- 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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Museums
Art
- American Folk Art Museum
- Art in General
- Artists Space
- Asia Society
- Asian American Arts Centre
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
- Chelsea Art Museum
- Dahesh Museum of Art
- Dia Art Foundation
- The Drawing Center
- Fisher Landau Center
- Forbes Galleries
- Frick Collection
- International Center of Photography
- International Print Center New York
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
- Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
- Japan Society
- 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 Arts & Design
- Museum of Biblical Art
- Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – commonly called "MoCCA"
- Museum of Modern Art – MoMA
- Museum of the Moving Image
- National Museum of Catholic Art and History
- Neue Galerie
- New Museum of Contemporary Art
- Nicholas Roerich Museum
- The Noguchi Museum (The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and 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
- White Columns
- Whitney Museum of American Art
Culture or history
- American Numismatic Society Museum
- Brooklyn Historical Society
- Brooklyn Museum
- Conference House
- Center for Jewish History (New York)
- Coney Island USA
- Discovery Times Square Exposition
- Dyckman House Museum
- Fraunces Tavern Museum
- Girl Scout Museum
- Greater Astoria Historical Society
- Harbor Defense Museum
- Hispanic Society of America
- Historic Richmond Town
- Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
- Jewish Museum (New York)
- Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale
- Louis Armstrong House
- Merchant's House Museum
- El Museo del Barrio
- Ellis Island Immigration Museum
- Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
- Museum of American Finance
- Museum of the City of New York
- Museum of Chinese in America
- Museum at Eldridge Street
- Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Museum of Sex
- Museum of Television and Radio
- National Museum of the American Indian (New York branch)
- National Museum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History
- Sports Museum of America
- New York City Fire Museum
- New York City Police Museum
- New-York Historical Society
- New York Transit Museum
- The Paley Center for Media
- Queens County Farm Museum
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ANNEX NYC
- Skyscraper Museum
- Sony Wonder Technology Lab
- South Street Seaport Museum
- Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
- Yeshiva University Museum
Design
- Center for Architecture
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- 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
- New York School of Interior Design
Nature and Life Sciences
- American Museum of Natural History
- Hayden Planetarium (the Rose Center for Earth and Space)
- Bronx Zoo
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Central Park Zoo
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
- New York Aquarium
- New York Botanical Garden
- New York Hall of Science
- Prospect Park Zoo
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Zoo
- Staten Island Zoo
- Staten Island Botanical Garden
- Wave Hill
Children's museums
- Brooklyn Children's Museum
- Children's Galleries for Jewish Culture
- Children's Museum of the Arts
- Children's Museum of Manhattan
- Jewish Children's Museum
- Staten Island Children's Museum
Performing arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Music
- 92nd Street Y
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Manhattan School of Music
- The Juilliard School
- Boys Choir of Harlem
- Mannes College of Music
- New York Collegium
- City Parks Foundation
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Symphony Space
Theaters
- 92nd Street Y
- Apollo Theater
- Biltmore Theatre
- Bowery Ballroom
- Carnegie Hall
- Hammerstein Ballroom
- La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
- New York City Center
- The Public Theater
- Radio City Music Hall
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- The Town Hall
- Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
Historically significant sites
- See Also:List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City
- See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Bronx County, New York
- See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Kings County, New York
- See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in New York County, New York
- See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Queens County, New York
- See Also:List of Registered Historic Places in Richmond County, New York
Historic House Trust
Main article: Historic House Trust
Most of the following are Registered Historic Places covered in the county lists
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National Parks of New York Harbor
None of these are National Parks
- African Burial Ground National Monument
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- Fort Wadsworth
- General Grant National Memorial
- Governors Island
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Other Historic Sites
Following are already listed Registered Historic Places
World Trade Center site
Libraries
- The Morgan Library & Museum
- 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 Borough Public Library
See also
References
- ^ Richard Weir (1999-01-17). "Old Tree May be Benched". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E5D61131F934A25752C0A96F958260. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ^ Richard Weir (1999-03-14). "Weeping Beech Will Live On in Memory, and in Art". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E7DE153EF937A25750C0A96F958260. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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