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List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City
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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.
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- American Museum of the Moving Image
- American Folk Art Museum
- Asia Society
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
- The Dahesh Museum
- The Drawing Center
- Fisher Landau Center
- Forbes Galleries
- Frick Collection
- International Center of Photography
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
- Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
- Metropolitan Museum of Art – commonly called "The Met"
- The Cloisters – medieval art collection
- Municipal Art Society (includes the Urban Center Gallery)
- Museum for African Art
- Museum of Biblical Art
- Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – commonly called "MoCCA"
- Museum of Modern Art – MoMA
- Museum of Television and Radio
- Neue Galerie
- New Museum of Contemporary Art
- Noguchi Museum (aka The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum)
- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
- Queens Museum of Art
- Rubin Museum of Art
- SculptureCenter
- Socrates Sculpture Park
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- American Numismatic Society Museum
- Brooklyn Historical Society
- Brooklyn Museum
- Coney Island Museum
- The Hispanic Society of America
- Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
- Jewish Museum (New York)
- Merchants House Museum
- Museo del Barrio, El
- Museum of American Finance
- Museum of the City of New York
- Museum of Chinese in the Americas
- Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Museum of Sex
- National Museum of the American Indian (New York branch)
- National Museum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History
- New York City Fire Museum
- New York City Police Museum
- New York Historical Society
- New York Transit Museum
- Queens County Farm Museum
- Skyscraper Museum
- Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
- Yeshiva University Museum
- Center for Architecture
- Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design
- Cooper Union's Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- National Academy of Design
- Parsons The New School for Design
- American Museum of Natural History
- Hayden Planetarium (the Rose Center for Earth and Space)
- Bronx Zoo
- Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
- New York Aquarium
- New York Botanical Garden
- New York Hall of Science
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Staten Island Zoo
- Wave Hill
- Brooklyn Children's Museum
- Children's Museum of the Arts
- Children's Museum of Manhattan
- Jewish Children's Museum
- Staten Island Children's Museum
- Avery Fisher Hall
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Metropolitan Opera House
- New York State Theater, which hosts:
- 92nd Street Y
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Manhattan School of Music
- Juilliard School
- Boys Choir of Harlem
- Mannes College of Music
- The New York Collegium
- City Parks Foundation
- 92nd Street Y
- Apollo Theater
- Biltmore Theatre
- Bowery Ballroom
- Carnegie Hall
- Hammerstein Ballroom
- La MaMa, E.T.C.
- New York City Center
- The Public Theater
- Radio City Music Hall
- Royal WAH Theater
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- The Town Hall
- African Burial Ground
- Bartow-Pell Mansion
- Ellis Island
- Federal Hall
- Fort Schuyler
- Governors Island
- Gracie Mansion
- Grant's Tomb
- Historic Richmond Town
- Irish Hunger Memorial
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- Weeksville Heritage Center
New York Public Library, central block, built 1897–1911, Carrère and Hastings, architects (June, 2003) Located at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
- Morgan Library
- New York Public Library
- New York Academy of Medicine Library
- New York Society Library
- Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
- Frick Art Reference Library
- Biblioteca Instituto Cervantes
- Shevchenko Scientific Society
- United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
- Cloisters Library and Archives
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Queens Public Library
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