# List of museums in New York City

This is a list of museums in New York City, which is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known. Also included are non-profit art galleries, arts centers, and cultural centers with galleries.
* See also List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City for museums and other visitor attractions including zoos and gardens, performing arts organizations, libraries, and historically-significant sites.
* See also List of museums in New York (state) for museums in the rest of New York state.

## Museums

| Name | Neighborhood | Borough | Type | Focus | Summary |
| African Burial Ground National Monument | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | African and African-American | Visitor center and memorial to an 18th-century African-American slave burial ground |
| A.I.R. Gallery | Dumbo | Brooklyn | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art by female artists |
| AKC Museum of the Dog | Midtown | Manhattan | | | |
| Alice Austen House | Rosebank | Staten Island | Historic house | Photography, film, new media | Home of photographer Alice Austen, also features photography exhibitions |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Exhibitions of its members in American literature, music, and art, also recreated studio of composer Charles Ives |
| American Folk Art Museum | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Folk art | American folk art |
| American Museum of Natural History | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Natural history | Nature, Paleontology, Zoology, Anthropology, and Natural Science | The world's largest natural history museum. Includes Rose Center for Earth and Space |
| American Numismatic Society Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Numismatic | Financial | Exhibits of coins and medals from all periods and cultures |
| Americas Society | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Hispanic, Latino, and Caribbean | Exhibits of historic and contemporary art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada |
| Aperture Foundation | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Media | Photography, film, new media | Exhibitions dedicated to contemporary and classic photography |
| Artists Space | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Non-profit contemporary art gallery |
| Asia Society | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Features historic and contemporary Asian art and decorative items |
| Austrian Cultural Forum New York | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Culture | Contemporary art | Culture center with art exhibition gallery |
| Bard Graduate Center | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Annually organizes two to three exhibitions related to decorative arts, architecture, and design |
| Bartow-Pell Mansion | Pelham Bay | Bronx | Historic house | | Mid-19th-century period mansion and gardens |
| Bayside Historical Society | Bayside | Queens | History | Local history | Located in the Officer's Club in Fort Totten |
| Bernard Museum of Judaica | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Located in Temple Emanu-El, Jewish art, religious ornaments, and Temple memorabilia |
| Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House | Old Town | Staten Island | Historic house | | 17th-century Dutch colonial house, operated by Historic Richmond Town |
| Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 | Brooklyn Navy Yard | Brooklyn | Multiple | American and NY history | website, history of the former Navy yard, tours, plans for its future, exhibits of local art, photography, history |
| Bowne House | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | | Oldest house in Queens, dates back to the mid-1600s |
| BRIC House | | Brooklyn | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art and new media |
| Bronx Children's Museum | Concourse, Bronx | Bronx | Children's | | |
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Concourse, Bronx | Bronx | Art | Encyclopedic | Focuses on contemporary and 20th-century art |
| Bronx River Art Center | West Farms | Bronx | Art | Neighborhood art center | website |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Park Slope | Brooklyn | Botanic garden | Nature | Includes a bonsai museum and art gallery in the conservatory |
| Brooklyn Children's Museum | Crown Heights | Brooklyn | Children's | | |
| Brooklyn Museum | Crown Heights | Brooklyn | Art | Encyclopedic | Collections include American art, Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern art, feminist, European, and art of the Pacific Islands |
| Castle Clinton National Monument | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | Fort that contains a museum that is administered by the National Park Service, and is a departure point for visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island |
| Center for Architecture | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Exhibits of architecture, urban planning, urban design, and environmental planning |
| Center for Art and Culture of Bedford-Stuyvesant | Bedford–Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | Art | Neighborhood art center | website, cultural and performing arts center with the Skylight Gallery for visual art |
| Center for Brooklyn History | Brooklyn Heights | Brooklyn | History | American and NY history | History and culture of Brooklyn |
| Center for Jewish History | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Jewish history and culture around the world |
| Chaim Gross Studio Museum | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Sculpture | Operated by the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, home and studio of sculptor Chaim Gross |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Children's | | |
| China Institute | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Galleries with exhibits about traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy, Chinese folk arts, textiles, and architecture |
| City Island Nautical Museum | City Island | Bronx | History | American and NY history | Operated by the City Island Historical Society, local history, maritime heritage |
| City Reliquary | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | History | Local history | Memorabilia and artifacts about New York City |
| Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Culture | Hispanic, Latino and Caribbean | Cultivates Latino culture and acts as a hub for visual and performing arts on the Lower East Side |
| The Cloisters | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Art | European | Art and architecture of the European Middle Ages, branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Library | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Two galleries with free exhibitions from the collections |
| Coney Island Museum | Coney Island | Brooklyn | Amusement | Amusements | History of Coney Island's amusement park, beach, and neighborhood |
| Conference House | Tottenville | Staten Island | Historic house | | Only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City |
| Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Design | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Part of the Smithsonian, decorative arts and design |
| Cooper Union Galleries | East Village | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Several galleries with works by students, faculty and guest artists in art, architecture, design, photography |
| Czech Centre New York | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Culture | Contemporary art | website, exhibits of Czech artists, located in Bohemian National Hall |
| Derfner Judaica Museum | Riverdale | Bronx | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Includes the Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale |
| Dia:Chelsea | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | One of the twelve locations and sites the Dia Art Foundation manages. | |
| Drawing Center | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Contemporary and historical drawings |
| 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 |
| El Museo del Barrio | East Harlem | Manhattan | Art | Hispanic, Latino, and Caribbean | Latin American and Caribbean art, with an emphasis on works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community in New York City |
| Ellis Island Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | American and NY 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 | American and NY history | Site of first capitol of the United States of America and of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789 |
| FDNY Fire Zone | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Firefighting | | website, fire safety learning center operated by the FDNY, located in Rockefeller Center |
| Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art | Fordham | Bronx | Art | Antiquities | Collection of ancient antiquities in William D. Walsh Family Library of Fordham University |
| 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 |
| Fraunces Tavern | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | Reconstruction of a tavern with a prominent role in pre-Revolution and American Revolution history |
| Frick Collection | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | European | Mansion with collection of old master paintings and fine furniture |
| Gallery Korea | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Part of the Korean Cultural Service, contemporary Korean art |
| Garibaldi-Meucci Museum | Rosebank | Staten Island | Ethnic | European | Home of Italian politician Giuseppe Garibaldi and inventor Antonio Meucci, celebrates Italian American culture and heritage |
| George Gustav Heye Center | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Native American | | Part of the Smithsonian, Native American history, culture, and art |
| General Grant National Memorial | Upper West Side | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | Mausoleum of General Ulysses Grant and his wife, displays about his life and Presidency |
| Godwin-Ternbach Museum | Kew Gardens Hills | Queens | Art | Encyclopedic | Part of Queens College, City University of New York, collection includes painting, sculpture and decorative arts, prints and drawings, and ethnographic arts from all periods and cultures, Western and non-Western |
| Governors Island National Monument | Governors Island | Manhattan | Military | | Includes tours of Castle Williams, an 1807 fort and prison, and Fort Jay, a coastal star fort; open seasonally |
| Gracie Mansion | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Historic house | | Official residence of the Mayor of New York City |
| Greater Astoria Historical Society | Astoria | Queens | History | American and NY history | Local history |
| Green-Wood Cemetery | Greenwood Heights | Brooklyn | History | American and NY history | Exhibits of history related to people buried in the historic cemetery, themed tours |
| Grey Art Gallery | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | | Part of New York University, emphasizes art's historical, cultural, and social context |
| Grolier Club | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Literary | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Public exhibitions from its book and literary collections |
| Ground Zero Museum Workshop | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | website, history of the September 11 attacks and the workers at the World Trade Center site |
| Guggenheim Museum | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Modern art | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art |
| Hall of Fame for Great Americans | University Heights | Bronx | Hall of fame | American and NY history | Part of Bronx Community College, National Landmark founded as a pantheon honoring historically significant American men and women |
| Hamilton Grange National Memorial | Hamilton Heights | Manhattan | Historic house | | Relocated early 19th-century home of Alexander Hamilton |
| Harbor Defense Museum | Bay Ridge | Brooklyn | Military | | Located in Fort Hamilton, 19th-century fort with exhibits of NY military history |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | website, part of Hebrew Union College, art exploring Jewish identity, history, culture, and experience |
| Hispanic Society of America | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Art | Hispanic, Latino and Caribbean | Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American art and artifacts |
| Historic Richmond Town | Richmondtown | Staten Island | Living | American and NY history | 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 |
| Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture | Mott Haven | Bronx | Art | Art center | The Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos presents a seasonal showcase of different Latin American artists |
| International Center of Photography | Chelsea | Manhattan | Photography | Photography, film, new media | Photography exhibits - moving to Lower Manhattan in 2016 |
| Print Center New York | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Exhibition and understanding of fine art prints |
| 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 |
| Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art | Egbertville | Staten Island | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Art and artifacts of the Himalayas |
| Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning | Jamaica | Queens | Art | Neighborhood art center | Cultural center with art gallery |
| Japan Society | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Cultural | Asian and Asian-American | Features exhibit gallery for Japanese art |
| Jewish Children's Museum | Crown Heights | Brooklyn | Children's | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding |
| Jewish Museum | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Modern and contemporary Jewish art, history |
| Jewish Theological Seminary Library Galleries | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Ethnic -Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | website, free exhibitions from the library's collections of Jewish heritage |
| John J. Harvey | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Maritime | Transportation | Fireboat under restoration, offers occasional public tours and rides |
| 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 |
| Korea Society | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Cultural society with gallery of Korean art and culture |
| Lefferts Historic House | Park Slope | Brooklyn | Historic house | | Located in Prospect Park, 1820s period house |
| Lehman College Art Gallery | Jerome Park | Bronx | Art | Contemporary art | website, part of Lehman College |
| Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | | Contemporary and historical gay-related art |
| Lewis H. Latimer House | Flushing | Queens | Historic house | African and African-American | Home of African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer |
| The Living Museum | Queens Village | Queens | Art | Contemporary art | Part of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, art dedicated to, and created by individuals with a mental illness |
| Living Torah Museum | Borough Park | Brooklyn | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Ancient artifacts mentioned in the Torah, items from the Biblical period |
| Louis Armstrong House | Corona | Queens | Historic house | Performing arts | Home of musician Louis Armstrong |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic house | American and NY history | Immigrant experience |
| Madame Tussauds New York | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Wax museum | Amusements | Famous figures in entertainment |
| Maritime Industry Museum | Throggs Neck | Bronx | Maritime | Transportation | Located in Fort Schuyler, history of the US maritime industry including commercial shipping, the merchant marine, and the port of New York |
| Merchant's House Museum | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Historic house | | 19th-century family town home |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Encyclopedic | 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 |
| Mets Hall of Fame & Museum | Flushing | Queens | Sports | Amusements | Located at Citi Field, New York Mets baseball history |
| Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | website, part of Columbia University |
| Mmuseumm | TriBeCa | Manhattan | Design | Contemporary Archaeology | Contemporary vernacular design from around the world |
| MoCADA: Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts | Fort Greene | Brooklyn | Art | African and African-American | Art focusing on social and political issues facing the African Diaspora |
| MoMA PS1 | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art museum, part of Museum of Modern Art |
| The Morgan Library & Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | 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 |
| Morris-Jumel Mansion | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Historic house | | 18th-century period mansion used as headquarters for both sides in the American Revolution |
| Mossman Lock Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Commodity | Financial | Bank and vault locks and cases, part of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York |
| Mount Vernon Hotel Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic house | | Early 19th period-century hotel |
| Museum at Eldridge Street | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic - American Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | American Jewish history and culture in a restored historic synagogue |
| Museum at FIT | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Textile | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Fashion museum, part of Fashion Institute of Technology |
| Museum of American Finance | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Industry - Finance | Financial | Financial markets, money, banking, entrepreneurship, and Alexander Hamilton |
| Museum of American Illustration | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Part of the Society of Illustrators, American illustration |
| Museum of Arts and Design | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Features contemporary hand-made objects in a variety of media, including clay, glass, metal, fiber, and wood, located at Columbus Circle |
| Museum of Chinese in America | Chinatown | Manhattan | Ethnic - Chinese American | Asian and Asian-American | History of North America's Chinatowns and the cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Modern Jewish history and the Holocaust |
| Museum of Mathematics | Rose Hill | Manhattan | Science | | Interactive exhibits about mathematics |
| Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Modern art | Modern art including architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media |
