Museums in and around New York City
- Selected Museums:
- American Museum of the Moving Image
- 35th Ave. at 36th St., Astoria, NY; (718) 784-0077
Tuesday to Friday 12:00-4:00; Saturday to Sunday 12:00-6:00
Admission $5.00 adults, $2.50 students
- American Museum of Natural History
- Central Park West at West 79th Street, Manhattan; (212) 769-5100
Open Sunday to Thursday 10:00-5:45; Friday and Saturday 10:00-8:45
Admission fee is suggested--$8.00 adults, $6.00 students; free admission Friday and Saturday evenings, and Saturday and Sunday 12:00-5:00
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
- 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY; (212) 681-6000
Open Monday to Thursday 10:00-4:30; Sunday 11:00-4:30
Admission $2.00 adults, $1.00 students, children and Sundays free
- Brooklyn Museum
- 188 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Park, Brooklyn; (718) 638-5000
Open Wednesday to Sunday 11:00-5:00
Admission $4.00 adults, $2.00 students with I.D.
- Brooklyn Children's Museum
- 145 Brooklyn Avenue at St. Marks Avenue; (718) 735 4400
Open Wednesday to Friday 2:00-5:00; Saturday to Sunday 12:00-5:00
Admission $3.00
- The Cloisters
- 190 Ft. Washington Avenue; (212) 923-3700
Open Tuesday to Sunday 9:30-4:45
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
- 2 East 91st Street, on 5th Avenue, Manhattan; (212) 860-6898
Open Tuesday 10:00-9:00; Wednesday to Saturday 10:00-5:00; Sunday 12:00-5:00
Admission $3.00 adults, $1.50 students; Tuesday nights free
- Frick Collection
- One E 70th St.; (212) 288-0700
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-6:00; Sunday 1:00-6:00
Admission $5.00 adults, $3.00 students. Children under 10 not admitted.
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- 1071 5th Avenue, at 88th Street, Manhattan; (212) 360-3500
Open Sunday to Wednesday 10:00-6:00; Friday and Saturday 10:00-8:00
Admission $10.00 adults, $8.00 students with identification; donation admission Friday 6:00-8:00
- Guggenheim SoHo
- 575 Broadway, Manhattan; (212) 423-3500
Open Wednesday to Friday, and Sunday, 11:00-6:00; Saturday 11:00-8:00
- International Center of Photography
- 1133 5th Avenue, at 94th Street, Manhattan; (212) 860-1777
Open Tuesday 11:00-8:00; Wednesday to Sunday 11:00-6:00
Admission $4.00 adults, $2.50 students
- Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
- W 46th St. at 12th Ave.; (212) 245-0072
Wednesday to Sunday 10:00-5:00; summertime 10am-5pm (7 days)
Admission $7.00 adults, children $4, children under 6 FREE
- Jewish Museum
- 1109 Fifth Ave; (212) 423-3200
Open Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:00-5:45; Tuesday 11:00-8:00
Admission $6.00 adults, $4.00 students
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 5th Avenue, at 82nd Street, Manhattan; (212) 535-1710
Open Tuesday to Thursday, and Sunday, 9:30-5:15; Friday and Saturday 9:30-8:45
Admission fee suggested--$8.00 adults, $4.00 students
- Museum for African Art
- 593 Broadway; (212) 966-1313
Open Tuesday to Friday 10:30-5:30; Saturday 12:00-8:00; Sunday 12:00-6:00
Admission $4.00 adults, $2.00 children
- Museum of American Folk Art
- Columbus Avenue, at 66th Street, Manhattan; (212) 595-9533
Open Tuesday to Sunday 11:30-7:30
Free admission
- Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Avenue, at 103rd Street, Manhattan; (212) 534-1672
Open Wednesday to Saturday 10:00-5:00; Sunday and holidays 1:00-5:00
Admission fee is a suggested donation of $5.00 adults or $3.00 students
- Museum of Modern Art
- 11 West 53rd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan; (212) 708-9480
Open Saturday to Tuesday 11:00-6:00; Thursday and Friday 12:00-8:30
Admission $8.00 adults, $5.00; donation admission Thursday and Friday 5:30-8:00
- Museum of Television and Radio
- 25 W. 52nd Street; (212) 621-6800
Open Tuesday-Wednesday, Friday-Sunday 12:00-6:00; Thursday 12:00-8
- The National Museum of the American Indian
- 1 Bowling Green, next to Battery Park, Manhattan; (212) 668-6624
Open daily 10:00-5:00 except December 25
Admission free. For membership information, telephone (800) 242-NMAI
- New York State Museum
- Albany, New York, across the Empire State Plaza from the State Capitol; (518) 74-5843
Open daily 10:00-4:40
- New York Transit Museum
- Brooklyn Heights, corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Streets; (718) 243-8601
Open Tuesday to Friday 10:00-4:00; Saturday and Sunday 12:00-5:00
Admission $3.00 adults, %1.50 children
- The Skyscraper Museum
- 110 Maiden Lane, Manhattan (temporary home); (212) 968-1961
Open Wednesday to Saturday 12:00-6:00
Admission free
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- 144 West 125th Street; (212) 864-4500
Open Wednesday to Friday 10:00-5:00; weekends 1:00-6:00
Admission $5.00 adults, $3.00 students
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street, Manhattan; (212) 570-3676
Open Friday to Sunday, and Wednesday 11:-6:00; Thursday 1:00-8:00
Admission $8.00 adults, $6.00 students; free admission Thursday 6:00-8:00
- Whitney Downtown
- 33 Maiden Lane, Manhattan; (212) 943-5655
Open Monday to Friday 9:00-5:00
- Selected Libraries, Archives, and Historical Societies:
- Brooklyn Historical Society
- 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn; (718) 624-0890
- NYCHistory.org
- Museum of the City of New York online resource.
- New York Historical Society
- 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets; (212) 873-3400
Open Tuesday to Thursday, and Sunday, 9:30-5:15; Friday and Saturday 9:30-9:00
- New York Public Library (and branches)
- Main Branch: 8 West 40th Street, 6th Floor; (212) 869-8089
Open Tuesday and Wednesday 11:00-6:00; Thursday to Saturday, and Monday 10:00-6:00
Free admision
- The Pierpont Morgan Library
- 29 E. 36th Street; (212) 685-0008
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10:30-5:00; Sunday 1:00-5:00
- Queens Historical Society
- 143-35 37th Ave, Flushing; (718) 939-0647
Open Monday to Saturday 9:30-5:00; Sunday 2:30-4:30
Admission $2.00 adults, $1.00 students
- Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
- 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island; (718) 727-1135
Open Monday to Saturday 9:00-5:00; Sunday 1:00-5:00
Suggested admission $2.50 adults, $1.50 students
- New York Historical Sites:
- Alice Austen House
- 2 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island; (718) 816-4506
Open Thursday to Sunday 12:00-5:00
Admission $2.00
- Ellis Island Museum
- Ellis Island, NY Harbour; (212) 363-6307, 363-6308, 363-3200; (212) 269-5755 for updated boat info and schedules
Open 9:30-5:15 daily, in summer
Admission $7.00 adults, $3.00 children
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- 100 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island; (718) 448-2500
Free admission
Last modified: Tuesday 10 November 1998