Museums in New York
1,511 museums across New York, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).
- H. Lee White Marine Museum · museum · Oswego · Must-see
- Safe Haven Museum · museum · Oswego · Must-see
- National Museum of Play at The Strong · museum · Monroe · Must-see
- disAbility museum · museum · Erie · Must-see
- Arnold and Joan Saltzman Fine Arts Building · museum · Nassau · Must-see
- JELL-O Gallery · museum · Genesee · Must-see
- Crailo State Historic Site · museum · Rensselaer · Must-see
- Hanford Mills Museum · museum · Delaware · Must-see
- The Whaling Museum & Education Center · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- African American Museum · museum · Nassau · Must-see
- Cape Vincent Historical Museum · museum · Jefferson · Must-see
- Franklin D Roosevelt Presedential Library and Museum · museum · Dutchess · Must-see
- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum · museum · Monroe · Must-see
- Genesee Country Village & Museum · museum · Monroe · Must-see
- New York Museum of Transportation · museum · Monroe · Must-see
- Johnson Museum of Art · museum · Tompkins · Must-see
- Garvies Point Museum · museum · Nassau · Must-see
- Buffalo Fire Museum · museum · Erie · Must-see
- Yager Hall - Library and Museum · museum · Otsego · Must-see
- Hudson River Maritime Museum · museum · Ulster · Must-see
- Grist Mill Museum · museum · Nassau · Must-see
- Empire State Railway Museum · museum · Ulster · Must-see
- Buffalo Museum of Science · museum · Erie · Must-see
- Heckscher Museum of Art · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Hicksville Gregory Museum · museum · Nassau · Must-see
- Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society · museum · Erie · Must-see
- Susan B. Anthony House · museum · Monroe · Must-see
- George Eastman Museum · museum · Monroe · Must-see
- Earle-Wightman House Museum · museum · Nassau · Must-see
- Memorial Art Gallery · museum · Monroe · Must-see
- Raynham Hall Museum · museum · Nassau · Must-see
- Erie Canal Museum · museum · Onondaga · Must-see
- Boldt Castle · museum · Jefferson · Must-see
- King Manor Museum · museum · New York · Must-see
- Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art · museum · Dutchess · Must-see
- Long Island Maritime Museum · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Castellani Art Museum · museum · Niagara · Must-see
- Van Wyck Homestead Museum · museum · Dutchess · Must-see
- Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center · museum · Onondaga · Must-see
- Point of Contact Gallery · museum · Onondaga · Must-see
- Museum of Science and Technology · museum · Onondaga
- Theodore Roosevelt Monument Assemblage · museum · Nassau
- Halsey Homestead · museum · Suffolk
- Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame · museum · Orange
- Explore & More Children's Museum · museum · Erie
- Rock Hall · museum · Nassau
- Burchfield Penney Art Center · museum · Erie
- Sands-Willets Homestead · museum · Nassau
- USS Little Rock · museum · Erie
- North Shore Historical Museum · museum · Nassau
- Thomas Dodge Homestead · museum · Nassau
- Gilboa Museum · museum · Schoharie
- Morgan-Manning House · museum · Monroe
- Steadman House · museum · Onondaga
- Parrish Art Museum · museum · Suffolk
- Farmers' Museum · museum · Otsego
- Intrepid Museum · museum · New York
- Destroyer Escort Historical Museum · museum · Albany
- Dia:Beacon · museum · Dutchess
- Cayuga Nature Center · museum · Tompkins
- Glenn H. Curtiss Museum · museum · Steuben
- Storm King Art Center · museum · Orange
- Griffis Sculpture Park: Mill Valley Road site · museum · Cattaraugus
- Lost World Museum · museum · Oswego
- Magazzino · museum · Putnam
- Toy Town Museum · museum · Erie
- Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood · museum · Nassau
- Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center · museum · New York
- Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages · museum · Suffolk
- Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center · museum · Nassau
- Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts · museum · New York
- National Lighthouse Museum · museum · New York
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum · museum · Otsego
- Terra Cotta · museum · Allegany
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art · museum · New York
- Kopernik Observatory & Science Center · museum · Broome
- Copake Iron Works Museum · museum · Columbia
- Storefront for Art and Architecture · museum · New York
- American Museum of Natural History · museum · New York
- Philadelphia Historical Society · museum · Jefferson
- Albany Institute of History and Art · museum · Albany
- Chinese Scholar’s Garden · museum · New York
- International Boxing Hall of Fame · museum · Madison
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center · museum · Monroe
- Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village · museum · Erie
- Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) · museum · Schenectady
- Hayden Planetarium · museum · New York
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum · museum · New York
- Staten Island Children’s Museum · museum · New York
- Museum of the City of New York · museum · New York
- Irish American Heritage Museum · museum · Albany
- Long Beach Historical Museum · museum · Nassau
- Guggenheim Museum · museum · New York
- Mid-Hudson Children's Museum · museum · Dutchess
- Center for Brooklyn History · museum · New York
- Sands Ring Homestead Museum · museum · Orange
- New-York Historical Society · museum · New York
- Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art · museum · New York
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · museum · New York
- Weeksville Heritage Center · museum · New York
- Museum of the Moving Image · museum · New York
- The Jewish Museum · museum · New York
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum · museum · New York
- Museum at Eldridge Street · museum · New York
- Museum of Arts and Design · museum · New York
- Museum of Jewish Heritage · museum · New York
- New York City Fire Museum · museum · New York
- Pember Library and Museum · museum · Washington
- Queens County Farm Museum · museum · New York
- Luhring Augustine Gallery · museum · New York
- Yancey Richardson Gallery · museum · New York
- Yeshiva University Museum · museum · New York
- Wantagh Railroad Complex · museum · Nassau
- American Airpower Museum · museum · Suffolk
- Madame Tussauds New York · museum · New York
- Robert H. Jackson Center · museum · Chautauqua
- American Folk Art Museum · museum · New York
- Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · museum · New York
- Corning Museum of Glass · museum · Steuben
- Lefferts Historic House · museum · New York
- Merchant's House Museum · museum · New York
- National Soaring Museum · museum · Chemung
- Poe Cottage · museum · New York
- Roslyn Landmark Society · museum · Nassau
- Childrens Museum · museum · Oneida
- Marianne Boesky Gallery · museum · New York
- The Morgan Library & Museum · museum · New York
- The Yankees Museum · museum · New York
- Benjamin Patterson Inn · museum · Steuben
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum · museum · New York
- National Comedy Center · museum · Chautauqua
- Paley Center for Media · museum · New York
- Darwin D. Martin House · museum · Erie
- Berry Campbell Gallery · museum · New York
- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery · museum · New York
- Harbor Defense Museum · museum · New York
- Knickerbocker Mansion · museum · Rensselaer
- Louis Armstrong House Museum · museum · New York
- Neue Galerie New York · museum · New York
- David Zwirner · museum · New York
- Jack Shainman Gallery · museum · New York
- Matthew Marks Gallery · museum · New York
- Morgan Lehman Gallery · museum · New York
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum · museum · New York
- MoMA · museum · New York
- Morris-Jumel Mansion · museum · New York
- Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot · museum · Steuben
- Marlborough Gallery · museum · New York
- Paula Cooper Gallery · museum · New York
- Staten Island Museum · museum · New York