List of museums in New York
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This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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| Name | Location | Region | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1812 Homestead Farm and Museum | Willsboro | Adirondack Region | Living | Recreates daily farm life in the early 1800s |
| 1890 House Museum | Cortland | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, focuses on Victorian life |
| 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum | Geneseo | Finger Lakes | Aviation | website, aircraft of the World War II and Korean War eras |
| Adirondack History Center Museum | Elizabethtown | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, operated by the Essex County Historical Society |
| Adirondack Museum | Blue Mountain Lake | Adirondack Region | Local history | Collections focus on outdoor recreation, boats and boating, transportation, fine art, work and industry, tourism, and community life |
| Adsit Log Cabin | Willsboro | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website, possibly the oldest log cabin in the United States |
| African American Museum (New York) | Hempstead | Long Island | African American | website |
| Afton Historical Museum | Afton | Susquehanna Valley | Local history | website |
| Agricultural Memories Museum | Penn Yan | Finger Lakes | Transportation | website, antique farm tractors, farm equipment, carriages, toy tractors |
| AIGA National Design Center | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, public gallery dedicated to presenting examples of outstanding contemporary design |
| Akin Free Library | Pawling | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Multi | Library with museum of local history operated by the Pawling Historical Society and the Olive Gunnison Natural History Museum |
| Akwesasne Cultural Center | Hogansburg | Adirondack Region | Native American | |
| Albany Institute of History and Art | Albany | Capital District | Multi | Art, local history, founded in 1791 |
| Albright-Knox Art Gallery | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Art | |
| Alice Austen House | Staten Island | New York City | Historic house | |
| Alice T Miner Museum | Chazy | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website, 1824 Colonial Revival house with period furnishings |
| Alling Coverlet Museum | Palmyra | Finger Lakes | Textile | website, coverlets date from the 1830s to the 1880s and quilts |
| Almanzo Wilder Farm | Malone | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website, boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder |
| Amelia Cottage Museum | Amagansett | Long Island | Local history | information website, operated by the Amagansett Historical Society |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| American Airpower Museum | Farmingdale | Long Island | Transportation - Aviation | website |
| American Folk Art Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| American Maple Museum | Croghan | Adirondack Region | Industry - Maple | website |
| American Merchant Marine Museum | Kings Point | Long Island | Maritime | Marine art and artifacts, National Maritime Hall of Fame |
| American Museum of Cutlery | Cattaraugus | Buffalo Niagara Region | Industry | website |
| American Museum of Natural History | Manhattan | New York City | Natural history | Includes Rose Center for Earth and Space |
| American Museum of the Moving Image | Queens | New York City | Media | |
| American Numismatic Society Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Numismatic | |
| American Sephardi Federation | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | Exhibits about the heritage of all Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, to the Jews of North Africa and Muslim lands including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Ethiopia and Bukharian Jews |
| Amherst Museum | Amherst | Buffalo Niagara Region | Living history | 12 historic buildings including homes, one-room schoolhouses, a barbershop, and a church |
| Anne Frank Center | Manhattan | New York City | History | website |
| Antique Boat Museum | Clayton | Thousand Islands | Maritime | |
| Antique Wireless Association Electronic Communication Museum | Apalachin | Finger Lakes | Technology | website, history of wireless communications |
| Arcade Historical Society Museum | Arcade | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | information, also known as the Gibby House |
| Arkell Museum at Canajoharie | Canajoharie | Mohawk Vallley | Multi | website, American art and history |
| Arnot Art Museum | Elmira | Finger Lakes | Art | website |
| Ashford Historical Society Museum | West Valley | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Asia Society | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website |
| Asian American Arts Centre | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Cultural center with exhibition galleries |
| Austrian Cultural Forum | Manhattan | New York City | Culture | website, culture center with exhibition gallery |
| Balmanno Cottage | Geneva | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Geneva Historical Society |
| Baldwin Historical Society & Museum | Baldwin | Long Island | Local history | information |
| Bard Graduate Center | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Annually organizes two to three exhibitions related to decorative arts |
| Bartow-Pell Mansion | The Bronx | New York City | Historic house | |
| National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | Cooperstown | Central Leatherstocking | Hall of fame - Sports | |
| Bayport Aerodrome | Bayport | Long Island | Aviation | website |
| Bayside Historical Society | Queens | New York City | Local history | website, located in the Officer's Club in Fort Totten |
| Bedford Museum | Bedford | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Local history | website, operated by the Bedford Historical Society, located on the 2nd floor of the 1787 Court House, also includes the School House |
| Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society Museum Complex | Farmingdale | Long Island | Open air | website |
| Bement-Billings Farmstead | Newark Valley | Finger Lakes | Farm | website, operated by the Newark Valley Historical Society |
| Benjamin and Dr. Edgar R. Codeld Judaic Museum | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Judaica | website, information, over 1,000 Judaic artifacts dating back to the 10th century, also known as the Codeld Judaic Museum |
| Benjamin Long Homestead | Tonawanda | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | information, operated by the Historical Society of the Tonawandas |
| Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum | Corning | Finger Lakes | Open air | website, operated by the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society, complex includes Benjamin Patterson Inn, Painted Post- Erwin Museum at the Depot, Wixson Road Log Cabin, Blacksmith Shop, Starr Barn, Browntown Schoolhouse |
| Bernard Museum of Judaica | Manhattan | New York City | Judaica | website, located in Temple Emanu-El |
| Best House | Middleburgh | Capital District | Historic house | website, former country doctor's home |
| Bevier House Museum | Marbletown | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Historic house | home of the Ulster County Historical Society |
| Big Flats Historical Society Museum | Big Flats | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Big Springs Historical Society and Museum | Caledonia | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Billou-Stillwell-Perine House | Staten Island | New York City | Historic house | |
| Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center | North Blenheim | Capital District | Science | |
| Blockhouse Museum & Historic Park | Brewerton | Central New York | Local history | website, operated by the Fort Brewerton Historical Society |
| Bluff Point Lighthouse | Valcour Island | Adirondack Region | Lighthouse | website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Association, exhibits about the lighthouse and local history and natural history |
| Boldt Castle | Alexandria Bay | Thousand Islands | Historic house | |
| Bolton Historical Museum | Bolton Landing | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, operated by the Historical Society of the Town of Bolton |
| Boscobel | Cold Spring | Lower Hudson - Putnam County | Historic house | |
| Bowne House | Queens | New York City | Historic house | Oldest house in Queens |
| BRIC Rotunda Gallery | Brooklyn | New York City | Art | website |
| Brick Church Museum | Galen | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by the Galen Historical Society |
| Brick House Museum | Montgomery | Orange County | Historic house | website, 18th century estate of Nathaniel Hill |
| Bridge House Museum | Phoenix | Central New York | Local history | website |
| Bronck House | Coxsackie | Capital District | Historic house | Operated as a museum by the Greene County Historical Society |
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx | New York City | Art | |
| Bronx River Art Center | Bronx | New York City | Art | website |
| Brookfield Museum and Giles School | Brookfield | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | information, see page 8 |
| Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum | Ridge | Long Island | Firefighting | website |
| Brooklyn Children's Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Children's | |
| Brooklyn Historical Society | Brooklyn | New York City | Local history | |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Art | |
| Brooklyn Trolley Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Transportation | |
| Brookside Museum | Ballston Spa | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, home of the Saratoga County Historical Society |
| Bruderhof Museum | Rifton | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Religious | information |
| Buffalo Fire Historical Museum | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Firefighting | |
| Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Museum | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Maritime | |
| Buffalo Motorcycle Museum | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Transportation - Motorcycle | website |
| Buffalo Museum of Science | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Science | includes Tifft Nature Preserve |
| Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Transportation | website, cars, motorcycles, bicycles and memorabilia |
| Bull Stone House | Hamptonburgh | Orange County | Historic house | |
| Bullthistle Model Railroad Society Museum | Norwich | Central Leatherstocking | Transportation - Railway | website |
