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Museums
Museums in New York guide, from MoMA and the Museum of Natural History to the best new museum exhibitions. Discover museums in NYC with our essential guide
The best museum exhibitions in NYC
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See our picks for the best art museums in New York presenting the finest in art, from classical to cutting-edge
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Best museum exhibitions in NYC
Juneteenth at MAD
The current exhibition Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other prompts discussions of race, freedom and equality with five of Clark's large-scale, collaborative projects
‘Emotions of the Sun’ photo exhibit
This touring photographic exhibition is a collaboration between Veuve Clicquot and Magnum Photos, with each photo being an interpretation of the Sun’s power.
What did it feel like to be there?: 12 Portraits from the Addresses Project
An exhibition that pays homage to New Yorkers who created spaces for queer and trans people throughout the years, What did it feel like to be there?: 12...
Preservation In Progress: Picturing Immigration
Are you a preservationist nerd? (Guilty!) Then head to the Museum of the City of New York’s new exhibition, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at...
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See inside the American Museum of Natural History’s massive new expansion
The architecturally stunning, 230,000-square-foot Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation is now open.
A Borscht Belt Museum is opening in the Catskills
To celebrate the origins and history of the popular vacation destination, a new museum will open this summer.
A first look inside the House of Cannabis, NYC’s new weed museum
This museum starts, quite fittingly, with a trippy “Disorientation Room.”
A sneak peek at the new Bronx Children’s Museum
The 13,650-square-foot space near Yankee Stadium is geared for infants through kids in fourth grade.
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Best theme museums
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