List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

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.

Museums

Also included are non-profit art galleries, arts centers and cultural centers with galleries.

See List of museums in New York City for a complete sortable list in alphabetical order.
See List of museums in New York for museums in the rest of New York state.

Encyclopedic

Name	Neighborhood	Borough	Type	Summary
Metropolitan Museum of Art	Museum Mile	Manhattan	Art	One of the world's largest, and most visited art museums; includes American art and decorative arts, European, African, Asian, Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek art, Byzantine and Islamic art, modern art
Brooklyn Museum	Crown Heights	Brooklyn	Art	Collections include American art, Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern art, feminist, European and art of the Pacific Islands.
Staten Island Museum	West New Brighton	Staten Island	Multiple	Natural history, art, history, science; located at Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Bronx Museum of the Arts	Concourse Village	Bronx	Art	Focuses on contemporary and 20th-century art
Queens Museum	Corona	Queens	Art	Formerly Queens Museum of Art; includes a collection of Tiffany glass

Region and tradition

African and African American

Name	Neighborhood	Borough	Type	Summary
Mark West Center for the Arts	East Williamsburg	Brooklyn	Art	Arts and Cultural Center catering to POC and queer artists and creatives, and artists with disabilities
Weeksville Heritage Center	Bedford–Stuyvesant	Brooklyn	Living	Historic homes of 19th-century free African Americans in the urban North
Jackie Robinson Museum	Soho	Manhattan	African American	Learn about the enduring legacy of Jackie Robinson through exhibitions, dialogue and education.
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts	Fort Greene	Brooklyn	Art	Art focusing on social and political issues facing the African Diaspora
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture	Harlem	Manhattan	African American	Branch of the New York Public Library; exhibits of African American history and culture
Studio Museum in Harlem	Harlem	Manhattan	Art	Art of African-Americans, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century work as well as exhibits of Caribbean and African art
The Africa Center	Museum Mile	Manhattan	Art	African art and culture, building new facility on Museum Mile
African Burial Ground National Monument	TriBeCa		Monument	Visitors' center and memorial to an 18th-century African-American slave burial ground
Lewis H. Latimer House	Flushing	Queens	Historic house	Home of African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer
Sandy Ground Historical Museum	South Shore	Staten Island	Local history	website

Asian and Asian American

Name	Neighborhood	Borough	Type	Summary
Asia Society	Upper East Side	Manhattan	Art	Features historic and contemporary Asian art and decorative items
Asian American Arts Centre	Lower Manhattan	Manhattan	Art	Cultural center with exhibition galleries
China Institute	Upper East Side	Manhattan	Art	Galleries with exhibits about traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy, Chinese folk arts, textiles and architecture
Museum of Chinese in America	Chinatown	Manhattan	Ethnic – Chinese American	History of North America's Chinatowns and the cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants
Japan Society	Midtown Manhattan	Manhattan	Cultural	Features exhibit gallery for Japanese art
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art	Egbertville	Staten Island	Art	Art and artifacts of the Himalayas
Tibet House US	Chelsea	Manhattan	Art	Classical and contemporary Tibetan art
Rubin Museum of Art	Chelsea	Manhattan	Art	Art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions
Nicholas Roerich Museum	Upper West Side	Manhattan	Art	Works by Nicholas Roerich
Gallery Korea	Midtown Manhattan	Manhattan	Art	Part of the Korean Center Cultural Service; contemporary Korean art
Korea Society	Midtown Manhattan	Manhattan	Art	Cultural society with gallery of Korean art and culture
Pearl River Mart	Lower Manhattan	Manhattan	Culture	Experiential retail with cultural performances and events. Houses one of the few galleries in Lower Manhattan dedicated to showing works important to Asian American communities.

Indigenous and African Caribbean in Latin America

Name	Neighborhood	Borough	Type	Summary
Americas Society	Upper East Side	Manhattan	Art	Exhibits of historic and contemporary art from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada
El Museo del Barrio	Museum Mile	Manhattan	Art	Latin American and Caribbean art, with an emphasis on works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community in New York City.
The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center	Lower East Side	Manhattan	Art	Performance, visual arts, and community events that reflect the cultural diversity of the Lower East Side

European Jewish and Jewish American

Name	Neighborhood	Borough	Type	Summary
American Sephardi Federation	Lower Manhattan	Manhattan	Ethnic – Jewish	Exhibits about the heritage of all Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, to the Jews of North Africa and Muslim lands including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Ethiopia and Bukharian Jews
Amud Aish Memorial Museum	Mill Basin	Brooklyn	Jewish	website, Living memorial to victims of the Holocaust
Anne Frank Center USA			History	website, uses the diary and spirit of Anne Frank to promote tolerance and human rights
Bernard Museum of Judaica	Upper East Side	Manhattan	Jewish	website, located in Temple Emanu-El, Jewish art, religious ornaments and temple memorabilia Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_museums_and_cultural_institutions_in_New_York_City Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk \| www.biologia.sk \| www.botanika.sk \| www.dejiny.sk \| www.economy.sk \| www.elektrotechnika.sk \| www.estetika.sk \| www.farmakologia.sk \| www.filozofia.sk \| Fyzika \| www.futurologia.sk \| www.genetika.sk \| www.chemia.sk \| www.lingvistika.sk \| www.politologia.sk \| www.psychologia.sk \| www.sexuologia.sk \| www.sociologia.sk \| www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk