The Museum Project: All the Museums in New York Database

Here is my comprehensive list of all museums in New York City, in searchable, sortable database form.  Links will take you to my review (assuming I’ve completed it).

Museum NameBoroughTypeEdificationEntertainmentGo?Open as of June 2025
Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman ArtBronxArt323Y
Hall of Fame for Great AmericansBronxHall of fame535Y
Bartow-Pell Mansion MuseumBronxHistoric house232Y
Valentine-Varian House / Museum of Bronx HistoryBronxHistoric house222Y
Bronx Museum of the ArtsBronxArt434Y
Bronx River Art CenterBronxArt232Y
City Island Nautical MuseumBronxHistory322Y
Derfner Judaica MuseumBronxEthnic - Jewish333Y
Hostos Center for the Arts and CultureBronxArt323Y
Lehman College Art GalleryBronxArt433Y
Maritime Industry MuseumBronxMaritime453Y
New York Botanical GardenBronxBotanical garden344Y
Edgar Allan Poe CottageBronxHistoric house233Y
Van Cortlandt House MuseumBronxHistoric house343Y
Wave HillBronxBotanical garden, art, historic house555Y
Woodlawn CemeteryBronxHistory445Y
Bronx Children's MuseumBronxChildren'sY
BLDG 92 at Brooklyn Navy YardBrooklynMultiple434Y
Brooklyn Historical SocietyBrooklynHistory333Y
Lefferts Historic HouseBrooklynHistoric house232Y
Wyckoff House MuseumBrooklynHistoric house335Y
A.I.R. GalleryBrooklynArt222Y
BRIC HouseBrooklynArt233Y
Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklynBotanic garden223Y
Brooklyn MuseumBrooklynArt354Y
City ReliquaryBrooklynHistory343Y
Coney Island MuseumBrooklynAmusement334Y
Enrico Caruso Museum of AmericaBrooklynHistory333N
Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklynHistory444Y
Harbor Defense MuseumBrooklynMilitary434Y
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan ArtsBrooklynCulture232Y
Museum of Food and DrinkBrooklynCulture333Y
New York Transit MuseumBrooklynTransportation344Y
Old Stone HouseBrooklynHistoric house232Y
Williamsburg Art & Historical CenterBrooklynArt232Y
Waterfront MuseumBrooklynMaritime232Y
Weeksville Heritage CenterBrooklynHistory323Y
Amud Aish Memorial Museum (KHEC)BrooklynHistoryY
Brooklyn Children's MuseumBrooklynChildren's232Y
Jewish Children's MuseumBrooklynChildren'sY
China InstituteManhattanArt333Y
Children's Museum of the ArtsManhattanChildren's343Y
Federal Reserve Bank of New York MuseumManhattanFinance / History354N
Museum of the American GangsterManhattanHistory242N
General Grant National MemorialManhattanHistory435Y
MmuseummManhattanCulture343Y
New York School of Interior Design GalleryManhattanArt122Y
Onassis Cultural CenterManhattanArt334N
Park Avenue ArmoryManhattanArt334Y
New York City Police MuseumManhattanHistory322N
Roosevelt HouseManhattanHistoric House333Y
Studio Museum in HarlemManhattanArt433N
The Frick CollectionManhattanArt555Y
9/11 Tribute MuseumManhattanHistory323N
African Burial Ground National MonumentManhattanHistory314Y
Abrons Arts CenterManhattanArt322Y
American Academy of Arts and LettersManhattanArt333Y
American Folk Art MuseumManhattanArt222N
Americas SocietyManhattanArt323Y
Aperture FoundationManhattanMedia232N
Asia Society MuseumManhattanArt222Y
Austrian Cultural Forum GalleryManhattanCulture333Y
Bard Graduate Center GalleryManhattanArt333N
Bernard Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-ElManhattanJewish333Y
Rose Museum at Carnegie HallManhattanMusic232Y
Castle Clinton National MonumentManhattanHistory222Y
Center for ArchitectureManhattanArt222Y
Center for Book ArtsManhattanArt233Y
Center for Jewish History/ Yeshiva University MuseumManhattanEthnic - Jewish434Y
Clemente CenterManhattanCulture222Y
Children's Museum of ManhattanManhattanChildren's222Y
Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryManhattanLibrary333Y
