Tutti i musei di New York

Esterno del Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York)

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:

Esterno del MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) di New York
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.
Esterno del museo MoMA PS1 (Queens, New York)
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 Fifth Avenue (New York) - Facciata
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.
Met Cloisters, New York
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.
Facciata del Guggenheim Museum di New York
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.
Entrata della Frick Collection (New York)
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.
Scheletro di un dinosauro - American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York
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 (New York)
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.
Particolare dell'esterno del Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
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.
Portaerei USS Intrepid (CV-11), New York
Intrepid Museum // Manhattan
Ospitato a bordo di un’enorme portaerei (la USS Intrepid), espone sottomarini, aerei ed elicotteri e lo Space Shuttle Enterprise!
Facciata del Brooklyn Musem (New York)
Brooklyn Museum // Brooklyn
Un enorme museo enciclopedico situato nel cuore di Brooklyn, che spazia dall’arte dell’antico Egitto all’arte contemporanea.
Facciata del Museum of the City of New York
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

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)