| Burchfield-Penney Art Center | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Art | |
| Burden Iron Works | Troy | Capital District | Industry - Iron works | Open by appointment only |
| Bundy Arts and Victorian Museum | Binghamton | Central Leatherstocking | Multi | website, Victorian house, clocks, modern & African art |
| Caleb Smith State Park Preserve | Smithtown | Long Island | Natural history | |
| Call Homestead Museum | Andover | Buffalo Niagara Region | History | website, 19th and 20th century farm equipment and traditional rural implements, butter churns, crocks, clocks, quilts, toys, musical instruments, furniture, artwork and local pottery |
| Campbell-Whittlesey House Museum | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Landmark Society |
| Camp Santanoni | Newcomb | Adirondack Region | Historic camp | National Historic Landmark camp open for tours |
| Camp Shanks World War II Museum | Orangeburg | Lower Hudson - Rockland County | Military | information |
| Canastota Canal Town Museum | Canastota | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Katonah | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | Estate with gardens, summer music festival |
| Carmel Historical Center | Carmel | Lower Hudson - Putnam County | Local history | website |
| Caroga Historical Association & Museum | Caroga | Adirondack Region | Open air | website, farm house, exhibit barn, general store, cobbler's shop, ice house and Sherman's Park Arcade |
| L. Caroline Underwood Museum | Penn Yan | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society |
| Carriage House Museum (Camden, New York) | Camden | Central Leatherstocking | Transportation - Carriages | information |
| Castellani Art Museum | Lewiston | Buffalo Niagara Region | Art | website, contemporary art, part of Niagara University |
| Castle Clinton | Manhattan | New York City | Fort | Contains a museum that is administered by the National Park Service, and is a departure point for visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island |
| Cattaraugus Area Historical Society Museum | Cattaraugus | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Cattaraugus County Historical Museum | Machias | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum | Livingston Manor | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Sports | |
| Caverns Creek Grist Mill | Howes Cave | Capital District | Mill | website, museum and country store |
| Cayuga Museum of History & Art | Auburn | Finger Lakes | Multi | website, local history and the invention of sound film |
| Cedarmere | Roslyn Harbor | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Center at High Falls Visitor Center | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Center for Art and Culture of Bedford-Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | New York City | Art | website |
| Center for Jewish History | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | |
| Central Square Station Museum | Central Square | Thousand Islands | Transportation - Railway | website, operated by the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society |
| Chaim Gross Studio Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website |
| Champlain Valley Transportation Museum | Plattsburgh | Adirondack Region | Transportation | website, cars, canoes, trains, trolleys and more |
| Chapman Historical Museum | Glens Falls | Adirondack Region | Historic house | |
| Charles Dickert Wildlife Collection | Saranac Lake | Adirondack Region | Natural history | website |
| Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse | Charlotte | Finger Lakes | Lighthouse | website, operated by the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society |
| Charlton Historical Society Museum | Charlton | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, home of the Saratoga County Historical Society |
| Cheektowaga Historical Museum | Cheektowaga | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Chelsea Art Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art - Contemporary art | |
| Chemung Valley History Museum | Elmira | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Chenango Canal Cottage Museum | Bouckville | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Chenango County Historical Society Museum | Norwich | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Cherry Valley Museum | Cherry Valley | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Children's Galleries for Jewish Culture | Manhattan | New York City | Children's | website |
| Children's Museum at Saratoga | Saratoga Springs | Capital District | Children's | website |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | Manhattan | New York City | Children's | |
| Children's Museum of the Arts | Manhattan | New York City | Children's | |
| Children's Museum of the Native American | Manhattan | New York City | Children's | website |
| Children's Museum of Science and Technology | Troy | Capital District | Science | website |
| Children's Museum of Utica | Utica | Adirondack Region | Children's | |
| China Institute | Manhattan | New York City | Art - Culture - China | Galleries with exhibits about traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy, Chinese folk arts, textiles and architecture |
| Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum | Chittenango | Central Leatherstocking | Transportation - Canals | website |
| City Island Nautical Museum | Bronx | New York City | Maritime | website, operated by the City Island Historical Society |
| City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization | Brooklyn | New York City | Local history | website, history of the five boroughs |
| Clarence Historical Museum | Clarence | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Clarendon Historical Society Museum | Clarendon | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Clermont State Historic Site | Clermont | Capital District | Historic house | |
| Clifton F. West Historical Museum | Hague | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| Clinton Academy | East Hampton | Long Island | School | website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society, adjacent to Town House |
| Clinton County Historical Museum | Plattsburgh | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Association |
| The Cloisters | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Art and architecture of the European Middle Ages, branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Clove Furnace Historic Site | Arden | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Industry | information |
| Cobblestone Society Museum | Childs | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum | Cold Spring Harbor | Long Island | Maritime | |
| Columbia County Museum | Kinderhook | Capital District | Local history | website, operated by the Columbia County Historical Society |
| Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Manhattan | New York City | Library | website, two galleries with free exhibitions from the collections |
| Coney Island Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | History | website, history of Coney Island |
| Conference House | Staten Island | New York City | Historic house | Only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City |
| Conklin Farmhouse Museum | Huntington, New York | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society |
| Constitution Island | West Point | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house - Fort | website, tour includes boat ride to and from island, guided tour of Revolutionary War fortifications and 17 room Warner House |
| Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Design | part of the (Smithsonian) |
| Cornerstone Park | Carmel | Lower Hudson - Putnam County | Local history | website |
| Corning Museum of Glass | Corning | Finger Lakes | Industry - Glass | |
| Corwith House | Bridgehampton | Long Island | Historic house | website, home of the Bridge Hampton County Historical Society |
| Cottage Lawn Museum | Oneida | Central Leatherstocking | Historic house | website, operated by the Madison County Historical Society |
| Cradle of Aviation Museum | Garden City | Long Island | Aviation | |
| Cropsey Gallery | Hastings-on-Hudson | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Art | website, artwork of Jasper F. Cropsey, operated by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation |
| Crown Point State Historic Site | Crown Point | Adirondack Region | Fort | |
| Cuba Cheese Museum | Alfred | Buffalo Niagara Region | Food | website |
| Cudner-Hyatt House | Scarsdale | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Historic house | website, operated by the Scarsdale Historical Society, property includes 1828 Quaker Meeting House |
| Custom House (Sag Harbor, New York) | Sag Harbor | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Czech Centre New York | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, exhibits of Czech artists |
| Dahesh Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Currently seeking new permanent home in Manhattan |
| Dart Airport Aviation Museum | Mayville | Buffalo Niagara Region | Aviation | website |
| Darwin D. Martin House | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Das Haus | Wheatfield | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | information, German heritage museum |
| Dayton Historical Museum | Dayton | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| D & H Canal Museum | High Falls | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Transportation - Canal | website, history of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, operated by the D & H Canal Historical Society |
| David Crawford House | Newburgh | Orange County | Historic house | Operated by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands |
| David Sayre Store and House Museum | Milford | Central Leatherstocking | History | website |
| Deposit Historical Society Museum | Deposit | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| DeRuyter Museum | DeRuyter | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website, operated by the Tromptown Historical Society, information on page 11 |
| DeWint House | Tappan | Lower Hudson - Rockland County | Historic house | Temporary headquarters of Commander-in-Chief George Washington during the American Revolution |
| Dia:Beacon | Beacon | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Contemporary art | |
| Dinosaur Walk Museum | Riverhead | Long Island | Natural history | |
| Discovery Center of the Southern Tier | Binghamton | Central Leatherstocking | Children's | website |
| Dolan DNA Learning Center | Cold Spring Harbor | Long Island | Science | website, educational science center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens | Purchase | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Sculpture park | Collection of 45 pieces of outdoor sculpture at the Pepsico world headquarters |