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumManhattanDesign444Y
Czech Center New YorkManhattanCulture233Y
DareDevil Tattoo MuseumManhattanCulture333Y
Dia: ChelseaManhattanArt334Y
Drawing CenterManhattanArt333Y
Dyckman FarmhouseManhattanHistoric house323Y
El Museo del BarrioManhattanArt222Y
Museum at Eldridge StreetManhattanCulture - Jewish434Y
Ellis Island National Immigration MuseumManhattanHistory545Y
FDNY Fire ZoneManhattanFirefighting221Y
Federal Hall National MemorialManhattanHistory434Y
New York City Fire MuseumManhattanHistory434N
Fraunces Tavern MuseumManhattanHistory334Y
Frick MadisonManhattanArt555N
Governors Island National MonumentManhattanHistory323Y
Gracie MansionManhattanHistoric house334Y
Grey Art GalleryManhattanArt233Y
Renee & Chaim Gross FoundationManhattanArt444Y
Ground Zero Museum WorkshopManhattanHistory111Y
Guggenheim MuseumManhattanArt332Y
Hamilton Grange National MemorialManhattanHistoric house435Y
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion MuseumManhattanEthnic - Jewish332Y
Hispanic Society of AmericaManhattanArt212Y
Hunter College Art GalleriesManhattanArt
332Y
International Center of PhotographyManhattanArt - Photography333Y
International Print CenterManhattanArt233Y
Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space MuseumManhattanScience445Y
Japan Society GalleryManhattanCulture333Y
National Jazz Museum in HarlemManhattanMusic221Y
Jewish MuseumManhattanEthnic - Jewish333Y
Judd FoundationManhattanArt443Y
Kehila Kedosha Janina MuseumManhattanCulture322Y
Korea Society GalleryManhattanArt111Y
Korean Cultural Center GalleryManhattanArt323Y
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian ArtManhattanArt343Y
Museum of Arts and DesignManhattanArt444Y
Madame TussaudsManhattanWax museum252Y
Museum of the City of New YorkManhattanHistory545Y
Merchant’s House MuseumManhattanHistoric house344Y
Museum of Chinese in AmericaManhattanCulture - Chinese American434Y
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)ManhattanArt555Y
Museum of MathematicsManhattanScience443Y
The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattanArt545Y
Morris-Jumel MansionManhattanHistoric house333Y
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS)ManhattanHistory231Y
Mossman Lock CollectionManhattanTechnology433Y
Mount Vernon HotelManhattanHistoric house333Y
Museum at FITManhattanTextile433Y
Museum of American IllustrationManhattanArt444Y
Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the HolocaustManhattanCulture - Jewish524Y
Museum of SexManhattanSex142Y
American Kennel Club Museum of the DogManhattanCulture332Y
National September 11 Memorial & MuseumManhattanHistory413Y
National Track and Field Hall of FameManhattanSports433Y
American Museum of Natural HistoryManhattanNatural history545Y
Neue GalerieManhattanArt444Y
New MuseumManhattanArt343N
New York Earth RoomManhattanArt225Y
New-York Historical SocietyManhattanHistory454Y
American Numismatic Society GalleryManhattanNumismatic322Y
New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)ManhattanMultiple554Y
New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsManhattanArt344Y
Parsons – The New School GalleryManhattanArt433Y
Poster HouseManhattanArt444Y
Pratt Manhattan GalleryManhattanArt233Y
Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof FoundationManhattanArt322Y
Rubin Museum of ArtManhattanArt535N
Schomburg Center for Research in Black CultureManhattanAfrican American344Y
South Street Seaport MuseumManhattanMaritime232Y
Shirley Fiterman Art CenterManhattanArt233Y
Skyscraper MuseumManhattanArchitecture423Y
National Museum of the American Indian Heye CenterManhattanNative American433Y
