NYC Museums
How to tour NYC museums, parks, and cultural institutions from your own home
Stuck inside? You can still experience some of New York’s best cultural offerings with virtual tours and exhibitions.
Saul Steinberg celebrated the home as a ‘cocoon for creativity’
A virtual exhibit provides a glimpse into the New Yorker cartoonist’s depictions of interiors.
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NYC's best under-the-radar museums, mapped
Make a date to visit these under-the-radar institutions, devoted to topics as diverse as subway history, Himalayan art, and jazz.
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The 14 most beautiful museums in NYC
Design and art collide at these New York City cultural institutions
Long-promised Fort Greene cultural center finally makes progress
The 50,000-square-foot center will house several Brooklyn cultural institutions.
Take a ride on a vintage subway train this holiday season
The nostalgia rides will take you back to the 1930s.
LPC approves Morgan Library’s plans for new garden, exterior revamp
The project is part of a $12.5 million restoration.
Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Guggenheim Museum
Landscape photographer Andrew Pielage is capturing every single Frank Lloyd Wright building
Inside the Museum of Modern Art’s newly renovated Midtown HQ
The 90-year-old institution will unveil its $450 million renovation on October 21
The history of the Guggenheim Museum’s iconic New York City building
As the Guggenheim Museum prepares for its 60th anniversary, learn about its iconic NYC building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Museum of Ice Cream will return to NYC with a permanent Soho location
New Yorkers can sign up for an early access waitlist to the Instagram-worthy experience
MoMA PS1 reopens James Turrell installation after high-rise construction marred its view
The artist’s Skyspace installation has been closed since January thanks to nearby construction
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum named a UNESCO World Heritage site
The iconic Guggenheim Museum is one of eight Wright properties to receive the honor.
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12 sites that explore the immigrant experience in NYC
These museums and monuments honor the legacy and contributions of immigrants in New York City.
How does NYC pay for its public buildings?
"Mapping Community," a new exhibition at the Center for Architecture, demystifies the bureaucracy behind capital planning
New Museum unveils new, Rem Koolhaas-designed addition
The expansion will break ground in 2020, with a projected opening of 2022
American Museum of Natural History finally breaks ground on long-planned expansion
The museum’s 230,000-square-foot Gilder Center is expected to be completed in three years
World Trade Center memorial for those with 9/11-related illnesses debuts in lower Manhattan
The Memorial Glade honors rescue and recovery workers who are sick or died from exposure to 9/11-related toxins.
Brooklyn’s cash-strapped Weeksville Heritage Center surpasses fundraising goal
"I think Weeksville has a long, bright, and prosperous future ahead," said the museum’s president
Brooklyn’s Weeksville Heritage Center launches crowdfunding campaign to stay open
The cultural institution needs $200,000 by the summer to stay afloat
Statue of Liberty will ban tour guides from some of its most popular areas
The National Park Service will no longer permit commercial tours at the statue’s observation deck.
American Museum of Natural History clears final legal hurdle for planned expansion
A state appeals court dismissed a last-ditch appeal against the project on Thursday
Noguchi Museum plans major expansion in Long Island City
The Queens institution, which is dedicated to the life and work of Isamu Noguchi, will become more accessible to visitors
New Museum files plans for Rem Koolhaas-designed addition
The addition will replace an existing building next door to the museum
See NYC subway cars get a second life as artificial reefs in a new exhibit
Photographer Stephen Mallon documented the creation of "redbird reefs" from 2008 to 2010
How bicycles ignited 200 years of controversy in New York City
The bicycle has factored into women’s liberation, civil rights, and income inequality debates
Universal Hip Hop Museum will open in the Bronx in 2023
The opening will align with the 50th anniversary of hip hop.
The Morgan Library’s Charles McKim-designed landmark building to get a facelift
The circa-1906 landmark building will get an extensive exterior restoration
AKC’s Museum of the Dog brings canine-themed art to NYC
The quirky museum is located in an unassuming Park Avenue building
American Museum of Natural History can proceed with expansion, court rules
The ruling allows the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation to move forward.
MoMA to close for four months before new galleries debut in October
The closure signifies the tail end of the museum’s $400 million expansion.
5 Pointz development shutters James Turrell’s MoMA PS1 installation
The installation will reopen when the construction materials impeding on the framed view are removed.
NYC’s airports, MTA at ‘imminent risk’ if government shutdown drags on
New York State Senator Charles Schumer says that the city’s economy and the MTA could be strained if the shutdown continues
Construction on American Museum of Natural History expansion remains halted
A court decided to keep a temporary restraining order in place while the decision to dismiss the suit is appealed.
Lawsuit halting American Museum of Natural History expansion dismissed
Work can resume on the Studio Gang-designed Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation.
New York's long, tumultuous history gets its first permanent exhibit
The Museum of the City of New York tells the story of NYC’s past, present, and future
New York Transit Museum’s vintage subway trains will return for the holidays
Holiday Nostalgia Rides will return for the season on Sunday, November 25.
Statue of Liberty’s original torch relocated to its new home
The torch will now live within the Statue of Liberty Museum’s Inspiration Gallery.
Louis Armstrong House Museum receives $1.9M from city for renovations
The funding will be used to carry out repairs and upgrades at Selma’s House