyn | Jewish | Ancient artifacts mentioned in the Torah, items from the Biblical period |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | Battery Park City | Manhattan | Jewish | Modern Jewish history and the Holocaust |
| Yeshiva University Museum | Chelsea | Manhattan | Jewish | Also an archaeology, history and art museum focused on Jewish subjects |

#### Western by era
##### Traditional European art

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| The Cloisters | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Art | Art and architecture of the European Middle Ages; branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Frick Collection | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Old Master paintings and Renaissance art displayed in Gilded Age mansion |
| Dahesh Museum of Art | Hudson Square | Manhattan | Art | Currently constructing new permanent home in Manhattan, European academic art of the 19th and 20th century |
| Hispanic Society of America | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Art | Art of Spain, Portugal and, to a lesser extent, Latin America from the Middle Ages through the 1920s |

##### Modern art

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Guggenheim Museum | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art |
| Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Modern art including architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film and electronic media |
| Neue Galerie | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Gallery of early-20th-century German and Austrian art and design |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | Meatpacking District | Manhattan | Art | 20th-century American art |
| Brant Foundation | East Village | Manhattan | Art | modern and contemporary art |
| Hill Art Foundation | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | modern and contemporary art; Renaissance sculpture |

#### Other Western and Native American

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Austrian Cultural Forum New York | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Culture | website, culture center with exhibition gallery |
| Instituto Cervantes New York | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Culture | website, culture center, conferences, largest Spanish library in New York, exhibition gallery |
| Czech Centre New York | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | website, exhibits of Czech artists, located in Bohemian National Hall |
| Swiss Institute | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | website, contemporary art |
| Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Cultural | Art, design, and historical exhibitions of the Nordic countries |
| Ukrainian Museum | East Village | Manhattan | Ethnic – Ukrainian-American | Ukrainian heritage in America |
| Garibaldi-Meucci Museum | Rosebank | Staten Island | Ethnic | Home of Italian politician Giuseppe Garibaldi and inventor Antonio Meucci, celebrates Italian American culture and heritage |
| American Folk Art Museum | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | American folk art |
| George Gustav Heye Center (National Museum of the American Indian) | Financial District | Manhattan | Native American | Part of the Smithsonian; Native American history, culture and art |
| Goethe-Institut, New York | Lower East Side | Manhattan | German culture | Part of the Goethe-Institut worldwide association |

### Artistic medium
#### Books, drawings, illustrations, prints

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Library | website, two galleries with free exhibitions from the collections |
| Grolier Club | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Literary | Public exhibitions from its book and literary collections |
| Drawing Center | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary and historical drawings |
| Museum of American Illustration | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | website, part of the Society of Illustrators; American illustration |
| Print Center New York | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Exhibition and understanding of fine art prints |
| The Morgan Library & Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Includes books and printed materials, prints, and drawings of European artists, material from ancient Egypt and medieval liturgical objects, ancient Near Eastern cylinder seals, music manuscripts |
| New York Public Library | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Multiple | Exhibitions at the main branch about art, history, culture, photography from its collections |

#### Photography, film, new media

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Alice Austen House | Rosebank | Staten Island | Historic house | Home of photographer Alice Austen, also features photography exhibitions |
| BRIC | Fort Greene | Brooklyn | Art | website, contemporary art |
| Eyebeam Art and Technology Center | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Art and technology exhibitions, resident artistries |
| Aperture Foundation | Chelsea | Manhattan | Photography | Photography book and magazine publisher, photography exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, education programs |
| Hall des Lumieres | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Digital art space | Digital art space in the former Emigrant Savings Bank building |
| International Center of Photography | Chelsea | Manhattan | Photography | Photography exhibits |
| Paley Center for Media | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Media | Cultural, creative and social significance of television, radio, the Internet and emerging media platforms |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria | Queens | Media | Art, history, technique and technology of film, television, digital media, video games |
| Fotografiska New York | Gramercy Park, Manhattan | Manhattan | Media | Photography: emerging and established artists |

