New York City is home to some of the most amazing museums in the world. Do not miss the opportunity to visit these!
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the leading cultural institutions in the world. Since its inception 1870, the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. It spans the history of world art. Hundreds of world-famous masterpieces.
One of the largest and most state-of-the-art natural history museums. Includes famous dinosaur halls, Akeley Hall of African Mammals, Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, and the new Rose Center featuring the most technologically advanced Space Show in the world.
Located at at Pier 86 and completely renovated, Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum features a park-like atmosphere. The new Intrepid Museum is a unique journey through spectacular interactive exhibits and virtual, multi-sensory technology. The complex boasts 30 restored aircraft, the former USS Growler submarine and the British Airways Concorde.
Admission is free for all visitors during Target Free Friday Nights, held every Friday evening from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets for Target Free Friday Nights are not available in advance.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan MoMA is a beacon modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. The museum's collection offers modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media.
Named the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in honor of its founder, is known as much for its building design as it is for its content. Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece of modern architecture is home to the world-renowned Guggenheim collection of modern and contemporary art that includes masterpieces by Chagall, Kandinsky, Picasso, and Van Gogh, as well as special exhibitions. The building opened in 1959.