| Drawing Center | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Dr. John Quincy Howe House | Phelps | Finger Lakes | Historic house | Operated as a museum of local history by the Phelps Community Historical Society |
| Dunkirk Lighthouse & Veterans Museum | Dunkirk | Buffalo Niagara Region | Military | website |
| Durham Center Museum | East Durham | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website, information & photos |
| Dyckman House | Manhattan | New York City | Historic house | Oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island |
| Dyke Museum | Wellsville | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website, operated by The Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society. |
| Earle-Wightman House | Oyster Bay | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Oyster Bay Historical Society |
| East End Seaport Museum | Greenport | Long Island | Maritime | website, operated by the Oyster Bay Historical Society |
| East Hampton Marine Museum | East Hampton | Long Island | Maritime | website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society |
| East Otto Historical Museum | East Otto | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum | East Rockaway | Long Island | Local history | website |
| Edmonston House | New Windsor | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | |
| Edwards Homestead | Sayville | Long Island | Historic house | information |
| Edwin Welling Van Duzer Memorial House | Middletown | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | information, home of the Historical Society of Middletown & the Wallkill Precinct |
| Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum | East Aurora | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | information, German heritage museum |
| Eldridge Street Synagogue | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | American Jewish history and culture in a restored historic synagogue |
| Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site | Hyde Park | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | |
| Eleazer Harding House | Otisville | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | information, information, operated by Mount Hope Historical Society |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton House | Seneca Falls | Finger Lakes | Historic house | Part of Women's Rights National Historical Park |
| Ellenville Public Library and Museum | Ellenville | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Local history | website |
| Ellis Island Museum | Ellis Island | New York City | History | |
| Emerson Gallery | Clinton | Central Leatherstocking | Art | website, part of Hamilton College |
| Empire State Aerosciences Museum | Glenville | Capital District | Aviation | |
| Empire State Railway Museum | Phoenicia | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Railway | |
| Endicott Visitor Center | Endicott | Southern Tier | Local history | website |
| Enrico Caruso Museum of America | Brooklyn | New York City | Biographical | website |
| Erie Canal Museum | Syracuse | Central New York | Maritime | Part of Erie Canal Village |
| Erie Canal Park | Camillus | Central New York | History | website, includes Sims' Museum, replica of the original Sims' canal store |
| Erie Canal Village | Rome | Central New York | Living history | website, includes Erie Canal Museum, Harden Museum of horse-drawn vehicles, New York State Museum of Cheese and many 19th century buildings |
| Esperance Historical Museum | Esperance | Capital District | Local history | information, operated by the Esperance Historical Society |
| Ever Rest | Hastings-on-Hudson | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Historic house | website, also known as the Cropsey Homestead, home and artwork of Jasper F. Cropsey, operated by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation |
| Everson Museum of Art | Syracuse | Central New York | Art | American art |
| Explore & More | East Aurora | Buffalo Niagara Region | Children's | website |
| Eyebeam Atelier | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Falaise Mansion | Sands Point | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Fannie E. Bartlett House | Olean | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | website, includes Olean Point Museum |
| Farmers' Museum | Cooperstown | Central Leatherstocking | Farm | Living farm museum |
| FASNY Museum of Firefighting | Hudson | Capital District | Firefighting | website, heritage of firefighting in New York State |
| Federal Hall | Manhattan | New York City | Historic building | First capitol of the United States of America and the site of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789 |
| Fenimore Art Museum | Cooperstown | Central Leatherstocking | Art | American Folk, North American Indian, Hudson River School and 19th-century genre art and American photography |
| Fenton History Center | Jamestown | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| FDNY Fire Zone | Manhattan | New York City | Firefighting | website, fire safety learning center, located in Rockefeller Center |
| Fiddlers Hall of Fame and Museum | Redfield | Adirondack Region | Hall of Fame - music | website |
| Fields Sculpture Park | Ghent | Capital District | Sculpture park | website, located on the Omi International Arts Center campus |
| Finger Lakes Boating Museum | Penn Yan | Finger Lakes | Maritime | website, over 60 Finger-Lakes-built boats |
| Fire Island Lighthouse | East Rockaway | Long Island | Lighthouse | |
| Fisher Landau Center | Queens | New York City | Art | Contemporary art exhibitions |
| Fleischmanns Museum of Memories | Fleischmanns | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Forbes Galleries | Manhattan | New York City | Toy | Permanent collection of toy boats & soldiers, Monopoly games and trophies |
| Fort Crailo | Rensselaer | Capital District | Historic house | Museum of Colonial New Netherland history, also known as Crailo State Historic Site |
| Fort Decker | Port Jervis | Orange County | Historic house | Operated as a local history museum by the Minisink Valley Historical Society |
| Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History | Narrowsburg | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Living | website |
| Fort Drum and 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection | Fort Drum | Thousand Islands | Military | website |
| Fort Klock | St. Johnsville | Capital District | Living history | Revolutionary era historic homestead, Colonial Dutch Barn, blacksmith shop, and 19th century schoolhouse |
| Fort Montgomery | Fort Montgomery | Orange County | Fort | |
| Fort Ontario | Oswego | Adirondack Region | Fort | Star-shaped fort restored to its 1868-1872 appearance |
| Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park | Fort Plain | Central Leatherstocking | History | website, Revolutionary War Headquarters of Marinus Willett |
| Fort Stanwix | Rome | Adirondack Region | Fort | |
| Fort Ticonderoga | Ticonderoga | Adirondack Region | Fort | Revolutionary fort with costumed interpreters represent 18th century soldiers and refugee women |
| Fort Totten | Queens | New York City | Fort | |
| Fort William Henry | Lake George | Adirondack Region | Fort | French & Indian War fort with costumed interpreters |
| Foster Cottage Museum | Clifton Springs | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Clifton Springs Historical Society |
| Foundry School Museum | Cold Spring | Lower Hudson - Putnam County | Local history | website, home of Putnam County Historical Society |
| Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center | Poughkeepsie | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Art | Part of Vassar College |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum | Hyde Park | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Biographical | |
| Franklin House of History | Malone | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website, operated by the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society |
| Fraunces Tavern | Manhattan | New York City | History | |
| Frederic Remington Art Museum | Ogdensburg | Adirondack Region | Art | |
| Fred J. Johnston Museum | Kingston | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Historic house | website, operated by Friends of Historic Kingston, adjacent to Friends of Historic Kingston Museum |
| Frick Collection | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Friends of Historic Kingston Museum | Kingston | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Local history | website, operated by Friends of Historic Kingston, adjacent to Fred J. Johnston Museum |
| Frisbee House and Museum | Delhi | Central Leatherstocking | Open air | website, operated by the Delaware County Historical Association, home to 7 historic buildings including the 1797 Frisbee House |
| Frontenac Historical Society and Museum | Union Springs | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Fryer Memorial Museum | Munnsville | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Fulton County Museum | Gloversville | Adirondack Region | Local history | information, information |
| FusionArts Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Gagosian Gallery | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Three contemporary art gallery locations in Manhattan |
| Gallery Korea | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, part of the Korean Cultural Service |
| Ganondagan State Historic Site | Victor | Finger Lakes | Ethnic - Native American | Seneca village |
| Garibaldi-Meucci Museum | Staten Island | New York City | Biographical | website |
| Garvies Point Museum and Preserve | Glen Cove | Long Island | Multi | website, Long Island geology, Native American culture and archaeology, natural history |
| Gates House Museum | Warsaw | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | website, more information, operated by the Warsaw Historical Society |
| General Montgomery House | Rhinebeck | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | website |
| Genesee Country Village and Museum | Mumford | Finger Lakes | Living history | 19th-century living history museum, includes John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art, Genesee Country Nature Center, Carriage Museum, Silver Baseball Park and Heirloom Gardens |
| Geneva Historical Society Museum | Geneva | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, located in the Prouty-Chew House |
| George Eastman House | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Photography | |
| George Gustav Heye Center | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Native American | |
