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Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Alan Klotz Gallery
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Map | Fine 19th- and 20th-century photography is the focus of the exhibitions...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House/National Museum of the American Indian
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Map | The beaux arts Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (1907) is...
Museums / Galleries, Native American Sites Lower Manhattan
 
American Folk Art Museum
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Map | Weather vanes, quilts, pottery, scrimshaw, sculpture, and paintings...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
American Folk Art Museum: Eva and Morris Feld Gallery
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Map | Across from Lincoln Center, this branch of the American Folk...
Museums / Galleries Upper West Side
 
American Museum of Natural History
Member Rating: 3.4
Map | With 45 exhibition halls and more than 32 million artifacts and...
Museums / Galleries Upper West Side
 
Andrea Rosen
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Map | The gallery showcases artists on the cutting edge, such as sculptor...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
The Arsenal
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Map | Built between 1847 and 1851 as a storage facility for munitions...
Museums / Galleries Central Park
 
Asia Society and Museum
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Map | The Asian art collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Asian American Arts Centre
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Map | This space holds impressive contemporary works by Asian-American...
Museums / Galleries Chinatown
 
ATM Gallery
Member Rating: 5.0
Map | Eleven artists, many from Japan, are represented at this gallery...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Barbara Gladstone
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Map | The international roster of artists cultivated here include sculptor...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Brooklyn Historical Society
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Map | Housed in a Queen Anne-style National Landmark building from...
Museums / Galleries Brooklyn Heights
 
Brooklyn Museum
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Map | With more than 1 million pieces in its permanent collection...
Museums / Galleries Park Slope
 
Casey Kaplan
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Kaplan has a keen eye for conceptual artists from around the...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Cheim & Read
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Map | This prestigious gallery represents artists such as Louise Bourgeois...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Chelsea Art Museum
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Map | In a former Christmas ornament factory, this contemporary art...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Children's Museum of Manhattan
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Map | In this five-story exploratorium, children ages 1-10 are invited...
Museums / Galleries Upper West Side
 
Children's Museum of the Arts
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Map | In this bi-level space a few blocks from Broadway, children ages...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
China Institute Gallery
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Map | A pair of stone lions guards the doorway of this pleasant redbrick...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Clementine
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Map | This gallery is committed to giving artists their first solo...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
The Cloisters
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Map | Perched on a wooded hill in Fort Tryon Park, near Manhattan's...
Museums / Galleries Inwood
 
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
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Map | More than 2,000 years of international design is on display inside...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Dahesh Museum of Art
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Map | On view from the street is the chic, bazaarlike gift store, but...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
The Dairy
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Map | When it was built in the 19th century -- back when the northern...
Museums / Galleries, Information Centers Central Park
 
David Findlay
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Map | Descend into a warren of rooms to view contemporary, color-soaked...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
David Findlay Jr. Fine Art
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Map | This gallery concentrates on American 19th- and 20th-century...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
David Zwirner
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Map | Proving his finger is on the pulse of contemporary art, Zwirner...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Deitch Projects
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Map | This energetic enterprise composed of two gallery spaces shows...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
Drawing Center
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Map | At this nonprofit organization, the focus is on contemporary...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
Edwynn Houk
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Map | The impressive stable of 20th-century photographers here includes...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
El Museo del Barrio
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Map | El barrio is Spanish for "the neighborhood" and the nickname...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Ellis Island
Member Rating: 5.0
Map | Between 1892 and 1924, approximately 12 million men, women, and...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Forbes Galleries
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Map | Marvel at the idiosyncratic personal collection of the late publisher...
Museums / Galleries Greenwich Village
 
Fraunces Tavern
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Map | In his pre-presidential days as a general, George Washington...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Frick Collection
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Map | Henry Clay Frick made his fortune amid the soot and smoke of...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Gagosian
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Map | This enterprising modern gallery has two branches in New York...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Galerie Lelong
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Map | This large gallery presents challenging installations and art...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Gallery Onetwentyeight
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Map | Inside the jewel-box space, artist Kazuko Miyamoto directs crisp...
Museums / Galleries Lower East Side
 
Greenberg Van Doren
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Map | This gallery exhibits the works of young artists as well as retrospectives...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
Hirschl & Adler
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Map | Although this five-floor town house has a selection of European...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Hispanic Society of America
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Map | This is the best collection of Spanish art outside the Prado...
Museums / Galleries Harlem
 
International Center of Photography
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Map | This leading photography museum and school was founded in 1974...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
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Map | The Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-88) bought...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
Jack Shainman
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Map | Both emerging and established artists are shown here, such as...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
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Map | One of the largest collections of Tibetan and Himalayan sculpture...
Museums / Galleries Staten Island
 
Jane Kahan
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Map | This welcoming gallery represents very lofty works. Besides ceramics...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Japan Society
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Map | The stylish and serene lobby of the Japan Society has interior...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
Jewish Museum
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Map | Within a Gothic-style 1908 mansion, the museum draws on a large...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Knoedler & Company
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Map | Knoedler helped many great American collectors, including industrialist...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Leo Castelli
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Map | Castelli was one of the most influential dealers of the 20th...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
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Map | Step back in time and into the partially restored 1863 tenement...
Museums / Galleries Lower East Side
 
