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Visiting the City: Museums: Local History & Culture


All Loops Tour
Loop around New York City
49 W. 45th Street New York 10036
T: +1 212 445 0848
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Stone Architectural Masterpiece
895 Shore Road New York 10464
T: +1 718 885 1461 / F: +1 718 885 9164
Bronx Museum of the Arts
20th century art
1040 Grand Concourse Bronx 10456
T: +1 718 681 6000 / F: +1 718 681 6181
Brooklyn Historical Society
All Things Brooklyn
128 Pierrepont St Brooklyn 11201
T: +1 718 222 4111 / F: +1 718 222 3794
Brooklyn Museum
Vast Collection
200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn 11238-6052
T: +1 718 638 5000 / F: +1 718 501 6136
Center For Architecture
Architectural Hub
536 LaGuardia Place New York 10012
T: +1 212 683 0023 / F: +1 212 696 5022
Coney Island Museum
History of Fun
1208 Surf Avenue New York 11224
T: +1 718 372 5159 / F: +1 718 372 5101
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Point of Arrival
1 Ellis Island New York 10004
T: +1 212 883 1986 / F: +1 212 363 6302
Fort Schuyler
Historic fort and maritime museum
6 Pennyfield Avenue New York 10465
T: +1 718 409 7218
Fraunces Tavern Museum
George Washington Haunt
54 Pearl Street New York 10004
T: +1 212 425 1778 / F: +1 212 509 3467
General Society Library (The)
Second Oldest Library in NYC
20 West 44th Street New York 10036
T: +1 212 921 1767 / F: +1 212 840 2046
Hudson River Museum
River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue Yonkers 10701
T: +1 914 963 4550 / F: +1 914 963 8558
Jewish Community Center
Center For NYC's Jewish Community
334 Amsterdam Avenue New York 10023
T: +1 646 505 4444 / F: +1 646 505 4446
Jewish Museum
Jewish Heritage & Culture
1109 Fifth Avenue New York 10128
T: +1 212 423 3200
Kingsland Homestead
18th century home
14335 37th Avenue Flushing 11354
T: +1 718 939 0647 / F: +1 718 539 9885
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Dedicated to immigrants
108 Orchard Street New York 10002
T: +1 212 982 8420
Madame Tussauds New York
"Meet" Over 200 Celebrities!
234 West 42nd Street New York 10036
T: +1 212 512 9600 / F: +1 212 719 9440
Merchant's House Museum
Historic Townhouse
29 East 4th Street New York 10003
T: +1 212 777 1089 / F: +1 212 777 1104
Morgan Library & Museum
JP's Pad
225 Madison Avenue New York 10016
T: +1 212 685 0008 / F: +1 212 481 3484
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden (The)
18th Century House
421 East 61st Street New York 10021
T: +1 212 838 6878 / F: +1 212 838 7390
Museum of Bronx History and Historical Society
Artifacts of early Bronx
3309 Bainbridge Avenue Bronx 10467
T: +1 718 881 8900 / F: +1 718 881 4827
Museum of the City of New York
New York history
1220 Fifth Avenue New York 10029
T: +1 212 534 1672 / F: +1 212 423 0758
Nassau County Museum of Art
County Delight
1 Museum Drive Roslyn Harbor 11576
T: +1 516 484 9338
National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center
The First Americans
One Bowling Green New York 10004
T: +1 212 514 3700 / F: +1 212 514 3800
National Sports Museum
World-Class Sports Museum
26 Broadway New York 10004
T: +1 212 747 0900
New York City Fire Museum
Museum in a Firehouse
278 Spring Street New York 10013
T: +1 212 691 1303 / F: +1 212 924 0430
New York City Police Museum
NYPD Blue
100 Old Slip New York 10005
T: +1 212 480 3100 / F: +1 212 480 9757
New York Historical Society
New York's Attic
170 Central Park West New York 10023
T: +1 212 873 3400 / F: +1 212 579 8794
New York Transit Museum
Authentic 1930s Subway Station
130 Livingston Street New York 11201
T: +1 718 694 1600 / F: +1 718 694 5556
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
España España!
684 Park Avenue New York 10021
T: +1 212 628 0420 / F: +1 212 734 4177
Queens County Farm Museum
Two centuries of farming history
73-50 Little Neck Parkway New York 11004
T: +1 718 347 3276
Queens Historical Society
Colonial History Of Queens
143-135 37th Avenue New York 11354
T: +1 718 939 0647 / F: +1 718 539 9885
Queens Museum of Art
1939 World's Fair building
New York City Building Queens 11368
T: +1 718 592 9700
Raynham Hall Museum
Revolutionary Homes
20 West Main Street Oyster Bay 11771
T: +1 516 922 6808 / F: +1 516 922 7640
South Street Seaport Museum
A Fantastic Voyage Awaits
207 Front Street New York 10038
T: +1 212 748 8600 / F: +1 212 748 8610
Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace
United States president's birthplace
28 East 20th Street New York 10003
T: +1 212 260 1616 / F: +1 212 677 3587
Tribute WTC Visitor Center
Tribute To Humanity
120 Liberty Street New York 10006
T: +1 212 393 9160
Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge
Historic Barge & Showboat
290 Conover Street Brooklyn 11231
T: +1 718 624 4719 / F: +1 718 624 4719
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Dutch Farmhouse
5816 Clarendon Road Brooklyn 11203
T: +1 718 629 5400 / F: +1 718 629 3125
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