#### Sculpture

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Noguchi Museum | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Works by sculptor Isamu Noguchi |
| SculptureCenter | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Astoria | Queens | Art | Sculpture park |
| Chaim Gross Studio Museum | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | website, operated by the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, home and studio of Chaim Gross |

#### Design, decorative arts, architecture

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Bard Graduate Center | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Annually organizes two to three exhibitions related to decorative arts, architecture and design |
| AIGA National Design Center | Flatiron District | Manhattan | Art | website, public gallery of the AIGA dedicated to presenting examples of outstanding contemporary design |
| Center for Architecture | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Exhibits of architecture, urban planning, urban design and environmental planning |
| Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Design | Part of the Smithsonian, decorative arts and design |
| Museum of Arts and Design | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Features contemporary hand-made objects in a variety of media, including clay, glass, metal, fiber and wood; located at Columbus Circle |
| Museum at FIT | Chelsea | Manhattan | Textile | Fashion museum, part of Fashion Institute of Technology |
| National Academy of Design | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Exhibits of art and architecture from its collections |
| New York School of Interior Design Gallery | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | website, free gallery with exhibits about interior design |
| Parsons The New School for Design Sheila C. Johnson Design Center | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Contains two galleries: The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery and the smaller Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries |
| Skyscraper Museum | Battery Park City | Manhattan | Architecture | Currently the only museum in the world dedicated to skyscrapers |

### Entertainment
#### Performing arts

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum | Central Brooklyn | Brooklyn | Jazz | Individuals who have made significant contributions to the music genre of jazz |
| National Jazz Museum in Harlem | Harlem | Manhattan | Music | Harlem's jazz history |
| Louis Armstrong House | Corona | Queens | Historic house | Home of musician Louis Armstrong |
| Rose Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Music | Chronicles the history Carnegie Hall from the collections of its archives |
| Enrico Caruso Museum of America | Homecrest | Brooklyn | Biographical | website, open on Sundays; the life of opera tenor Enrico Caruso |
| New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Exhibitions about the performing arts, located at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts |
| Museum of Broadway | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Broadway theatre | Museum dedicated to documenting the history and experience of Broadway theatre |

#### Amusements

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Coney Island Museum | Coney Island | Brooklyn | Amusement | History of Coney Island's amusement park |
| Madame Tussauds New York | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Wax museum | Famous figures in entertainment |
| Toy Museum of NY | Boerum Hill | Brooklyn | Toy | Traveling displays, includes children's theatre performance, classic dolls, toy soldiers, trains and trolleys, board games, electronic toys |
| National Track and Field Hall of Fame | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Sports | Operated by the Armory Foundation in conjunction with USA Track & Field |
| Mets Hall of Fame & Museum | Flushing | Queens | Sports | Located at Citi Field; the New York Mets' baseball history |

### Science

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| American Museum of Natural History | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Natural history | Includes Rose Center for Earth and Space |
| New York Botanical Garden | Fordham | Bronx | Botanical garden | Includes Mertz Library with exhibitions relating to botanical themes and the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory |
| New York Hall of Science | Flushing | Queens | Science | Topics include biology, chemistry and physics |
| National Museum of Mathematics | Rose Hill | Manhattan | Science | Interactive exhibits about mathematics |
| Wave Hill | Riverdale | Bronx | Botanical garden | Botanical garden with art gallery and interpretive visitors' center |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Prospect Heights | Brooklyn | Botanical Garden | Specialty plant collections with labels and interpretation, library, art gallery, visitors' center |

