List of museums in New York City

This is a list of museums in New York City, which is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known. Also included are non-profit art galleries, arts centers, and cultural centers with galleries.


 * See also List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City for museums and other visitor attractions including zoos and gardens, performing arts organizations, libraries, and historically-significant sites.
 * See also List of museums in New York (state) for museums in the rest of New York state.

Defunct museums

 * 9/11 Tribute Museum
 * AIGA National Design Center
 * American Museum of Immigration, Liberty Island
 * Art in General
 * Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan
 * Chelsea Art Museum, Manhattan, closed in 2011
 * Children's Museum of the Arts
 * Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan
 * Choco-Story New York
 * Dahesh Museum of Art, Exhibits art from its collection at other museums
 * Discovery Times Square, closed in 2016
 * Enrico Caruso Museum of America
 * Fisher Landau Center
 * Forbes Galleries, closed in 2014
 * FusionArts Museum
 * Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan
 * Kurdish Library and Museum, Brooklyn
 * Met Breuer, Manhattan, closed July 2020
 * MICRO Museum, Brooklyn
 * Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, closed in 2016
 * Museum of Biblical Art, closed in 2015
 * Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, closed in 2012, collections now part of the Society of Illustrators
 * Museum of Living Art, 1927-1943 at NYU, modern art collection of Albert Eugene Gallatin
 * Museum of Primitive Art, closed in 1976, collections now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 * Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, website
 * National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010
 * New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan
 * New York City Police Museum
 * New York Tattoo Museum in Staten Island
 * Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, closed in 2015
 * Ripley's Believe It or Not!, midtown Manhattan, 2007-2021
 * Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in SoHo in 2008, closed in 2010
 * Sony Wonder Technology Lab, closed in 2016
 * Sports Museum of America, Manhattan, opened in 2008, closed in 2009
 * Store Front Museum, Queens
 * UBS Art Gallery, Manhattan