| Museum of Public Relations | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Media | History of public relations | 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 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 |
| Museum of the City of New York | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Multiple | | Art and local history |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria | Queens | Media | film, video, digital media | Exhibitions and programs dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, digital media, video games, the internet, and more. |
| National Academy Museum and School | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Exhibits of art and architecture from its collections |
| National Lighthouse Museum | St. George | Staten Island | Maritime | Transportation | Dedicated to the history of lighthouses and their keepers |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | Memorial and museum dedicated to victims of 9/11 attacks |
| National Jazz Museum in Harlem | Harlem | Manhattan | Music | Performing arts | Harlem's jazz history |
| National Track and Field Hall of Fame | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Sports | Amusements | Operated by The Armory Foundation in conjunction with USA Track & Field |
| New Africa Center | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | African and African-American | African art and culture, not open yet, building new facility on Museum Mile, formerly known as Museum for African Art |
| Neue Galerie | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | Modern art | Gallery of early-20th-century German and Austrian art and design |
| Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Art | Contemporary art | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, contemporary art |
| New Museum | East Village | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art from around the world |
| New York Botanical Garden | Fordham | Bronx | Botanical garden | Nature | Includes Mertz Library with exhibitions relating to botanical themes and the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory |
| New York Earth Room | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Permanent exhibit of earth covered room |
| New York Hall of Science | Flushing | Queens | Science | | Topics include biology, chemistry and physics |
| New-York Historical Society | Upper West Side | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | History of New York and the United States |
| New York City Fire Museum | SoHo | Manhattan | Firefighting | | Historical and modern firefighting vehicles, equipment, uniforms |
| New York Public Library Main Branch | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Multiple | Books, drawings, illustrations, prints | Exhibitions about art, history, culture, photography from its collections |
| New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Performing arts | Exhibitions about the performing arts, located at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts |
| New York School of Interior Design Gallery | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | website, free gallery with exhibits about interior design |
| New York Transit Museum | Brooklyn Heights | Brooklyn | Transportation | Transportation | Subways, trolleys, and buses |
| New York Transit Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Transportation | Transportation | Subway and train system of NY, located in Grand Central Terminal |
| New York Yankees Museum | | Bronx | Sports | Amusements | Located in Yankee Stadium, history and memorabilia of the New York Yankees |
| Nicholas Roerich Museum | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Works by Nicholas Roerich |
| Noble Maritime Collection | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Maritime | Transportation | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, houseboat and artist studio |
| Noguchi Museum | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Sculpture | Works by sculptor Isamu Noguchi |
| 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 |
| Paley Center for Media | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Media | television, radio, new media | Cultural, creative and social significance of television, radio, the Internet, and emerging media platforms |
| Park Avenue Armory | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Presents art exhibitions |
| Parsons The New School for Design Gallery | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Exhibits of art and design in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center |
| Peter Fingesten Gallery | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | website, operated by Pace University at 1 Pace Plaza |
| Poster House | Chelsea | Manhattan | Art | Posters | website, first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters |
| Queens College Art Center | Flushing | Queens | Art | Neighborhood art center | website, part of Queens College |
| Queens County Farm Museum | Glen Oaks | Queens | Farm | | Working farm dating back to 1697 |
| Queens Museum | Flushing | Queens | Art | Contemporary Art | Focus on social practice, artist in residence programs, and education. Includes a collection of Tiffany glass and the Panorama of the City of New York. |
| Rose Museum | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Music | Performing arts | Chronicles the history Carnegie Hall from the collections of its archives |
| Rubin Museum of Art | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions |
| Salmagundi Museum of American Art | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | American representational art | website American representational art from 1840s to today run by the Salmagundi Club |
| Sandy Ground Historical Museum | South Shore | Staten Island | Local history | African and African-American | Operated by the Sandy Ground Historical Society, community and Staten Island's African-American culture and history |
| Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America | Midtown Manhattan | Manhattan | Cultural | European | Art, design, and historical exhibitions of the Nordic countries |
| Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Harlem | Manhattan | African American | African and African-American | Branch of the New York Public Library, exhibits of African American history, culture |
| SculptureCenter | Long Island City | Queens | Art | Sculpture | Dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture |
| Seguine Mansion | South Shore | Staten Island | Historic house | | Mid-19th-century mansion |
| Skyscraper Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Architecture | Design, decorative arts, architecture | Currently the only museum in the world dedicated to skyscrapers |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Astoria | Queens | Art | Sculpture | Outdoor museum and public park where artists can create and exhibit sculptures and multi-media installations |
| South Street Seaport Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Maritime | Transportation | Includes exhibition galleries, a working 19th-century print shop, an archeology museum and several historic museum ships including the four-masted Peking |
| Staten Island Children's Museum | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Children's | | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
| Staten Island Museum | West New Brighton | Staten Island | Multiple | Encyclopedic | Natural history, art, history, science, part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
| Statue of Liberty | Liberty Island | Manhattan | History | American and NY history | Accessible by boat from Battery Park in Manhattan and Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Studio Museum in Harlem | Harlem | Manhattan | Art | African and African-American | Art of African-Americans, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century work as well as exhibits of Caribbean and African art |
| Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling | Harlem | Manhattan | Children's |
| Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Contemporary art |
| Terrain Gallery | SoHo | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Exhibits of contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs |
| The Shed | Hudson Yards | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Hosts activities in a wide range of cultural areas including art, performance, film, design, food, fashion, and new combinations of cultural content |
| Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Historic house | | Recreated 1865 period brownstone home where Theodore Roosevelt lived as a child |
| Tibet House US | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Asian and Asian-American | Classical and contemporary Tibetan art |
| Trinity Church | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | History | | History of the church, changing art, religious and cultural exhibits |
| Ukrainian Institute of America | Museum Mile | Manhattan | Art | European | Features exhibits of notable Ukrainian artists living in the states and other events related to Ukrainian heritage |
| Ukrainian Museum | East Village | Manhattan | Ethnic - Ukrainian-American | European | Ukrainian heritage in America including folk art and fine art |
| 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 |
| Valentine Museum of Art | East Flatbush | Brooklyn | Art | Contemporary art | Museum dedicated to living artists and their work |
| Valentine Museum of Art at Medgar Evers College | Crown Heights | Brooklyn | Art | Contemporary art | Museum extension within Medgar Evers College, CUNY |
| Valentine-Varian House | Norwood | Bronx | Historic house | | Houses the Museum of Bronx History, operated by the Bronx County 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 | Nature | German immigrant family’s 1890s home and garden, exhibits of cultural and horticultural heritage of Flushing, Queens and adjacent communities |
| Waterfront Museum | Red Hook | Brooklyn | Maritime | Transportation | website, historic floating barge museum in Red Hook |
| Wave Hill | Riverdale | Bronx | Botanical garden | Nature | Botanical garden with art gallery and interpretive visitor's center |
| Weeksville Heritage Center | Bedford–Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | History | African and African-American | History of the 19th-century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn - one of America’s first free black communities |
| White Columns | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Art | Contemporary art | Alternative art gallery |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Art | Modern art | 20th-century American art and contemporary American art by living artists |
| Williamsburg Art & Historical Center | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | Art | Neighborhood art center | Art exhibitions, performances and cultural events |
| Wyckoff House | Canarsie | Brooklyn | Historic house | | Dutch saltbox frame house dating back to 1652 |
| Yeshiva University Museum | Lower Manhattan | Manhattan | Ethnic - Jewish | European Jewish and Jewish-American | Also an archaeology, history, and art museum focused on Jewish subjects |

## Defunct museums

* 9/11 Tribute Museum
* AIGA National Design Center
* American Museum of Immigration, Liberty Island
* Art in General
* Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan
* Chelsea Art Museum, Manhattan, closed in 2011
* Children's Museum of the Arts
* Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan
* Choco-Story New York
* Dahesh Museum of Art, Exhibits art from its collection at other museums
* Discovery Times Square, closed in 2016
* Enrico Caruso Museum of America
* Fisher Landau Center
* Forbes Galleries, closed in 2014
* FusionArts Museum
* Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan
* Kurdish Library and Museum, Brooklyn
* Met Breuer, Manhattan, closed July 2020
* MICRO Museum, Brooklyn
* Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, closed in 2016
* 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 Living Art, 1927-1943 at NYU, modern art collection of Albert Eugene Gallatin
* Museum of Primitive Art, closed in 1976, collections now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
* Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, website
* National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010
* New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan
* New York City Police Museum
* New York Tattoo Museum in Staten Island
* Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, closed in 2015
* Ripley's Believe It or Not!, midtown Manhattan, 2007-2021
* 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
* Store Front Museum, Queens
* UBS Art Gallery, Manhattan