| Georgetown Historical Society Museum | Georgetown | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | information, see page 10 |
| Georgi Museum | Shushan | Finger Lakes | Art | website, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German and French paintings from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, Chinese and Asian tapestries and Oriental figurines |
| Gilboa Historical Society Museum | Gilboa | Central Leatherstocking | Natural history | website, fossils, local history |
| Glenn H. Curtiss Museum | Hammondsport | Buffalo Niagara Region | Aviation | website, early aviation and local history |
| Godwin-Ternbach Museum | Queens | New York City | Art | Part of Queens College, City University of New York |
| Gomez Mill House | Newburgh | Orange County | Historic house | Earliest surviving Jewish residence in North America |
| Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science | New Hyde Park | Long Island | Science | website |
| Gracie Mansion | Manhattan | New York City | Historic house | Official residence of the Mayor of New York City |
| Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum | Canandaigua | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website |
| Grant Cottage State Historic Site | Wilton | Capital District | Historic house | Site where Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885 |
| Graycliff | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Greater Astoria Historical Society | Queens | New York City | Local history | website |
| Greece Historical Society & Museum | Greece | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Grey Art Gallery | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, part of New York University |
| Griffis Sculpture Park | East Otto | Buffalo Niagara Region | Art | 425-acre outdoor art museum |
| Grolier Club | Manhattan | New York City | Literary | Public exhibitions from its book and literary collections |
| Ground Zero Museum Workshop | Manhattan | New York City | History | website |
| Guggenheim Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton | Long Island | Art | website |
| Hagadorn House | Almond | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Almond Historical Society |
| Hallockville Museum Farm | Riverhead | Long Island | Open air | website, 18 buildings on 28 acres of farmland, Hallock Homestead interpreted to 1880-1910 Victorian era |
| Hall of Fame for Great Americans | Bronx | New York City | Hall of fame | website, part of Bronx Community College, National Landmark founded as a Pantheon honoring historically significant American men and women |
| Halsey House | Southampton | Long Island | Historic house | |
| Hamilton Grange National Memorial | Manhattan | New York City | Historic house | Home of Alexander Hamilton |
| Hammond Museum | North Salem | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Cultural | website, exhibits of Eastern culture and Japanese stroll garden |
| Hancock House Museum | Ticonderoga | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, operated by the Ticonderoga Historical Society |
| Handweaving Museum & Arts Center | Clayton | Thousand Islands | Textile | website |
| Hanford Mills Museum | East Meredith | Capital District | Living history | website, sawmill, gristmill, feed mill, woodworking shop and hardware store |
| Harbor Defense Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Military | website, located in Fort Hamilton |
| Harriet Tubman Home | Auburn | Finger Lakes | Biographical | website, owned by the Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church |
| Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame | Goshen | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan County | Hall of fame - Sports| | |
| Hastings Historical Society Observatory Cottage | Hastings-on-Hudson | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Local history | website |
| Havens House | Shelter Island | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Shelter Island Historical Society |
| Heart's Delight Farm | Chazy | Adirondack Region | Farm | website |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | website, part of Hebrew Union College |
| Heckscher Museum of Art | Huntington, New York | Long Island | Art | |
| Henderson Historical Society and Museum | Henderson | Thousand Islands | Local history | website |
| Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art | Ithaca | Finger Lakes | Art | Part of Cornell University |
| Heritage Square Museum | Ontario | Finger Lakes | Open air | website, buildings from mid 19th century |
| Herkimer County Historical Society Suiter Building Museum | Herkimer | Central Leatherstocking | Historic house | website |
| Herkimer Home State Historic Site | Danube | Adirondack Region | Historic house | |
| Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum | Cooperstown | Central Leatherstocking | Wax - Sports | website |
| Hershell Carrousel Factory Museum | Tonawanda | Buffalo Niagara Region | Carrousel | website, housed in an original carousel factory building |
| Hessel Museum of Art | Annandale-on-Hudson | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Art | website, part of Bard College |
| Hicksville Gregory Museum | Hicksville | Long Island | Natural history | website, collections of fossils, butterflies, minerals and telephones |
| Hill-Hold Museum | Hamptonburgh | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | Hudson Valley farm in the 1830's |
| Hillwood Art Museum | Brookville | Long Island | Art | website, part of Long Island University |
| Hispanic Society of America | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American art and artifacts |
| Historic Cherry Hill | Albany | Capital District | Historic house | website |
| Historic Huguenot Street | Gardiner | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | website, Tours of historic houses, including Locust Lawn Estate, operated by the Huguenot Historical Society |
| Historic Pittsford Museum | Pittsford | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Historic Richmond Town | Staten Island | New York City | Living history | |
| Historical Society of Rockland County History Center Museum | New City | Lower Hudson - Rockland County | Local history | website |
| Historical Society of the Tarrytowns | Tarrytown | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Local history | information, scroll down to listing |
| The History Center in Tompkins County | Ithaca | Finger Lakes | History | website |
| History House | Moravia | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by the Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society |
| H. Lee White Maritime Museum | Oswego | Adirondack Region | Maritime| | |
| Hoffman Clock Museum | Newark | Finger Lakes | Horology | website, information, shares a portion of the Newark Public Library |
| Hofstra University Museum | Hempstead | Long Island | Art | website |
| Holland Land Office Museum | Batavia | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website, collection of airplanes and helicopters |
| Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County | Glen Cove | Long Island | History | website |
| Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site | Hyde Park | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | |
| Home Sweet Home | East Hampton | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Horace Greeley House | Purchase | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Historic house | website, operated by the New Castle Historical Society |
| Horicon Museum | Brant Lake | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, operated by the Town of Horicon Historical Society |
| Hornell Erie Depot Museum | Hornell | Finger Lakes | Transportation - Railway | website, Erie Railroad memorabilia |
| Horton Point Lighthouse | Southold | Long Island | Lighthouse | |
| House of Frankenstein Wax Museum | Lake George | Adirondack Region | Wax museum | website, wax models of scary figures |
| Howland Stone Store Museum | Sherwood | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Hudson Highlands Nature Museum | Cornwall | Orange County | Nature center | website |
| Hudson River Maritime Museum | Kingston | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Maritime | |
| Hudson River Museum | Yonkers | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Art, natural history, planetarium | |
| Hunting Tavern Museum | Andes | Central Leatherstocking | Tavern | website, operated by the Andes Society for History and Culture |
| Hurley Heritage Society Museum | Kingston | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Historic house | website, also known as Col. Jonathan Elmendorf House |
| The Hyde Collection | Glens Falls | Adirondack Region | Art | Private art collection in original home context |
| Hyde Hall | Springfield | Central Leatherstocking | Historic house | Adjacent to Glimmerglass State Park |
| Iroquois Indian Museum | Howes Cave | Capital District | Native American | website |
| International Boxing Hall of Fame | Canastota | Central Leatherstocking | Hall of Fame - Sports | |
| International Center of Photography | Manhattan | New York City | Photography | |
| International Mask & Puppet Museum | Syracuse | Finger Lakes | Puppetry | website, part of Open Hand Theater |
| International Motor Racing Research Center | Watkins Glen | Finger Lakes | Sports | website, archives, research library & exhibits |
| International Print Center New York | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Exhibition and understanding of fine art prints |
| Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Military | Showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, a Concorde supersonic airplane, helicopters and military aircraft |
| Irish American Heritage Museum | East Durham | Capital District | Ethnic - Irish American | website |
| Iron Center | Port Henry | Adirondack Region | Industry - Iron | website, railroad and mining history |
| Iron Island Museum | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website, operated by the Iron Island Preservation Society of Lovejoy |
| Islip Art Museum | East Islip | Long Island | Art | website |
| Jacob Blauvelt House | New City | Lower Hudson - Rockland County | Historic house | website, operated by the Historical Society of Rockland County |
| Jacob Purdy House | White Plains | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | Maintained by the White Plains Historical Society, George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains 1776 and in 1778 |
| Jacob T. Walden Stone House | Walden | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | |
| Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art | Staten Island | New York City | Art | Art and artifacts of the Himalayas |
| Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning | Queens | New York City | Art | website, cultural center with art gallery |
