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New York City - Museums


Things to Do: Museums

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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Ground Zero Museum Workshop: "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery." Stunning Images by Official Ground Zero Photographer Gary Marlon Suson. Known as the "Biggest LITTLE Museum in New York...

Attraction type: Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest encyclopedic art museum in the world under a single roof.  Art works from all periods and cultures are displayed.  Recent renovations, still in...

Attraction type: Art gallery; Other; Art gallery; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #25 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Ellis Island is amazing. You need to get there early. Catch  the first ferry to the Statue of Liberty  and looked around. After that you can catch another ferry to Ellis Island. It is always a big...

Attraction type: History museum; Historic site; Island; Other; Landmark/point of interest
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #30 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

This museum, located in an actual tenement, is dedicated to interpreting and preserving the history of the immigrant experience on New York City's Lower East Side.

Attraction type: History museum; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #37 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Frick House is the 2nd best deal in New York for museums.  One of the most comprehensive museums right next door to the Metropolitan Museum and easily missed.  Set in the beautiful mansion of Henry...

Attraction type: Art gallery; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #41 of 1,387 attractions in New York City
Attraction type: Shop; Mall; Museum; Speciality shop
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #42 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that was constructed out of sections of French medieval monasteries, offers an extensive collection of statues, paintings, stained glass windows and tapestries.

Attraction type: Art gallery; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #46 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Home of the largest collection of artwork created between 1880 and the present.

Attraction type: Art gallery; Other; Architectural building
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #49 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Visitors to this technology center learn about audio, imaging, robotics, design and network through interactive exhibits, and are directed through the experience by "b.b. wonderbot," a telepresence robot.

Attraction type: Game/entertainment centre; Science museum; Cinema
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #53 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Two marble lions mark the entrance to this Beaux Arts masterpiece, a National Historic Landmark containing more than six million books.

Attraction type: Library; Landmark/point of interest; Museum; Architectural building; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #55 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

The Intrepid returns. After a two year refurbishment, the Intrepid return to Pier 86. The new museum reopens on November 8, 2008. See the website for more details. 

Attraction type: Military museum; History museum; Speciality museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #58 of 1,387 attractions in New York City
Attraction type: Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #79 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

The New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn Heights is housed in an authentic 60,000 square foot 1936 subway station, decommissioned in 1946. The station reopened in 1976 as a temporary exhibit of MTA New York City Transit to commemorate the US Bicentennial, and became a permanent museum due to widespread public support. The Museum closed in late 2001 for a 2 year renovation that resulted in new life safety systems, upgraded mechanical and electrical systems, and refurbished exhibits. The musuem has since re-opened.

Attraction type: Speciality shop; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #80 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

The museum is devoted to the exploration of Jewish heritage and a living memorial to the Holocaust.

Attraction type: Speciality museum; History museum; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #97 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

No need to settle for just looking at the stars - this $210 million planetarium is a virtual joyride through the universe.

Attraction type: Observatory/planetarium
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #100 of 1,387 attractions in New York City
Attraction type: Museum; Art gallery
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #109 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Madame Tussauds New York takes you beyond your wildest dreams and makes you the star of the show. You can mingle with over 200 wax celebrities with something for every generation. From Marilyn Monroe...

Attraction type: Wax museum; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #110 of 1,387 attractions in New York City
Attraction type: Garden; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #111 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Interactive, modernized exhibits and an IMAX theater help bring this museum, dedicated to understanding the past, into the 21st century.

Attraction type: Natural history museum; Observatory/planetarium; Other; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #119 of 1,387 attractions in New York City

Museum that focuses on historical and contemporary works of African-American artists.

Attraction type: Art gallery
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