Photo view of the starry night oil canvas by van gogh in moma museum new york city usa
New York has a selection of museums that are considered among the best in the world. A visit to the city is not complete without devoting a few hours to visit some of its museums.
New York offers a variety and quality of impressive museums and museums. For art lovers, then you will not have time to see everything and you’ll get sore feet and headaches from walking so much and looking at so many images during one full day.
Making a list of all the museums in New York City is a task a bit harsh since the city has about 120 museums. I will make a selection of my favorite museums.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art – MoMA (11 West 53rd Street | http://www.moma.org/)
For lovers of contemporary art, this museum is fantastic and has possibly the best collection of contemporary art in the world. Some of the best-known artists are exhibited at MOMA: Vincent van Gogh, Henri Rousseau, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, Umberto Boccioni, Giorgio de Chirico, Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Jasper Johns, Frida Kahlo and Max Ernst.
Photo view of moma museum in new york city usa
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art – MET (1071 Fifth Avenue | http://www.metmuseum.org/)
This super museum contains more than 2 million works exhibited and divided into 19 departments. Along with the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg – Russia, the Louvre Museum in Paris – France or the Prado Museum in Madrid – Spain, this is one of the biggest museums in the world. The MET has a permanent collection of art objects ranging from the Classical Period of Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures of all the European masters, and a large collection of American art, African, Asian, Byzantine and Islamic.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (53 West Street | http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/)
This Museum is both one of the most well known showrooms in the world but also one of the landmarks of New York. Possibly one of the most known buildings made by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Guggenheim is opened since October 1959. The Guggenheim has a superb collection of Impressionist and Contemporary Art, also showing temporary exhibitions throughout the year.
Photo view on the interior architecture of guggenheim museum in new york city usa
Other museums that you also should visit in New York:
- American Museum
- American Museum of Natural History
- El Museo Whitney
- Brooklyn Museum of Art
- Frick Collection
- Ellis Island Immigration Museum
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- American Museum of the Moving Image
- Whitney Museum of American Art
Photo view of facade of national museum of the american indian in new york city usa
Free Museums in New York City
New York offers a great list of good museums where you pay what you like or entry free of charge. This of course depends of specific times and days of the week. I deeply advise you to get the New York City Pass so that you do not have to wait to visit all the best places in New York.
There are museums for free, and there are museums suggested contribution, ie, you can pay whatever you want. This thinking makes the art affordable for everyone. I make a short list of a selection of free museums in New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Although there is a price table of $ 20, this is actually the suggested price and you may pay what you want every day of the week. You can pay $ 1 for example.
- Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue
- Phone: 212-535-7710
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Free entry every Friday from 6 pm to 8 pm.
- Address: 11 West 53rd Street
- Phone: 212-708-9400
Guggenheim Museum
- Pay what you want every Saturday from 5:15 pm to 7:45 pm (the last ticket is sold at 7:15 pm and usually there is a lot of people so go early).
- Address: 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street
- Phone: 212-423-3500
National Museum of the American Indian
- Free entry all day.
- Address: 1 Bowling Green, George Gustave Heye Center
- Phone: 212-668-6624
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
- This museum of technology is the ideal place to go with you children. Free entry all day.
- Address: Sony Plaza Public Arcade at 56th Street and Madison Avenue
- Phone: 212-833-5414
American Museum of Natural History
- Although there is a price table of $ 15, this is actually the suggested price it you may pay what you want every day of the week (except for the planetarium shows and exhibitions). You can pay $ 1 for example.
- Address: Central Park West at West 79th Street
- Phone: 212-769-5000
National Museum of the American Indian
- Free entry.
- Address: 1 Bowling Green, George Gustave Heye Center
- Phone: 212-668-6624
Museum of Arts and Design
- Pay what you want on Mondays from 6pm to 7pm.
- Address: 2 Columbus Circle
- Phone: 212-299-7777
American Folk Art Museum
- Free entry on Mondays from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
- Address: 45 West 53rd Street
- Phone: 212-265-1040
International Center for Photography
- Pay what you want every Friday from 6 pm to 8 pm.
- Address: 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd St.
- Phone: 212-857-0000
Museum of the Moving Image
- Free entrance gallery every Monday from 6pm to 20 pm (the film has to be payed though).
- Address: 35 Avenue at 36 Street in Astoria, NY
- Phone: 718-784-0077
New York Historical Society
- Free entry every Friday from 6 pm to 20 pm.
- Address: 170 Central Park West Between 76th & 77th Street
- Phone: 212-873-3400
Whitney Museum of American Art
- Pay what you want every Friday from 6 pm to 21 pm.
- Address: 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
- Phone: 212-570-3676
Brooklyn Museum of Art
- Free entry every first Saturday of each month from 5 pm to 23 pm.
- Address: 200 Eastern Pkwy Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052
- Phone: 718-638-5000
The Jewish Museum
- Free admission every Saturday from 11 am to 7:45 pm.
- Address: 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street Between Fifth and Madison
- Phone: 212-423-3200
New York Botanical Garden
- Free entrance in the garden every Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm.
- Address: Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, Bronx, NY
- Phone: 718-817-8700
The Frick Collection
- Pay what you want every Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm.
- Address: 1 East 70th Street
- Phone: 212-288-0700