| Jamestown Audubon Center and Sanctuary | Jamestown | Buffalo Niagara Region | Nature center | website |
| James Vanderpoel House | Kinderhook | Capital District | Historic house | website, operated by the Columbia County Historical Society |
| Japan Society (New York) | Manhattan | New York City | Cultural | Features exhibit gallery for Japanese art |
| Jardin Gallerie | Staten Island | New York City | Children's | website, art gallery and workshops for children |
| Jay Heritage Center | Rye | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | website |
| Jean Hasbrouck House | New Paltz | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Historic house | |
| Jefferson County Historical Society Museum | Watertown | Thousand Islands | Local history | website |
| Jell-O Gallery | LeRoy, New York | Buffalo Niagara Region | Industry - Food | Operated by the Le Roy Historical Society; website |
| Jewish Children's Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Children's / Ethnic Jewish | |
| Jewish Museum (New York) | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | |
| Jewish Theological Seminary Library Galleries | Manhattan | New York City | Judaica | website, free exhibitions from the library's collections of Jewish heritage |
| John Brown Farm and Gravesite | North Elba | Adirondack Region | Historic house | |
| John D. Murray Firefighters Museum | Oswego | Adirondack Region | Firefighting | website |
| John Jay Homestead State Historic Site | Katonah | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | |
| Johnson Hall State Historic Site | Johnstown | Adirondack Region | Historic house | |
| Johnstown Historical Society Museum | Johnstown | Adirondack Region | Local history | information |
| Johnston House | Geneva | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Geneva Historical Society, contains the Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum |
| John William Draper House | Hastings-on-Hudson | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | Museum of the Hastings Historical Society |
| Joseph Horton House | Wappingers Falls | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | website |
| Joseph Lloyd Manor | Lloyd Harbor | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale | Bronx | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | website |
| Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum | Newburgh | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Library | |
| Katonah Museum of Art | Katonah | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Art | |
| Kent-Delord House Museum | Plattsburgh | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website |
| Kiersted House Museum | Saugerties | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Historic house | Operated by the Saugerties Historical Society |
| Kinnear Museum of Local History | Lake Luzerne | Adirondack Region | Local history | information |
| King Manor | Queens | New York City | Historic house | |
| Kingsland Homestead | Queens | New York City | Historic house | Member of the Historic House Trust, operated by the Queens Historical Society |
| Kings Park Heritage Museum | Kings Park | Long Island | Local history | website |
| Kissam House Museum | Huntington, New York | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society |
| Klyne Esopus Museum | Ulster Park | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Local history | website |
| Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site | New Windsor | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | Revolutionary War headquarters for General Henry Knox |
| Kurdish Library and Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Culture | |
| Kykuit | Mount Pleasant | Mid-Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | also known as John D. Rockefeller Estate |
| Lake George Historical Association Museum | Lake George | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum | Lake Placid | Adirondack Region | website | |
| Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Museum | Lake Ronkonkoma | Long Island | Local history | website |
| Lansing Manor House | North Blenheim | Capital District | Historic house | |
| Lauder Museum | Amityville | Long Island | Local history | website, operated by the Amityville Historical Society |
| Leah Keller Gallery | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Contemporary art gallery |
| Lefferts Historic House | Brooklyn | New York City | Historic house | Located in Prospect Park, many children's activities |
| Lehman College Art Gallery | Bronx | New York City | Art | website, part of Lehman College |
| Leon Historical Society Museum | Leon | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Lewis H. Latimer House | Queens | New York City | Historic house | Home of African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer |
| Lewiston Museum | Lewiston | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Liberty Museum & Arts Center | Liberty | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Art | website |
| Little Falls New York Historical Society & Museum | Little Falls | Capital District | Local history | website |
| Little Red School House Museum | Sterling | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by the Sterling Historical Society |
| Liverpool Willow Museum | Liverpool | Finger Lakes | Industry - willow | website |
| The Living Museum | Queens | New York City | Art | part of Creedmore Psychiatric Center |
| Living Torah Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | |
| Locust Grove (Samuel F. B. Morse House) | Poughkeepsie | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | | |
| Locust Lawn Estate | Gardiner | Orange County | Historic house | part of Historic Huguenot Street |
| Long Island Children's Museum | Garden City | Long Island | Children's | website |
| Long Island Jewish Discovery Museum | Commack | Long Island | Children's | website |
| Long Island Maritime Museum | West Sayville | Long Island | Maritime | |
| The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages | Stony Brook | Long Island | Multiple | website, American art, Long Island history, over 200 horse-drawn carriages |
| Long Island Telephone Pioneers Museum | Commack | Long Island | Technology | website |
| Lorenzo State Historic Site | Cazenovia | Central Leatherstocking | Historic house | |
| Louis Armstrong House | Queens | New York City | Historic house | |
| Louis Miller Museum | Hoosick Falls | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by Hoosick Township Historical Society |
| Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site | Manhattan | New York City | History | Immigrant experience |
| Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center | Jamestown | Buffalo Niagara Region | Biographical | |
| Luhring Augustine Gallery | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Contemporary art gallery |
| Lyndhurst (Jay Gould Estate) | Tarrytown | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | |
| Mabee House | Rotterdam Junction | Capital District | Historic house | Oldest house still standing in the Mohawk Valley |
| Madam Brett Homestead | Beacon | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Madame Tussauds | Manhattan | New York City | Wax museum | |
| Madora Ball Museum | Otto | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Manitoga (Russel Wright Home) | Garrison | Lower Hudson - Putnam County | Historic house | |
| Manlius Historical Society and Museum | Manlius | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Manor St. George | Ridge | Long Island | Historic house | Longwood Estate |
| Margaret Reaney Memorial Library & Museum | St. Johnsville | Capital District | Local history | website |
| Maritime Industry Museum | The Bronx | New York City | Maritime | Located in Fort Schuyler |
| Mark Twain Study | Elmira | Finger Lakes | Biographical | website, part of Elmira College |
| Martin Van Buren National Historic Site | Kinderhook | Capital District | Historic house | |
| Martisco Station Museum | Camillus | Thousand Islands | Transportation - Railway | website, operated by the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society |
| Massena Museum | Massena | Thousand Islands | Local history | website |
| Mather House Museum | Port Jefferson | Long Island | Open air | website, headquarters of the Port Jefferson Historical Society, complex of 5 historic buildings |
| Maurice F. Sweeney Museum | Livonia | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by the Livonia Area Preservation & Historical Society |
| Maybrook Railroad Museum | Maybrook | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | information |
| M'Clintock House | Waterloo | Finger Lakes | History | website, house is part of Women's Rights National Historical Park |
| McClurg Museum | Westfield | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | website, operated by the Chautauqua County Historical Society |
| Medina Historical Society Museum | Medina | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Medina Railroad Museum | Medina | Buffalo Niagara Region | Railway | |
| Merchant's House Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Historic house | Nineteenth Century family home |
| Memorial Art Gallery | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Art | part of University of Rochester |
| Mennonite Heritage Farm | Croghan | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, operated by the Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Association & Historical Society, exhibits about early Amish-Mennonite settlers in the area |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Manhattan | New York City | Art | One of the world's largest art museums |
| Micro Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Art | Interdisciplinary arts center with exhibition galleries |
| Mid-Hudson Children's Museum | Poughkeepsie | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Children's | website |
| Millard Fillmore House | East Aurora | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | |
| Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology | Syracuse | Finger Lakes | Science | Often referred to as the MOST |
| Miner's Cabin | Franklinville | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | information |
| Minerva Historical Society Museum | Olmstedville | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, part of Columbia University |
| Montauk Point Lighthouse | Montauk | Long Island | Lighthouse | |
| Montgomery Place | Annandale-on-Hudson | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | One of the Historic Hudson Valley houses |
| The Morgan Library & Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Morris-Jumel Mansion | Manhattan | New York City | Historic house | Headquarters for both sides in the American Revolution |