### History
#### American history, local history, historic monuments

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Ellis Island Museum | Ellis Island | Manhattan | History | Tours by boat from Battery Park in Manhattan or Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey; immigration experience and history of the immigrants |
| Federal Hall National Memorial | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | Site of first capitol of the United States and of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789 |
| Fraunces Tavern | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | Reconstruction of a tavern with a prominent role in pre-Revolution and American Revolution history |
| General Grant National Memorial | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Biographical | Mausoleum of General Ulysses Grant and his wife; displays about his life and Presidency |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | Lower East Side | Manhattan | History | Immigrants' experience |
| Museum of Public Relations | Midtown | Manhattan | Media | website, a public relations museum and reference library, part of Baruch College’s Newman Library Archives and Special Collections, open to the public by appointment for tours, guest lectures and research |
| Museum of the City of New York | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Multiple | Art and local history |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | Financial District | Manhattan | Memorial | Memorial and museum dedicated to victims of 9/11 attacks |
| New-York Historical Society | Upper West Side | Manhattan | History | History of New York and the United States |
| Statue of Liberty | Liberty Island | Manhattan | History | Accessible by boat from Battery Park in Manhattan and Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Trinity Church | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | History of the church, changing art, religious and cultural exhibits |
| Center for Brooklyn History | Brooklyn Heights | Brooklyn | Local history | History and culture of Brooklyn, formerly known as the Brooklyn Historical Society |
| City Reliquary | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | Local history | website, memorabilia and artifacts about New York City |
| Hall of Fame for Great Americans | University Heights | Bronx | Hall of fame | Part of Bronx Community College, National Landmark founded as a Pantheon honoring historically significant American men and women |
| Bayside Historical Society | Bayside | Queens | Local history | website, located in the Officer's Club in Fort Totten |
| Greater Astoria Historical Society | Astoria | Queens | Local history | |

#### Military, police, fire

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Castle Clinton | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | Fort that contains a museum which is administered by the National Park Service, and is a departure point for visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island |
| Castle Williams | Governors Island | Manhattan | Military | Tours of the 1807 fort and prison |
| FDNY Fire Zone | Midtown | Manhattan | Firefighting | website, fire safety learning center, located in Rockefeller Center |
| Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | Hell's Kitchen | Manhattan | Military | Showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, Space Shuttle Enterprise, submarine USS Growler, a Concorde supersonic airplane, helicopters and military aircraft |
| New York City Fire Museum | SoHo | Manhattan | Firefighting | Historical and modern firefighting vehicles, equipment, uniforms |
| New York City Police Museum | Financial District | Manhattan | Law enforcement | Closed in 2014, plans unclear |
| Harbor Defense Museum | Bay Ridge | Brooklyn | Military | Located in Fort Hamilton, 19th-century fort with exhibits of NY military history |
| Hall of Fame for Great Americans | University Heights | Bronx | Hall of fame | Part of Bronx Community College, National Landmark founded as a Pantheon honoring historically significant American men and women |
| Fort Totten | Bayside | Queens | Military | Tours of the Civil War-era fort |
| Fort Wadsworth | Fort Wadsworth | Staten Island | Military | Exhibits and tours of the mid-19th-century fort |

#### Transportation and maritime

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| New York Transit Museum | Brooklyn Heights | Brooklyn | Transportation | Subways, trolleys and buses |
| New York Transit Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Transportation | Subways, trolleys and buses; annex of main Brooklyn location, in Grand Central Terminal |
| City Island Nautical Museum | City Island | Bronx | Maritime | website, operated by the City Island Historical Society |
| Maritime Industry Museum | Throggs Neck | Bronx | Maritime | Located in Fort Schuyler, history of the US maritime industry including commercial shipping, the merchant marine, and the port of New York |
| Noble Maritime Collection | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Maritime | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, houseboat and artist studio |
| South Street Seaport Museum | Financial District | Manhattan | Maritime | Includes exhibition galleries, a working 19th-century print shop, an archeology museum and several historic museum ships, including the four-masted Peking |
| Waterfront Museum | Red Hook | Brooklyn | Maritime | website, historic floating barge museum in Red Hook |

#### Financial

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Museum of American Finance | unhoused | Manhattan | Industry – finance | Financial markets, money, banking, entrepreneurship and Alexander Hamilton |
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York | Financial District | Manhattan | Finance | Museum and gold vault tour |
| American Numismatic Society Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Numismatic | Exhibits of coins and medals from all periods and cultures |
| Mossman Lock Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Commodity | Bank and vault locks and cases; part of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York |

