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.
Encyclopedic
Region and tradition
African and African American
Asian and Asian American
Indigenous and African Caribbean in Latin America
European Jewish and Jewish American
Western by era
Traditional European art
Modern art
Other Western and Native American
Artistic medium
Books, drawings, illustrations, prints
Photography, film, new media
Sculpture
Design, decorative arts, architecture
Entertainment
Performing arts
Amusements
Science
History
American history, local history, historic monuments
Military, police, fire
Transportation and maritime
Financial
Historic houses
Children's
Contemporary spaces
Contemporary museums
Contemporary galleries
Neighborhood art centers
Miscellaneous
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
Zoos and gardens
Performing arts
Lincoln Center
Music
Theaters
Historically significant sites
Historic House Trust
Most of the following are Registered Historic Places covered in the county lists.
National Parks of New York Harbor
Despite its name, National Parks of New York Harbor does not oversee any national parks proper.
World Trade Center site
Other historic sites
Libraries
See also
References
External links