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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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

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. 

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.

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

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

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...

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

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