New York City is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known. This list contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations, based on their mission.
Also included are non-profit art galleries, arts centers and cultural centers with galleries.
See List of museums in New York City for a complete sortable list in alphabetical order.
See List of museums in New York for museums in the rest of New York state.
Traditional European art
Modern art
American Museum of Immigration, Liberty Island
Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan
Chelsea Art Museum, Manhattan, closed in 2011
Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan
Forbes Galleries, closed in 2014
Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan
Kurdish Library and Museum, Brooklyn
Micro Museum, Brooklyn, closed exhibit space
Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, closed in 2016
Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, website
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 Primitive Art, closed in 1976, collections now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010
New York Jazz Museum, Manhattan
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
UBS Art Gallery, Manhattan
Climate Museum
Zoos and gardens
Bronx Zoo
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Central Park Zoo
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
New York Aquarium
New York Botanical Garden
Prospect Park Zoo
Queens Botanical Garden
Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden (formerly the British Garden)
Queens Zoo
http://www.queensfarm.org
Staten Island Botanical Garden
The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden
Staten Island Zoo
Wave Hill
Alice Tully Hall
Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic
David H. Koch Theater, formerly known as the New York State Theater, home to New York City Ballet
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Metropolitan Opera
Vivian Beaumont Theater
92nd Street Y
Barge Music
Boys Choir of Harlem
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
City Parks Foundation
The Juilliard School
Kaufman Center
Manhattan School of Music
Mannes College of Music
New York City Opera
New York Collegium
The New York Pops
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Symphony Space
92nd Street Y
Apollo Theater
Biltmore Theatre
Bowery Ballroom
Carnegie Hall
Hammerstein Ballroom
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
New York City Center
The Public Theater
Radio City Music Hall
Roundabout Theatre Company
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
The Town Hall
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
Most of the following are Registered Historic Places covered in the county lists.
Despite its name, National Parks of New York Harbor does not oversee any national parks proper.
African Burial Ground National Monument
Castle Clinton National Monument
Federal Hall National Memorial
Fort Wadsworth
General Grant National Memorial
Governors Island
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Brooklyn - New York Naval Shipyard - Bldg92
Ellis Island
Irish Hunger Memorial
Statue of Liberty
Weeksville Heritage Center
The following are already-listed Registered Historic Places.
Fort Schuyler
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Trinity Churchyard
9/11 Tribute Center
International Freedom Center
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Tribute in Light
Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
Biblioteca Instituto Cervantes
Brooklyn Public Library
Butler Library at Columbia University
Cloisters Library and Archives
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library at New York University
Frick Art Reference Library
List of Brooklyn Public Library Branches
List of New York Public Library Branches
List of Queens Library Branches
The Morgan Library & Museum
New York Public Library
New York Academy of Medicine Library
New York Society Library
Queens Borough Public Library
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Shevchenko Scientific Society
United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
