New York City's Museums

• American Museum of Natural History - One of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts. Extensive online galleries of past and present exhibitions.

• Center for Book Arts - Artistically produced books. Online galleries of past exhibits.

• Children's Museum of Manhattan - Five floors of exhibits and programs.

• Curator's Choice - News service devoted to museums and exhibitions in New York City and vicinity.

• Freakatorium - El Museo Loco - Showcases curiosities, human oddities, and the history of the ninteenth-century dime museums that presented these spectacles to the public.

• Jewish Museum of New York - Features four galleries dedicated to Jewish heritage.

• The Museum of Television and Radio - A nonprofit museum founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs and to make them available to the public.

• Museum Stuff - Searchable guide to New York museums, arts organizations, historical societies, zoos, and landmarks.

• Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art - The Museum's collection of Tiffany lamps, windows, glass, and related objects deeded by Dr. Egon Neustadt. Includes exhibitions, history, and information.

• This Month at The Cooper Union - News about exhibitions, music, and lectures at this institution.

• Uptown Treasures - A guide to historic and cultural institutions in Washington Heights and Inwood.

• Americas Society - Art in all media by artists from the USA's neighbors to the north and south.

• Asia Society - Exhibitions of arts of Asian cultures. Online galleries.

• Bard Graduate Center Exhibitions - Decorative arts. Short slide show of examples from past exhibits.

• China Institute in America - Two to three art exhibitions a year on tightly focused themes. Fine and folk arts from ancient to modern. A few illustrations from past exhibits.

• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum - The only museum in the U.S. devoted exclusively to the study of historical and contemporary design. Online galleries.

• Dahesh Museum - 19th and early 20th century European academic art.

• El Museo Del Barrio - Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art from pre-Columbian to contemporary.

• The Frick Collection - Masterpieces of Western painting, sculpture, and decorative art. Virtual tour.

• Grey Art Gallery of NYU - Exhibitions of varied subjects and periods.

• International Center of Photography - Celebrates photography's many roles: as an agent of social change, a medium of aesthetic expression, a tool for scientific or historical research, and a repository for personal experience and memory.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Features information on upcoming art museum events, fine art exhibits, special exhibitions, the Met collection and viewable online art galleries.

• The Museum for African Art - Historical and contemporary arts.

• National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts - American art, including paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings.

• Rubin Museum of Art - Dedicated to the art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions. Educational materials and information about collections, special exhibits, and other programs.

• SMH - The Studio Museum of Harlem - 19th and 20th century African-American art; 20th century Caribbean and African art; and traditional African art and artifacts.

• Society of Illustrators - The art of illustration, past and present.

• Yeshiva University Museum - Sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, textiles, and metalwork relating to Jewish culture.

• Guggenheim Museum - Includes photo gallery and contact information.

• Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum - This former United States Navy aircraft carrier fought in World War II and serves as an aeronautical museum on the Hudson.

• The Jewish Museum - The scope and diversity of 4,000 years of Jewish culture.

• Lower East Side Tenement Museum - Focuses on America's urban immigrant history. Features program information, directions, hours, and online tickets and reservations.

• Museum of the City of New York - Information on exhibitions, collections and research on the museum for Earth's capital.

• National Museum of the American Indian - Dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.

• New-York Historical Society - New York City's oldest museum and research library.

• NYPD Museum - The New York Police Department, from the 17th century to the present.

• Tenement Museum - Over 10,000 people lived in the building between 1870 and 1915. The stories of many are presented here.

• Trinity Church and Museum - 1846 Neo-Gothic church, designed by American Institute of Architects' founder, Richard Upjohn.

• The Alternative Museum - Free of physical restrictions, it presents online digital exhibitions, and live webcast events. Headed by international curators with cyber artist residencies.

• Guggenheim Museum - Modern and contemporary art.

• MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art - Modern and contemporary art: paintings wsculpture, prints, drawings, photos, architectural models and drawings, decorative arts, furniture. Online images and essays.

• The Museum of Television and Radio - Daily screenings and radio presentations.

• New Museum of Contemporary Art - New work by American and international artists.

• Ukrainian Museum - Collections of folk art, fine art, and historical and cultural materials. Includes schedule of craft classes.

• Brooklyn Children's Museum - Site includes a history of the museum (opened in 1899), an events calendar and information on exhibits, programs and collections.

• Brooklyn Museum of Art - This beautiful site contains the usual info, such as hours, mission, programs and events plus information and selected images from the Museum's vast collections, some of which are among the finest in the world.

• Coney Island Museum - Online exhibits of antique postcards and photos. Find out about Coney Island historical lectures, walking tours, where to go to get a tattoo.

• Enrico Caruso Museum of America - Open only by appointment: includes contact information and gift shop.

• MTA New York Transit Museum - Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights. Located in a 1930s subway station: 100 years of transit lore and memorabilia. There is also a transit gallery at Grand Central Station.

• Waterfront Museum - Provides programs, in education and culture, aboard an historic vessel based in Redhook, Brooklyn, and advocates for expanded public waterfront access in the New York Metropolitan area.