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Museum of Modern Art
Updated January 6, 2026 -- MoMA, as it’s nicknamed, doesn’t want for masterpieces. This is where you’ll find seminal works by Picasso, van Gogh, Brancusi, Dalí, and Matisse, among…
Rockefeller Center
Updated January 6, 2026 -- Gotham’s splendid “city within a city” was built in the 1930s at the height of the Depression. Thanks to the jobs it gave construction workers, it was the…
Museum of the City of New York
Updated January 7, 2026 –– Thanks to a recent overhaul, this nearly-century old museum (it was founded in 1923) is finally making good on the promise of its name. Today, it offers…
Neue Galerie New York
Updated January 7, 2026 -- Most notable for its jewel-toned paintings by Gustave Klimt (including the famed "Woman in Gold"), its "Didn’t I sit on that in the '70s?" Bauhaus furniture,…
American Folk Art Museum
Updated January 6, 2026 -- Self-taught artists are the focus of this small museum, and their stories (told in wonderful detail by the wall text) illuminate the art in invigorating…
American Museum of Natural History
Updated January 7, 2026 -- Since 1869, this institution has served as both the country’s preeminent private scientific research facility and its top museum for paleontology, zoology,…
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Updated January 6, 2026 -- Little-known fact: The largest cathedral in the world is not St. Peter’s in Rome (which is actually not officially a cathedral), it’s St. John the Divine in…
Museum of Arts and Design
Updated January 7, 2026 — It’s not easy to get a New Yorker’s attention, but this museum has done that consistently, and is one of the few museums in town where you’ll see more locals…
The Cloisters
Updated January 8, 2026 -- An offshoot of the Metropolitan Museum, the Cloisters is the only museum in the United States devoted wholly to medieval art. And it shows its masterworks in…
Bronx Zoo
Updated January 11, 2026 -- If you count number of animals as well as acreage, the Bronx Zoo is still the largest zoo in the United States, an innovative, unbeatably entertaining place…
New York Botanical Garden
Updated Jan 11, 2026 — An equal to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in both scope and interest, the New York Botanical Garden boasts the world’s largest Victorian greenhouse; a "home…
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Updated January 11, 2026 -- Right down the street from the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is not only one of those necessary green safety valves, it’s also quite an…
Brooklyn Museum
Updated January 11, 2026 -- Though not as big as the Metropolitan Museum (what is?), this "mini Met"—it covers almost all eras of history in its holdings—is a superb museum on its own…
Coney Island
Updated January 6, 2026 -- Honky-tonk paradise, Coney Island has been rescued from extinction a few times (first from developers and most recently from severe Hurricane Sandy damage).…
New York Aquarium
Updated January 11, 2026 -- The marquee attraction here is the whizbang Ocean Wonders center. Dedicated to sharks, and the Grand Canyon-deep underwater "Hudson Canyon" that’s just 40…
New York Transit Museum
Updated January 11, 2026 -- An underground museum (yes, it’s in a former subway station), covering the storied history of the NYC subway system. Best for kids and train nuts, the…
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Updated January 11, 2026 — The visitor experience here is as gracious, warm, and intriguing as the man himself, thanks to the marvelous guides (all ex-musicians and jazz historians)…
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
Updated January 11, 2026 -- Utterly unique, this is one of the only museums in the nation to be founded by an artist in his lifetime, dedicated to his work and curated by him. As…
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Updated January 11, 2026 -- A proving ground for young artists, the work you’re going to see here will be challenging, right of the moment, and sometimes downright wacky. “P.S. 1 is…
Queens Museum
Updated January 11, 2026 -- Long before there was Google Earth, there was the Panorama of the City of New York. A diorama of 9,335 square feet, it was created for the 1964–65 World’s…
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
Updated January 11, 2026 -- A glitzy affair of changing exhibits that highlight the kiddie zeitgeist of the moment: Red Grooms, Maurice Sendak, and William Wegman’s dog art were just a…
New York Hall of Science
Updated January 11, 2026 -- Set in one of the few remaining buildings from the 1964 World’s Fair, the museum is a big hit with science-attuned youngsters, as most of the exhibits here…
Central Park Zoo/Tisch Children’s Zoo
Updated August 7, 2026 -- Because of its small size, the zoo is at its best with its displays of smaller animals. The indoor multilevel Tropic Zone is a real highlight, its steamy…
Whitney Museum of American Art
Updated January 6, 2026 –– The cannon of American art is celebrated, and in some ways, was created by the Whitney Museum. It was Whitney curators, and Whitney founder Gertrude…
Statue of Liberty
Updated January 1, 2026––The great harbor of New York and the grand lady who guards it are, after Ground Zero and the Empire State Building, the city’s top must-visit attractions.…