| Morrisville State College Wildlife Museum | Morrisville | Central Leatherstocking | Natural history | website, open by appointment |
| Mossman Lock Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Commodity | Part of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York |
| Mount Gulian | Fishkill | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | Reconstructed 18th century Dutch manor house |
| Mount Morris Dam | Mount Morris | Finger Lakes | History | website, William B. Hoyt II Visitor Center features a large atrium, museum and theater |
| Mount Vernon Hotel Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Historic house | Formerly known as the Abigail Adams Smith Museum |
| Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art | Utica | Central Leatherstocking | Art | website |
| Muscoot Farm | Somers | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Farm | website |
| El Museo del Barrio | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Museum at FIT | Manhattan | New York City | Textile | Fashion museum, part of Fashion Institute of Technology |
| Marcella Sembrech Opera Museum | Bolton Landing | Adirondack Region | Music | website |
| Mill Museum | Galen | Finger Lakes | History | website, operated by the Galen Historical Society |
| Mulford Farmhouse | East Hampton | Long Island | Living | website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society |
| Museum at Bethel Woods | Bethel | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Culture | History and culture of 1969 Woodstock Festival |
| Museum for African Art | Manhattan | New York City | Art - Culture | African art and culture, building new facility on Museum Mile |
| Museum of American Finance | Manhattan | New York City | Industry - Finance | |
| Museum of American Illustration | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, part of the Society of Illustrators |
| Museum of Art and Design | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Features contemporary hand-made objects in a variety of media, including clay, glass, metal, fiber and wood |
| Museum of Automobile History | Syracuse | Finger Lakes | Transportation - Automobiles | website |
| Museum of Biblical Art | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Museum of Cheese | Rome | Adirondack Region | Industry - Food | Cheese-making process explained, with tools and equipment displayed |
| Museum of Chinese in the Americas | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Chinese American | History of North America's Chinatowns and the cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants |
| Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Comic books, comic strips and other forms of cartoon art |
| Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts | Brooklyn | New York City | Art | |
| Museum of Curiosities (NY) | Cazenovia | Central Leatherstocking | Natural history | website, part of the Cazenovia Public Library |
| The Museum of disABILITY History | Williamsville | Buffalo Niagara Region | Medical | |
| Museum of the Earth | Ithaca | Finger Lakes | Natural history | Focuses on paleontology |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | |
| Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences | Stony Brook | Long Island | Natural history | website, part of State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| Museum of Sex | Manhattan | New York City | Sex | |
| Museum of the City of New York | Manhattan | New York City | Multi | Art and local history |
| Museum of the Early American Circus | Somers | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Circus | information, operated by the Somers Historical Society |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Queens | New York City | Media | Art, history, technique and technology of film, television, digital media, video games |
| Museum of Wayne County History | Lyons | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by the Wayne County Historical Society |
| Museum Village at Old Smith's Clove | Monroe | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Living history | website, 19th century village |
| Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center | Garden City | Long Island | Firefighting | website, located inside the Cradle of Aviation Museum |
| Nassau County Museum of Art | Roslyn Harbor | Long Island | Art | website |
| Nathaniel Hill Brick House | Montgomery | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | |
| National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum | Peterboro | Finger Lakes | History | website |
| National Academy of Design | Manhattan | New York City | Art | |
| National Bottle Museum | Ballston Spa | Adirondack Region | Industry - Bottle making | website |
| National Distance Running Hall of Fame | Utica | Adirondack Region | Hall of fame - Sports | website |
| National Jazz Museum in Harlem | Manhattan | New York City | Music | website |
| National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame | Commack | Long Island | Hall of fame - Sports / Ethnic - Jewish | |
| National Memorial Day Museum | Waterloo | Finger Lakes | History | website |
| National Museum of Dance | Saratoga Springs | Capital District | Dance | |
| National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame | Saratoga Springs | Capital District | Hall of fame - Sports | |
| National Purple Heart Hall of Honor | New Windsor | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Military | |
| National Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine | Fonda | Capital District | Religious | website |
| National Soaring Museum | Elmira | Finger Lakes | Aviation | |
| National Soccer Hall of Fame | Oneonta | Central Leatherstocking | Hall of fame - Sports | |
| National Toy Hall of Fame | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Toy | part of Strong - National Museum of Play |
| National Women's Hall of Fame | Seneca Falls | Finger Lakes | Hall of fame - Women | |
| Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | Tupper Lake | Adirondack Region | Natural history | Known as The Wild Center |
| Neuberger Museum of Art | Purchase | Lower Hudson - Westchester | Art | website, part of Purchase College |
| Neue Galerie | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Gallery of early 20th-century German and Austrian art and design |
| Neversink Valley Area Museum | Cuddebackville | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Transportation - Canal | website, history of the Delaware & Hudson Canal |
| Newark-Arcadia Museum | Newark | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by the Newark-Arcadia Historical Society |
| Newark Valley Depot and Museum | Newark Valley | Finger Lakes | Railway | website, operated by the Newark Valley Historical Society |
| Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art | Staten Island | New York City | Art | website, part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Contemporary art from around the world |
| New Netherland Museum | Albany | Capital District | Maritime | website, museum ship, the "Half Moon", a reproduction of the ship that Henry Hudson sailed from Holland to the New World in 1609 |
| New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site | Vails Gate | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Military | Reconstruction of the final encampment of the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War |
| New Woodstock Regional Historical Society Museum | New Woodstock | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | information, see page 11 |
| New York Botanical Garden | The Bronx | New York City | Botanical garden | Includes Mertz Library with exhibitions relating to botanical themes and the Enid B. Haupt Conservatory |
| New York Hall of Science | Queens | New York City | Science | |
| New-York Historical Society | Manhattan | New York City | History | |
| New York City Fire Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Firefighting | |
| New York City Police Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Law enforcement | |
| New York Museum of Transportation | Rush | Finger Lakes | Transportation | website, historic vehicles and photographs, trolley rides, track car rides, model railroad displays |
| New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | Manhattan | New York City | Culture | website, exhibitions about the performing arts |
| New York School of Interior Design Gallery | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, free gallery with exhibits about interior design |
| New York State Civilian Conservation Corps Museum | New Lisbon | Capital District | History | website, located in Gilbert Lake State Park |
| New York State Capitol | Albany | Capital District | History | |
| New York State Country Music Hall of Fame | Cortland | Finger Lakes | Hall of fame | website |
| New York State Executive Mansion | Albany | Capital District | Historic house | |
| New York State Military Museum | Saratoga Springs | Capital District | Military | website |
| New York State Museum | Albany | Capital District | Multi | Art, artifacts (prehistoric and historic), and natural history artifacts that reflect New York State’s cultural, natural, and geological development |
| New York State Wine Museum of Greyton H. Taylor | Hammondsport | Buffalo Niagara Region | Multi | website, wine-making, tools, local history, art |
| New York Transit Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Transportation | |
| Niagara Gorge Discovery Center | Niagara Falls | Buffalo Niagara Region | Natural history | website, formerly Schoellkopf Geological Museum, |
| Niagara County Historical Society Complex | Lockport | Buffalo Niagara Region | Open air museum | website, more information & photos, eight building museum complex showcasing early pioneer life, business and industry |
| Niagara Power Project Visitor's Center | Lewiston | Buffalo Niagara Region | Science | website |
| Nicholas Roerich Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website |
| Noble Maritime Collection | Staten Island | New York City | Maritime | website, part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
| Noguchi Museum | Queens | New York City | Art | in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens |
| North Creek Depot Museum | North Creek | Adirondack Region | Transportation - Railroad | website |
| Northeast Classic Car Museum | Norwich | Central Leatherstocking | Transportation - Automobile | website, over 100 classic and antique cars |
| Northport Historical Society and Museum | Northport | Long Island | Local history | website |
| North Tonawanda History Museum | North Tonawanda | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Northup Carriage House Museum | Wolcott | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, home of the Wolcott New York Historical Society and Museum |