#### Historic houses

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Bartow-Pell Mansion | Pelham Bay | Bronx | Historic house | Mid-19th-century period mansion and gardens |
| Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House | Old Town | Staten Island | Historic house | 17th-century Dutch colonial house, operated by Historic Richmond Town |
| Bowne House | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | Oldest house in Queens, dates back to the mid-1600s |
| Conference House | Tottenville | Staten Island | Historic house | Only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City |
| Dyckman Farmhouse Museum | Inwood | Manhattan | Historic house | Late 18th-century farmhouse, the oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island |
| Edgar Allan Poe Cottage | Fordham | Bronx | Historic house | 1840s house where author Edgar Allan Poe lived |
| Gracie Mansion | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Historic house | Official residence of the Mayor of New York City |
| Hamilton Grange National Memorial | Hamilton Heights | Manhattan | Historic house | Relocated early 19th-century home of Alexander Hamilton |
| King Manor | Jamaica | Queens | Historic house | Early 19th-century period home of Rufus King, a signer of the United States Constitution |
| Kingsland Homestead | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | Member of the Historic House Trust, operated by the Queens Historical Society; Victorian period house, local history exhibits |
| Lefferts Historic House | Park Slope | Brooklyn | Historic house | Located in Prospect Park, 1820s period house |
| Louis Armstrong House | Corona | Queens | Historic House | Original home and furnishings of Jazz trumpeter and pop icon Louis Armstrong |
| Merchant's House Museum | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Historic house | 19th-century family town home |
| Morris-Jumel Mansion | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Historic house | 18th-century period mansion used as headquarters for both sides in the American Revolution |
| Mount Vernon Hotel Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic house | Early 19th period-century hotel |
| Seguine Mansion | South Shore | Staten Island | Historic house | Mid-19th-century mansion |
| Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site | Flatiron District | Manhattan | Historic house | Recreated brownstone where Theodore Roosevelt lived as a child |
| Valentine-Varian House | Norwood | Bronx | Historic house | Houses the Museum of Bronx History, operated by the Bronx Historical Society |
| Van Cortlandt House Museum | Riverdale | Bronx | Historic house | 18th-century period manor house |
| Vander Ende-Onderdonk House | Ridgewood | Queens | Historic house | Oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City, operated by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society |
| Voelker Orth Museum | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | Family home dating back to 1891 |
| Wyckoff House | Canarsie | Brooklyn | Historic house | Dutch saltbox frame house dating back to 1652 |
| Queens County Farm Museum | Glen Oaks | Queens | Farm | Working farm dating back to 1697 |
| Old Stone House | Park Slope | Brooklyn | Historic house | Reconstructed 1699 Dutch stone farmhouse with Revolutionary War ties, focuses on evolving histories of Brooklyn, New York and the United States |
| Historic Richmond Town | Richmondtown | Staten Island | Living | Over 30 historic buildings and sites dating from the late 17th to the early 20th century; includes the Lake-Tysen House and Voorlezer's House |

### Children's

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Bronx Children's Museum | Concourse | The Bronx | Children's | |
| Brooklyn Children's Museum | Crown Heights | Brooklyn | Children's | |
| Children's Cultural Center of Native America | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Children's | website, located in the Church of the Intercession |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Children's | |
| Girl Scout Museum | Garment District | Manhattan | Scouting | History of the Girl Scouts of the USA |
| Lefferts Historic House | Park Slope | Brooklyn | Historic house | Located in Prospect Park, 1820s period house and children's museum |
| Sugar Hill Children's Museum | Sugar Hill | Manhattan | Children's | art and art education for children |
| Staten Island Children's Museum | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Children's | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |

### Contemporary spaces
#### Contemporary museums

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Dia:Chelsea | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art |
| The Living Museum | Queens Village | Queens | Art | Part of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center; art dedicated to, and created by, individuals with a mental illness |
| Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Art | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center; contemporary art |
| New Museum | East Village | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art from around the world |
| Park Avenue Armory | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Presents art exhibitions |
| MoMA PS1 | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Contemporary art museum, part of Museum of Modern Art |

