New York City Museums

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American Museum of Natural History (Upper West Side)
New York’s Natural History Museum has the largest collection of Dinosaur fossils in the world, and much more. If you have kids - don’t miss this!

Brooklyn Childrens Museum (Brooklyn)
This wonderful children’s museum features award-winning, hands-on exhibits.

Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn)
If you love Egyptian Art, the Brooklyn Museum has one of the finest collections anywhere.

Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (Upper East Side)
Cooper-Hewitt’s collections include design objects and a world-class design library, housed in the 65 room mansion formerly owned by the industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie.

Frick Collection (Upper East Side)
Some of the best paintings from the European masters can be found at the Frick Collection on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum (Midtown Manhattan)
The Intrepid is currently undergoing $8 million renovation in Staten Island. Expected to reopen on Veterans Day 2008.

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (Times Square)
Wax Museum located in the heart of Times Square.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Upper East Side)
One of the world’s best art museums, located on Central Parks Upper East Side. Collection contains over 2 million pieces of art.

Museum of Chinese in America (Downtown Manhattan)
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is the first national museum dedicated to reclaiming, preserving and presenting the history and culture of Chinese people in the United States.

Museum of Jewish Heritage (Lower Manhattan)
A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in Battery Park City, only 4 blocks from ground Zero.

Museum of the City of New York (Upper East Side)
The Museum explores the past present and future of New York City.

New York City Fire Museum (Downtown Manhattan)
The New York City Fire Museum features Fire related exhibits and artifacts. Located in Manhattan’s Soho district.

New York Historical Society (Upper East Side)
The museum collection has more than 60,000 objects and works of art relating to the founding of our country.

Paley Center for Media (Midtown Manhattan)
Museum of Television and Radio - Paley Center for Media.

Skyscraper Museum (Lower Manhattan)
Located in lower Manhattan, the birthplace of the skyscraper - The Museum is devoted to the study of high-rise buildings.

Solomon R Guggenheim Museum (Upper East Side)
Perhaps one of the few art museums where the Building alone would be worth the visit. Collection includes Masterpieces from Chagall, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Picasso.

Tenement Museum (Lower East Side)
The museum recreates life in the tenements in its restored building with apartments typical of the turn of the century.

The Cloisters (Harlem)
Collection of Medieval art and architecture - branch of the NY Metropolitan Museum.

The Museum of Modern Art MoMA (Midtown Manhattan)
Museum of Modern Art has the world's largest collection of modern painting and sculpture.

Whitney Museum of American Art (Upper East Side)
The Whitney Museum has one of the world's best collections of 20th Century American art. Located in the Breuer Building on Madison Avenue.

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Featured Exhibits:

Cai Guo-Qiang I Want To Believe
Guggenheim Museum
2/1/2008 to 5/31/2008

Picturing New York
Museum of the City of New York
2/1/2008 to 5/4/2008

Jasper Johns
Metropolitan Museum of Art
2/5/2008 to 5/4/2008

Donald Oenslager Designs
Museum of the City of New York
2/14/2008 to 5/4/2008

Beauty And Learning
Metropolitan Museum of Art
3/11/2008 to 6/1/2008

Jazz Score
Moma
4/16/2008 to 9/15/2008

Olafur Eliasson
Moma
4/20/2008 to 6/30/2008

Catholics In New York
Museum of the City of New York
5/16/2008 to 12/31/2008

Louise Bourgeois
Guggenheim Museum
6/27/2008 to 9/28/2008

Dali Painting And Film
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6/29/2008 to 9/15/2008