Luhring Augustine
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Map | Since 1985 owners Lawrence Luhring and Roland Augustine have...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Marian Goodman
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Map | The excellent contemporary art here includes Jeff Wall's staged...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Marlborough
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Map | With galleries in London, Monaco, and Madrid, the Marlborough...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Marlborough
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Map | With its latest branch in Chelsea, Marlborough raises its global...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Mary Boone
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Map | A hot SoHo gallery during the 1980s, this venue now resides both...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Matthew Marks
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Map | A white-hot venue for both the New York and international art...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Merchant's House Museum
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Map | Built in 1832, this redbrick house, combining Federal and Greek...
Museums / Galleries East Village
 
Metro Pictures
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Map | The hottest talents in contemporary art shown here include Cindy...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Member Rating: 3.4
Map | One of the world's greatest museums, the Met is also the largest...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
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Map | This sleek spot specializes in contemporary, impressionist, and...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Morgan Library
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Map | The treasures inside this museum, gathered by John Pierpont Morgan...
Museums / Galleries Murray Hill
 
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
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Map | Built in 1799, this restored former carriage house and day hotel...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Museum of American Finance
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Map | This Smithsonian Institution affiliate has made it big on Wall...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Museum of American Illustration
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Map | Founded in 1901, the museum of the Society of Illustrators presents...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Museum of Arts & Design
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Map | In 2008 the Museum of Arts & Design will move to its new...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA)
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Map | The only East Coast museum dedicated to the history of the Chinese...
Museums / Galleries Chinatown
 
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
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Map | In a granite 85-foot hexagon at the southern end of Battery Park...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Member Rating: 5.0
Map | The masterpieces -- Monet's Water Lilies, Picasso's Les Demoiselles...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Museum of Sex
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Map | Ponder the profound history and cultural significance of sex...
Museums / Galleries Flatiron District
 
Museum of Television & Radio
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Map | Three galleries of photographs and artifacts document the history...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Museum of the City of New York
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Map | Within a colonial revival building designed for the museum in...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Museum of the Moving Image
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Map | Step inside movie- and television-making processes at this museum...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
Nancy Hoffman
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Map | Contemporary painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, and photographic...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
National Academy
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Map | Since its founding in 1825, the academy has required each member...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Neue Galerie New York
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Map | Early-20th-century German and Austrian art and design are the...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
New York City Fire Museum
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Map | In the former headquarters of Engine 30, a handsome beaux arts...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
New York City Police Museum
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Map | Why are police called cops? Why does a police badge have eight...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
New York Earth Room
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Map | Walter de Maria's 1977 avant-garde work consists of 140 tons...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
New York Hall of Science
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Map | This top science museum has more than 400 hands-on exhibitions...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
New-York Historical Society
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Map | Manhattan's oldest museum, founded in 1804, has one of the city's...
Museums / Galleries Upper West Side
 
Nicholas Roerich Museum
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Map | An 1898 Upper West Side town house contains this small, eccentric...
Museums / Galleries Morningside Heights
 
OK Harris Works of Art
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Map | This SoHo stalwart hosts a wide range of visual arts: paintings...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
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Map | A pioneer in the "alternative-space" movement, P.S.1 rose from...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
Pace Wildenstein
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Map | The Midtown specialist in 20th- and 21st-century art now has...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Pace Wildenstein
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Map | The giant gallery -- now in Chelsea as well -- focuses on such...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
Paula Cooper
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Map | SoHo pioneer Paula Cooper moved to Chelsea in 1996 and enlisted...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Peter Findlay
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Map | Covering 19th- and 20th-century works by European artists, this...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
Postmasters
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Map | Postmasters shows new and established conceptual artists, with...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Queens Museum of Art
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Map | The Queens Museum of Art shows contemporary works by many interesting...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
Rivington Arms
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Map | A tiny space with a quirky and casual mind-set, this gallery...
Museums / Galleries Lower East Side
 
Robert Miller
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Map | Miller, a titan of the New York art world, represents some of...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts
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Map | Founded in 1971, this gallery represents more than 30 international...
Museums / Galleries SoHo
 
Rubin Museum of Art
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Map | Opened in 2004, this sleek and serene museum is the first in...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
SculptureCenter
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Map | This large museum not far from P.S.1 is devoted to contemporary...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
Sean Kelly
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Map | Drop in to this large space for works by top contemporary American...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Skyscraper Museum
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Map | Opposite the Museum of Jewish Heritage, this small museum will...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Socrates Sculpture Park
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Map | In 1985 local artist Mark di Suvero and other residents rallied...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Map | Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark museum building is visited as much...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Sonnabend
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Map | This pioneer of the SoHo art scene continues to show important...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
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Have kids in tow? The free Sony Wonder Technology Lab in the...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
Spanierman
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Map | This venerable gallery deals in 19th- and early-20th-century...
Museums / Galleries Midtown East
 
Studio Museum in Harlem
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Map | Contemporary art by African-American, Caribbean, and African...
Museums / Galleries Harlem
 
Tanya Bonakdar
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Map | This gallery presents such contemporary artists as Uta Barth...
Museums / Galleries Chelsea
 
Tibor de Nagy
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Map | Founded in 1950, this reputable gallery shows work by 20th-century...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Ukrainian Museum
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Map | Folk art, fine art, and documentary materials addressing the...
Museums / Galleries East Village
 
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Map | This museum grew out of a gallery in the studio of the sculptor...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria
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Map | An enormous atrium with 20th-century sculptures, many of which...
Museums / Galleries, Squares Midtown East
 
Wildenstein & Co.
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Map | This branch of the Wildenstein art empire was the first to take...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side


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