| Northville & Northampton Historical Society Museum | Northville | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Norwich Pharmacal Museum | Norwich | Central Leatherstocking | History | website, company famous for creating Pepto-Bismol |
| Noteworthy Indian Museum | Amsterdam | Capital District | Native American | website |
| Olana State Historic Site | Greenport | Capital District | Historic house | Former estate of artist Frederic Edwin Church |
| Old Bethpage Village Restoration | Old Bethpage | Long Island | Living | website |
| Old Fort House Museum | Fort Edward | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website |
| Old Fort Johnson | Amsterdam | Central Leatherstocking | Historic house | in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens |
| Old Fort Niagara | Youngstown | Buffalo Niagara Region | Fort | part of Fort Niagara State Park |
| Old House (Cutchogue) | Cutchogue | Long Island | Historic house | |
| Old Middlefield Schoolhouse | Middlefield | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Old Quaker Store Museum | Salamanca | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome | Rhinebeck | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Aviation | Living museum of pre-WW II airplanes, automobiles and airplane engines |
| Old Stone Fort | Schoharie | Capital District | Fort - Living history | |
| Old Stone House (Brooklyn) | Brooklyn | New York City | History | 1699 Dutch stone farmhouse with Revolutionary War ties, focuses on evolving histories of Brooklyn, New York and the United States |
| Old Village Hall Museum | Lindenhurst | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Lindenhurst Historical Society |
| Old Westbury Gardens | Old Westbury | Long Island | Historic house | Former estate of John Shaffer Phipp |
| Olean Point Museum | Olean | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Oliver House Museum | Penn Yan | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society |
| Onassis Cultural Center | Manhattan | New York City | Art - Contemporary art | website, cultural and artistic activities concerning ancient, Byzantine and modern Hellenic civilization |
| Oneida Community Mansion House | Oneida | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | |
| Onondaga Historical Association Museum | Syracuse | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Ontario County Historical Society and Museum | Canandaigua | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Opus 40 | Saugerties | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Sculpture park | Also Quarryman's Museum, collection of antique tools |
| Orange County Farmer's Museum | Montgomery | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Farm | information, information, located on the grounds of the Brick House Museum |
| Orange County Firefighters Museum | Montgomery | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Firefighting | website |
| Original American Kazoo Factory and Museum | Eden | Buffalo Niagara Region | Music | website, kazoo history and trivia |
| Oriskany Museum | Oriskany | Capital District | Military | website, focuses on the Battle of Oriskany which took place in 1777, the village of Oriskany NY, and the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CV-34 |
| Osborn-Jackson House | East Hampton | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society |
| Ossining Historical Society Museum | Ossining | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Local history | website |
| Oswego Railroad Museum | Oswego | Adirondack Region | Transportation - Railway | website |
| Oysterponds Historical Society Museum | Orient | Long Island | Open air | website |
| Pagan-Fletcher Restoration | Valley Stream | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Valley Stream Historical Society |
| Palatine House Museum | Schoharie | Capital District | Historic house | website, operated by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association, Colonial living museum |
| Paley Center for Media | Manhattan | New York City | Media | formerly the Museum of Television & Radio |
| Palmyra Historic Museum | Palmyra | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Parker-O'Malley Air Museum | Ghent | Capital District | Aviation | website, located at the Columbia County Airport |
| Parrish Art Museum | Southampton | Long Island | Art | website |
| The Patriot Of Lake George | Lake George | Adirondack Region | Military | website, dedicated to the remembrance of veterans and service personnel of all branches |
| Peck's Park Historical Society & Museum | Gloversville | Adirondack Region | School | website, 1857 one room schoolhouse and nature trail |
| Pedaling History Museum | Orchard Park | Buffalo Niagara Region | Transportation - Bicycle | website, antique and classic American bicycles and memorabilia |
| Peekskill Museum | Peekskill | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | website |
| Pelletreau Shop | Southampton | Long Island | Industry - Silversmithing | website, operated by the Southampton Historical Society |
| Pember Museum of Natural History | Granville | Adirondack Region | Natural history | website |
| Penfield Homestead Museum | Crown Point | Adirondack Region | Industry - Ironworking | website |
| Perrysburg Historical Museum | Perrysburg | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Peterboro Area Museum | Peterboro | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History | Richfield Springs | Capital District | Natural history | website |
| Phelps General Store | Palmyra | Finger Lakes | History | website, example of the General Store when it was at its prime in 1890 |
| Phelps Mansion | Binghamton | Central Leatherstocking | Historic house | |
| Philipsburg Manor | Sleepy Hollow | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | |
| Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site | Yonkers | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | Museum of history, art and architecture since 1912 |
| Picker Art Gallery | Hamilton | Central Leatherstocking | Art | website, part of Colgate University |
| Pickering-Beach Historical Museum | Sackets Harbor | Thousand Islands | Historic house | website, information |
| Pines Museum | Slate Hill | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | information |
| Pioneer Oil Museum | Bolivar | Buffalo Niagara Region | Industry - Oil | website |
| Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park | Oyster Bay | Long Island | Historic house | Includes the Coe Hall Historic House Museum, an arboretum and state park covering over 400 acres |
| Plattsburgh State Art Museum | Plattsburgh | Adirondack Region | Art | website, a museum without walls comprising several galleries, exhibition areas and a sculpture park at State University of New York at Plattsburgh |
| Pollock-Krasner House and Studio | East Hampton | Long Island | Biographical | House of Jackson Pollock |
| Poppenhusen Institute | Queens | New York City | History | website, community cultural center with historic and cultural exhibits |
| Potsdam Public Museum | Potsdam | Thousand Islands | Local history | website |
| Pound Ridge Museum | Pound Ridge | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Local history | website, operated by the Pound Ridge Historical Society |
| Print Shop Museum | Palmyra | Finger Lakes | Industry | website |
| Pruyn House | Newtonville | Central Leatherstocking | Historic house | website |
| P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center | Queens | New York City | Art | Contemporary art museum; located in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, part of Museum of Modern Art |
| Proteus Gowanus | Brooklyn | New York City | Art | Contemporary art gallery |
| Pulaski Historical Society Museum | Pulaski | Thousand Islands | Local history | website |
| Pultneyville Historical Society | Pultneyville | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, exhibits of local history |
| Putnam Valley Historical Museum | Putnam Valley | Lower Hudson - Putnam County | Local history | website |
| Queens College Art Center | Queens | New York City | Art | website |
| Queens County Farm Museum | Queens | New York City | Farm | |
| Queens Library Gallery | Queens | New York City | Library | website, located in the Queens Borough Public Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, offers museum-quality exhibitions |
| Queens Museum of Art | Queens | New York City | Art | |
| Quincy Square Museum | Earlville | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Rail City Museum | Sandy Creek | Buffalo Niagara Region | Transportation - Railway | website |
| Railroad Museum of Long Island | Riverhead | Long Island | Railroad | website, also a location in Greenport |
| Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier | North Tonawanda | Buffalo Niagara Region | Railroad | |
| Railway Historical Society of Northern New York | Croghan | Adirondack Region | Transportation - Railway | website, depot museum with railway exhibits and trains |
| Raynham Hall Museum | Oyster Bay | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts (St. Bonaventure) | St. Bonaventure | Buffalo Niagara Region | Art | website, part of St. Bonaventure University |
| Remington Firearms Plant and Museum | Ilion | Adirondack Region | Firearms | website, firearms from the early 1800s to the present |
| Rensselaer County Historical Society and Museum | Troy | Capital District | Local history | website, operates Hart-Cluett House as a historic house museum |
| Richardson-Bates House Museum | Oswego | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website, home of the Oswego County Historical Society |
| Richburg-Wirt Historical Society Museum | Richburg | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Ripley House Museum | Adams | Thousand Islands | Historic house | website |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Manhattan | New York City | Multi | |
| Roberson Museum and Science Center | Binghamton | Central Leatherstocking | Multi | website, local and natural history, science, art, planetarium |
| Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum | Dresden | Finger Lakes | Biographical | website |
| Robert H. Jackson Center | Jamestown | Buffalo Niagara Region | Biographical | website |
| Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Cottage and Museum | Saranac Lake | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website |
| Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Transportation - Railway | website, accessed via a track car from the New York Museum of Transportation, houses over 40 pieces of railroad rolling stock |
| Rochester Contemporary Art Center | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Art | |