#### Contemporary galleries

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| The 8th Floor | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Specializes art and social justice |
| Anita Shapolsky Gallery | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Specializes in abstract expressionism; exhibits expressionism, geometric abstraction, and painterly abstraction |
| Art in General | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art space |
| FusionArts Museum | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art space |
| Interference Archive | Gowanus | Brooklyn | Art | Archive, library, and gallery of social movement art and ephemera |
| New York Earth Room | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Permanent exhibit of earth covered room |
| White Columns | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Alternative art gallery |
| Williamsburg Biannual | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | Art | Contemporary Art Space |

#### Neighborhood art centers

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| Bronx River Art Center | West Farms | Bronx | Art | website |
| Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning | Jamaica | Queens | Art | Cultural center with art gallery |
| Longwood Art Gallery | South Bronx | Bronx | Art | website; Located in the Hostos Community College campus, and sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts |
| RestorationArt | Bedford–Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | Art | website, cultural and performing arts center with the Skylight Gallery for visual art |
| Williamsburg Art & Historical Center | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | Art | Art exhibitions, performances and cultural events |

### Miscellaneous

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
| AKC Museum of the Dog | Park Avenue | Manhattan | History and Art | The museum features exhibits that include: Dogs in film, dogs of presidents, war dogs, dogs in exploration. The museum features one of the largest collections of dog-related art. |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Art | Exhibitions in American literature, music, and art |
| Cooper Union Galleries | East Village | Manhattan | Art | Several galleries with works by students, faculty and guest artists in art, architecture, design, photography |
| Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art | Fordham | Bronx | Art | Collection of ancient antiquities in William D. Walsh Family Library of Fordham University |
| Front Room Gallery | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art gallery |
| Godwin-Ternbach Museum | Kew Gardens Hills | Queens | Art | Part of Queens College, City University of New York; collection includes painting, sculpture and decorative arts, prints and drawings, and ethnographic arts |
| Grey Art Gallery | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | website, part of New York University |
| House of Cannabis | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | |
| Lehman College Art Gallery | Bronx | Bronx | Art | website |
| Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary and historical gay-related art |
| Mercer Labs | Tribeca | Manhattan | Art | Digital art |
| Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | website, part of Columbia University |
| Mmuseumm | TriBeCa | Manhattan | History | Curated display of artifacts housed in a freight elevator. |
| Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space | East Village | Manhattan | History | History of grassroots urban space activism |
| Museum of Sex | Rose Hill | Manhattan | Sex | History, evolution and cultural significance of human sexuality |
| Poppenhusen Institute | College Point | Queens | History | Community cultural center with historic and cultural exhibits |
| Poster House | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Posters as art |
| Queens College Art Center | Flushing | Queens | Art | website |
| Tibor de Nagy Gallery | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary painting, sculpture and photography; presents works from the gallery's rich history |
| THNK1994 | Bedford-Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | Feminist Pop Culture | website, art inspired by and impact of the 1994 attack of Nancy Kerrigan by Tonya Harding |
| United Nations Headquarters | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic building | Includes exhibits on such topics as peacekeeping operations, decolonization and disarmament, and the United Nations Art Collection |

### Defunct museums

* American Museum of Immigration, Liberty Island
* Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan
* Chelsea Art Museum, Manhattan, closed in 2011
* Children's Museum of the Arts, closed in 2022 and declared bankruptcy in 2024.
* Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan
* Choco-Story New York, 2017-2019
* Discovery Times Square Exposition, closed in 2016
* Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, closed in 2017
* Forbes Galleries, closed in 2014
* Ground Zero Museum Workshop, history of the September 11 attacks and the workers at the World Trade Center site. Status unknown after 2014
* Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan
* Kurdish Library and Museum, Brooklyn, collections now owned by Binghamton University
* Met Breuer, building turned over to the Frick for temporary use.
* MICRO Museum, Brooklyn, closed exhibit space
* Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, closed in 2016
* Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, website
* Museum of Biblical Art, closed in 2015
* Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, closed in 2012, collections now part of the Society of Illustrators
* Museum of Primitive Art, closed in 1976, collections now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
* National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010
* New York Jazz Museum, Manhattan
* New York Tattoo Museum
* Onassis Cultural Center
* Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Manhattan, closed in 2021.
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in Soho in 2008, closed in 2010
* Sony Wonder Technology Lab, closed in 2016
* Sports Museum of America, Manhattan, opened in 2008, closed in 2009
* 9/11 Tribute Museum, Manhattan, opened in 2006. Closed its physical location in 2022.

