In questa pagina riportiamo dapprima una nostra selezione di musei da non perdere – ai quali abbiamo dedicato delle pagine ad hoc super dettagliate – e, a seguire, l’elenco completo di tutti i musei di New York, divisi per tipologia ed elencati, all’interno di ciascuna tipologia, in ordine alfabetico.
Musei di New York da non perdere
Questi secondo noi i musei di New York assolutamente da non perdere:

MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) // Manhattan
Il tempio dell’arte moderna e contemporanea, ospita capolavori come La Notte Stellata di Van Gogh e La Persistenza della Memoria di Salvador Dalí.

MoMA PS1 // Queens
L’ala più contemporanea e sperimentale del MoMA. Nato negli anni ’70, si è affiliato con quest’ultimo nell’anno 2000.

The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) // Manhattan
Uno dei musei d’arte più grandi e importanti al mondo, con collezioni che coprono 5.000 anni di storia, spaziando dall’antichità all’arte moderna.

The Met Cloisters // Nord Manhattan
Un’altra sede del Met, interamente dedicata all’arte medievale europea. È stata costruita utilizzando elementi autentici di monasteri e abbazie francesi e spagnole.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum // Manhattan
Iconico per la sua architettura a spirale – opera di Frank Lloyd Wright – e la sua preziosa collezione di arte impressionista, post-impressionista e contemporanea.

The Frick Collection // Manhattan
Ospitato nell’affascinante ex dimora del magnate e collezionista Henry Clay Frick, questo museo dall’atmosfera intima vanta un’invidiabile collezione di arte europea.

American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) // Manhattan
Imponente museo di storia naturale, famoso per le sue sale dedicate ai dinosauri, alla vita marina e alle culture del mondo. Include anche l’Hayden Planetarium.

Memoriale e Museo dell’11 Settembre // Manhattan
Un luogo toccante e necessario, per commemorare le vittime degli attacchi terroristichi dell’11 settembre 2001. Sorge sul sito originale del World Trade Center.

Whitney Museum of American Art // Manhattan
Dedicato esclusivamente all’arte americana del XX e XXI secolo, si trova nel Meatpacking District, in un edificio spettacolare progettato da Renzo Piano.

Intrepid Museum // Manhattan
Ospitato a bordo di un’enorme portaerei (la USS Intrepid), espone sottomarini, aerei ed elicotteri e lo Space Shuttle Enterprise!

Brooklyn Museum // Brooklyn
Un enorme museo enciclopedico situato nel cuore di Brooklyn, che spazia dall’arte dell’antico Egitto all’arte contemporanea.

Museo della Città di New York // Manhattan
Un luogo dove la città si racconta, attraverso quattro secoli di trasformazioni urbane, sociali e culturali.
Tutti i musei di New York
Qui invece riportiamo il loro elenco completo. Abbiamo prima suddiviso i vari musei per tipologia e all’interno di ciascuna tipologia elencati in ordine alfabetico (sono elencati anche quelli indicati già sopra, tra i musei da non perdere).
Musei di arte
Musei d’arte di tutti i tipi, incluse le gallerie e le associazioni artistiche.
- Abrons Arts Center
- Africa Center (The) (ex Museum for African Art)
- A.I.R. Gallery
- Albo
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American Folk Art Museum
- American Museum the Moving Image
- Aperture Foundation
- Art at Americas Society
- Asia Society and Museum
- Bard Graduate Center Gallery
- BRIC House
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
- Bronx River Art Center
- Brooklyn Museum
- Center for Architecture
- Center for Book Arts
- Center for Italian Modern Art // Chiuso
- China Institute of America
- Dahesh Museum (The)
- Dia Chelsea
- Dorsky Gallery // Chiuso
- Drawing Center (The)
- Fisher Landau Center for Art
- Forbes Galleries
- Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art
- Fotografiska New York // Chiuso
- Frick Collection (The)
- Frick Madison (The) // Chiuso
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum
- Grey Art Museum
- Hispanic Society Museum & Library (The)
- Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture
- Hunter College Art Galleries
- International Center of Photography
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
- Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL)
- Judd Foundation
- Korea Society Gallery (The)
- Korean Cultural Center NY Gallery
- Lehman College Art Gallery
- Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
- Living Museum (The)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
- Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation
- Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University
- Morgan Library & Museum (The)
- Municipal Art Society (include l’Urban Center Gallery)
- Museum of Arts and Design
- Museum of Biblical Art
- Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA)
- Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- National Arts Club (The)
- National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI) // Chiuso temporaneamente
- Neue Galerie
- New York Earth Room (The)
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (The)
- New York School of Interior Design Gallery (NYSID Gallery)
- New Museum of Contemporary Art
- Newhouse Center Of Contemporary Art
- Nicholas Roerich Museum
- Noguchi Museum (The)
- Onassis Cultural Center // Chiuso
- Paley Center for Media (The) (ex Museum of Television & Radio (MT&R) eMuseum of Broadcasting)
- Park Avenue Armory (o 7th Regiment Armory)
- Poster House
- Pratt Manhattan Gallery
- Print Center New York (ex International Print Center New York o IPCNY)
- Queens College Art Center
- Queens Museum (ex Queens Museum of Art)
- Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation (The)
- Rubin Museum of Art
- SculptureCenter
- Shirley Fiterman Art Center
- Socrates Sculpture Park
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Swiss Institute
- Tibet House US – Tibetan Art & Cultural Center
- Ukrainian Institute of America
- Vilcek Foundation
- Westbeth Gallery
- White Columns // Chiuso temporaneamente
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (WAH Center)
Musei di moda e design
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Fashion Institute of Technology Museum (FIT Museum)
- Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography (The)
- National Academy of Design
- Parsons The New School for Design
Musei di storia naturale
Musei veri e propri, zoo e orti botanici.
- American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
- Hayden Planetarium (the Rose Center for Earth and Space)
- Bronx Zoo
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- New York Aquarium
- New York Botanical Garden
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Staten Island Zoo
- Wave Hill
Musei di storia e cultura
- AKC Museum of the Dog
- Amud Aish Memorial Museum (AAMM)
- American Numismatic Society (ANS) Gallery
- Austrian Cultural Forum New York
- Bayside Historical Society
- Brooklyn Historical Society
- Brooklyn Museum
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
- Center for Jewish History / Yeshiva University Museum (YUM)
- City Island Nautical Museum
- City Reliquary
- Clemente (The)
- Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Coney Island Museum
- Czech Center New York
- DareDevil Tattoo Museum
- Derfner Judaica Museum
- Empire State Building Museum
- Enrico Caruso Museum of America // Chiuso
- FDNY Fire Zone
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York Museum
- Fraunces Tavern Museum
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
- General Grant National Memorial
- Governors Island National Monument
- Green-Wood Cemetery
- Grolier Club (The)
- Ground Zero Museum Workshop
- Hall of Fame for Great Americans
- Hebrew Union College (HUC) / Dr. Bernard Heller Museum
- Hebrew Union College (HUC) / Jewish Institute of Religion Museum
- Historic Richmond Town
- Jackie Robinson Museum
- Japan Society Gallery
- Jewish Museum (The)
- Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum
- Merchant’s House Museum
- El Museo del Barrio
- Ellis Island National Immigration Museum
- Maritime Industry Museum
- Mmuseumm // Chiuso temporaneamente
- Museum at Eldridge Street
- Museum of American Finance
- Museum of Broadway
- Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
- Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD)
- Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
- Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS)
- Museum of Sex
- Museum of the American Gangster
- Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)
- National Jazz Museum in Harlem
- National Lighthouse Museum
- National Museum of the American Indian (New York branch)
- National Museum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History
- National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center
- National September 11 Memorial & Museum (o 9/11 Memorial Museum)
- National Sports Museu
- National Track and Field Hall of Fame
- New York City Fire Museum
- New York City Police Museum
- New-York Historical Society
- New York Transit Museum
- Noble Maritime Collection
- Queens County Farm Museum
- Rose Museum at Carnegie Hall
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Skyscraper Museum (The)
- South Street Seaport Museum
- Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences (SIIAS)
- Statue of Liberty Museum
- Temple Emanu-El / Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica
- Transit Museum at Grand Central Terminal
- Ukrainian Museum
- Waterfront Museum
- Weeksville Heritage Center
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Yeshiva University Museum
Musei di scienze e tecnologia
- Intrepid Museum (ex Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum)
- John M. Mossman Lock Collection
- Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)
- New York Hall of Science
Musei militari
- Fort Hamilton / Harbor Defense Museum
- Fort Totten Visitor’s Center & Water Battery
Musei delle cere
- Madame Tussauds
Musei per bambini
- Bronx Children’s Museum
- Brooklyn Children’s Museum
- Children’s Museum of Manhattan
- Children’s Museum of the Arts
- Jewish Children’s Museum
- Staten Island Children’s Museum
- Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling
Musei variegati
- BLDG 92 at Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn
- New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
- Staten Island Museum
Edifici storici
- Alice Austen House
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
- Bowne House
- Conference House
- Dyckman Farmhouse
- Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
- Gracie Mansion Manhattan
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- King Manor Museum
- Kingsland Homestead / Queens Historical Society
- Lefferts Historic House
- Lewis Latimer House
- Louis Armstrong House Museum
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Merchant’s House Museum
- Morris-Jumel Mansion
- Mount Vernon Hotel
- Old Stone House
- Roosevelt House
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- United Nations Headquarters
- Valentine-Varian House / Museum of Bronx History
- Van Cortlandt House Museum
- Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
- Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, and Victorian Garden
- Wyckoff House Museum
Attrazioni
Per un elenco abbastanza completo degli altri luoghi di interesse – monumenti (statue, chiese, ponti), grattacieli storici, punti di osservazione moderni, parchi, ecc. – ti rimandiamo alla nostra apposita pagina dedicata ai monumenti e alle altre attrazioni della Grande Mela.
Foto
Foto in alto: esterno del Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum di New York.
Titolo originale: “Wide angle street shot of the exterior of the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, New York City”.
Via PickPik (pubblico dominio)