Cathedral Church of St. John the DivineManhattanCulture545Y
Statue of LibertyManhattanHistory344Y
Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and StorytellingManhattanChildren's343Y
Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New YorkManhattanArt121Y
Lower East Side Tenement MuseumManhattanHistoric house454Y
The CloistersManhattanArt555Y
The Grolier ClubManhattanLiterary443Y
Nicholas Roerich MuseumManhattanArt333Y
Ukrainian MuseumManhattanEthnic - Ukrainian-American212Y
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic SiteManhattanHistoric house234Y
Tibet House GalleryManhattanArt122Y
Transit Museum at Grand Central TerminalManhattanTransportation323Y
Trinity ChurchManhattanHistory334Y
Ukrainian Institute of AmericaManhattanArt344Y
United Nations HeadquartersManhattanHistoric building544Y
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia UniversityManhattanArt323Y
Westbeth GalleryManhattanArt334Y
White ColumnsManhattanArt232Y
Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattanArt455Y
FotografiskaManhattanArt242N
Museum of BroadwayManhattanCulture453Y
Jackie Robinson MuseumManhattanHistory322Y
Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattanArtY
Dorsky GalleryQueensArt333N
Bayside Historical SocietyQueensHistory232Y
Bowne HouseQueensHistoric house332Y
Fort Totten Visitor’s Center & Water BatteryQueensMilitary122Y
Godwin-Ternbach MuseumQueensArt333Y
New York Hall of ScienceQueensScience343Y
Isamu Noguchi MuseumQueensArt445Y
Jamaica Center for Arts & LearningQueensArt222Y
King Manor MuseumQueensHistoric house333Y
Kingsland Homestead / Queens Historical SocietyQueensHistoric house222Y
Lewis Latimer HouseQueensHistoric house434Y
The Living MuseumQueensArt345Y
Louis Armstrong House MuseumQueensHistoric house344Y
MoMA PS1QueensArt344Y
Museum of the Moving ImageQueensMedia454Y
Queens Botanical GardenQueensBotanical Garden232Y
Queens College Art CenterQueensArt231Y
Queens County Farm MuseumQueensFarm233Y
Queens MuseumQueensArt344Y
SculptureCenterQueensArt333Y
Socrates Sculpture ParkQueensArt333Y
Vander Ende-Onderdonk HouseQueensHistoric house232Y
Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, and Victorian GardenQueensHistoric house332Y
Newhouse Center of Contemporary ArtStaten IslandArt212Y
Alice Austen HouseStaten IslandHistoric house344Y
Conference HouseStaten IslandHistoric house132Y
Fort WadsworthStaten IslandMilitary334Y
Garibaldi-Meucci MuseumStaten IslandEthnic322Y
Historic Richmond TownStaten IslandHistoric343Y
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan ArtStaten IslandCulture232Y
National Lighthouse MuseumStaten IslandHistory323Y
Noble Maritime CollectionStaten IslandMaritime445Y
Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten IslandChildren's343Y
Staten Island MuseumStaten IslandMultiple333Y
Paley Center MuseumManhattanCulture232Y
Center for Italian Modern Art -CLOSEDManhattanArt433N
Vilcek FoundationManhattanArt434Y

Some notes:

  • At the outset of the museum project, I defined “museum” broadly. This database includes historic homes, botanic gardens, two historic (and beautiful) cemeteries, and a few selected nonprofit or not-for-profit art galleries.
  • If a place lacks a link, that means I haven’t reviewed it yet — or else I’m behind on updating this table.  Most likely the former though.
  • If I had an unpaid intern, I would add links to each museum’s website on this table.  As it is, that won’t happen anytime soon.
  • While you can’t sort sequentially by multiple columns, you can sort the results of a search.  For example, to see my favorite museums in Queens, you could search on “queens” and then sort descending by the “should you go” rating.