### Proposed museums

* Climate Museum
* Museum of Food and Drink
* Museum of the Street

## Zoos and gardens

* Bronx Zoo
* Brooklyn Botanic Garden
* Central Park Zoo
* Community gardens in New York City
* Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
* New York Aquarium
* New York Botanical Garden
* Prospect Park Zoo
* Queens Botanical Garden
* Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden (formerly the British Garden)
* Queens Zoo
* Queens County Farm Museum
* Staten Island Botanical Garden
** The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden
* Staten Island Zoo
* Wave Hill

## Performing arts
### Lincoln Center

* Alice Tully Hall
* David Geffen Hall, formerly known as Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic
* David H. Koch Theater, formerly known as the New York State Theater, home to New York City Ballet
* Film Society of Lincoln Center
* Jazz at Lincoln Center
* The Juilliard School
* Metropolitan Opera
* New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
* Vivian Beaumont Theater

### Music

* Bargemusic
* Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra
* Carnegie Hall
* City Parks Foundation
* Kaufman Music Center
* Manhattan School of Music
* Mannes College of Music
* New York City Opera
* The New York Pops
* Symphony Space

### Theaters

* 92nd Street Y
* Apollo Theater
* The Billie Holiday Theatre
* Brooklyn Academy of Music
* Bowery Ballroom
* Film Forum
* Hammerstein Ballroom
* La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
* New York City Center
* The Public Theater
* Radio City Music Hall
* Roundabout Theatre Company
* Samuel J. Friedman Theatre - formerly the Biltmore Theatre
* Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
* Snug Harbor Cultural Center
* The Town Hall
* Williamsburg Art & Historical Center

## Historically significant sites
### Historic House Trust

Most of the following are Registered Historic Places covered in the county lists.
* Alice Austen House Museum
* Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
* The Conference House
* Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
* Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
* Gracie Mansion
* Hendrick I. Lott House
* Historic Richmond Town
* King Manor Museum
* Kingsland Homestead, with "weeping beech tree"
* Lefferts Historic House
* Lewis H. Latimer House
* The Little Red Lighthouse
* Merchant's House Museum
* Morris-Jumel Mansion
* The Old Stone House
* Queens County Farm Museum
* Seguine Mansion
* Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
* Valentine-Varian House
* Van Cortlandt House Museum
* The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum

### National Parks of New York Harbor

Despite its name, National Parks of New York Harbor does not oversee any national parks proper.
* African Burial Ground National Monument
* Castle Clinton National Monument
* Federal Hall National Memorial
* Fort Wadsworth
* General Grant National Memorial
* Governors Island/Governors Island National Monument
* Hamilton Grange National Memorial
* Statue of Liberty National Monument (including Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty)
* Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

### World Trade Center site

* International Freedom Center
* National September 11 Memorial & Museum
* Tribute in Light

### Other historic sites

* Brooklyn Navy Yard, building 92
* Fort Schuyler
* Lower East Side Tenement Museum
* Irish Hunger Memorial
* Trinity Churchyard
* Weeksville Heritage Center

## Libraries

* Biblioteca Instituto Cervantes
* Brooklyn Public Library
** Central Library
** List of Brooklyn Public Library branches
* Columbia University Libraries
** Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
** Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
** Butler Library
** C.V. Starr East Asian Library
** Gottesman Libraries
** Rare Book & Manuscript Library
* Cloisters Library and Archives
* Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
* Dag Hammarskjöld Library
* Elmer Holmes Bobst Library at New York University
* Frick Art Reference Library
* The Morgan Library & Museum
* New York Public Library
** Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
** Bronx Library Center
** New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
** New York Public Library Main Branch
** Science, Industry and Business Library
** Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
** List of New York Public Library branches
* New York Academy of Medicine Library
* New York Society Library
* Poets House
* Queens Public Library
** List of Queens Public Library branches
* Shevchenko Scientific Society