| Rochester Museum and Science Center | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Science | |
| Rock Hall Museum | Lawrence | Long Island | Historic house | website, information |
| Rockland Center for the Arts | West Nyack | Lower Hudson - Rockland County | Art | Cultural center with exhibition gallery |
| Rockwell Museum of Western Art | Corning | Finger Lakes | Art | website |
| Rogers Mansion | Southampton | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Southampton Historical Society |
| Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History | Jamestown | Buffalo Niagara Region | Natural history | website |
| Rome Historical Society Museum | Rome | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| Rome Sports Hall of Fame and Museum | Rome | Central Leatherstocking | Hall of fame - Sports | website |
| Roscoe Ontario & Western Railway Museum | Roscoe | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Transportation - Railway | website |
| Rose Hill Mansion | Fayette | Finger Lakes | Historic house | Operated by the Geneva Historical Society |
| Rose Museum | Manhattan | New York City | History | website, chronicles the history Carnegie Hall from the collections of its archives |
| Roxbury Railroad Station Museum | Roxbury | Central Leatherstocking | Railroad | |
| Rubin Museum of Art | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions |
| Rural Life Museum | King Ferry | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, operated by Genoa Historical Association |
| Rushford Museum | Rushford | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | information |
| Ruth Howe-Prescott House | Franklinville | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic house | information |
| Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site | Sackets Harbor | Thousand Islands | Military - Living history | War of 1812 military reenactments in the summer |
| Safe Haven Museum and Education Center | Oswego | Adirondack Region | History | website, stories of the 982 refugees from World War II who were allowed into the United States as "guests" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, housed at Fort Ontario |
| Sagamore Camp | Raquette Lake | Adirondack Region | Historic camp | National Historic Landmark camp open for tours |
| Sagamore Hill | Cove Neck, New York | Long Island | Historic house | Home of Theodore Roosevelt, includes Roosevelt museum |
| Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum | Sag Harbor | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Sagtikos Manor | West Bay Shore | Long Island | Historic house | website |
| Sainte Marie among the Iroquois | Liverpool | Finger Lakes | Living | website |
| Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site | Mount Vernon | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic church | Includes museum of the American Revolution |
| Salamanca Rail Museum | Salamanca | Buffalo Niagara Region | Transportation - Railway | website, more information |
| Salt Museum | Liverpool | Central New York | Industry - salt | website, located in Onondaga Lake Park |
| Sampson State Park Museum | Romulus | Finger Lakes | Military | |
| Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art | New Paltz | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Art | website, part of SUNY New Paltz |
| Sands Ring Homestead Museum | Cornwall | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Historic house | |
| Sands-Willets House | Port Washington | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society |
| Sandy Ground Historical Museum | Staten Island | New York City | Local history | website |
| Saratoga Automobile Museum | Saratoga Springs | Capital District | Transportation - Automobile | |
| Saratoga National Historical Park | Saratoga Springs | Capital District | History | Preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga, includes Schuyler House |
| Saratoga Springs History Museum | Saratoga Springs | Capital District | Local history | website, located in the former Canfield Casino |
| Saugerties Light | Saugerties | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Lighthouse | |
| Scandinavia House - The Nordic Center in America | Manhattan | New York City | Cultural | Art, design, and historical exhibitions of the Nordic countries |
| Schenectady County Historical Society Museum | Schenectady | Capital District | Historic house | website |
| Schenectady Museum | Schenectady | Capital District | Science | |
| Science Museum of Long Island | Plandome | Long Island | Science | Website |
| Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York | Watertown | Thousand Islands | Science | website |
| Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art | Alfred | Buffalo Niagara Region | Art | Part of Alfred University |
| Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum | Schoharie | Capital District | Railroad | website, operated by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association, Colonial living museum |
| Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum | Schroon Lake | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| Schuyler County Historical Society Museum | Montour Falls | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Schuyler Mansion | Albany | Capital District | Historic house | |
| Science Discovery Center of Oneonta | Oneonta | Central Leatherstocking | Science | website, part of State University of New York at Oneonta |
| Sciencenter | Ithaca | Finger Lakes | Science | website |
| SculptureCenter | Queens | New York City | Art | Dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture |
| Seaway Trail Discovery Center | Sackets Harbor | Thousand Islands | Local history | website |
| Seguine Mansion | Staten Island | New York City | Historic house | |
| Seneca Falls Historical Society Museum | Seneca Falls | Finger Lakes | Historic house | |
| Seneca-Iroquois National Museum | Salamanca | Buffalo Niagara Region | Native American | website |
| Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry | Seneca Falls | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Senate House State Historic Site | Kingston | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | History | |
| Shacksboro School House Museum | Baldwinsville | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, administered by McHarrie's Legacy |
| Shaker Heritage Society | Colonie | Capital District | Religious | website, America's first Shaker settlement |
| Shako:wi Cultural Center | Oneida | Central Leatherstocking | Native American | website |
| Sharon Museum Complex | Sharon | Capital District | Religious | information |
| Sharon Museum & Library | Old Chatham | Capital District | Religious | information |
| Sherwood House | Yonkers | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | website, maintained by the Yonkers Historical Society, 1740 farmhouse |
| Sherwood-Jayne House | Setauket | Long Island | Historic house | website, maintained by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities |
| Shinnecock Indian Cultural Center & Museum | Southampton | Long Island | Native American | website |
| Silas Wright House | Canton | Thousand Islands | Historic house | website, home to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association |
| Singer Castle | Dark Island | Thousand Islands | Historic house | |
| Six Nations Indian Museum | Onchiota | Adirondack Region | Native American | website |
| Skene Manor | Whitehall | Adirondack Region | Historic house | website |
| Skenesborough Museum | Whitehall | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, information, Revolutionary War information |
| Skyscraper Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Architecture | Currently the only museum in the world dedicated to skyscrapers |
| Slabsides | West Park | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | |
| Slate Valley Museum | Granville | Adirondack Region | Industry - Slate Quarrying | website, shows how slate is formed and quarried |
| Snyder Estate | Rosendale | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Historic house | website, operated by the Century House Historical Society, includes the Century House, Widow Jane Mine and Cement Industry Museum |
| Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities Museum Gallery | Cold Spring Harbor | Long Island | Local history | website |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Queens | New York City | Art | sculpture park |
| Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum | Sodus | Finger Lakes | Lighthouse | website |
| Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building | Huntington, New York | Long Island | Local history | website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society |
| Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park | Canandaigua | Finger Lakes | Historic house | Nine formal gardens, 1887 Queen Anne-style mansion and greenhouse complex |
| Sony Wonder Technology Lab | Manhattan | New York City | Technology | website |
| Southeast Museum | Brewster | Lower Hudson - Putnam County | Local history | website |
| South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Cente | Bridgehampton | Long Island | Natural history | website |
| Southold Historical Society & Museums | Southold | Long Island | Open air | website |
| Southold Indian Museum | Southold | Long Island | Native American | website |
| South Street Seaport Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Maritime | |
| Sports Museum of America | Manhattan | New York City | Sports | Planned opening in the Spring of 2008 in downtown Manhattan |
| Square House Museum | Tarrytown | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Local history | information, operated by the Rye Historical Society |
| Staatsburgh State Historic Site | Staatsburg | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | |
| Staten Island Children's Museum | Staten Island | New York City | Children's | Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
| Staten Island Museum | Staten Island | New York City | Multi | Natural history, art, history, science, part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center |
| Statue of Liberty | Liberty Island | New York City | History | |
| Stepping Stones (home) | Katonah | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | |
| Stickley Museum | Fayetteville | Finger Lakes | Decorative arts | website |
| Storm King Art Center | Mountainville | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Sculpture park | Outdoor sculpture park on 500 acres |
| Stone Mills Museum | Orleans | Thousand Islands | Agriculture | website, maintained by the Northern New York Agricultural Historical Society |
| Stone Quarry Hill Art Park | Cazenovia | Central Leatherstocking | Sculpture park | Outdoor art park on 108 acres |
| Stone-Tolan House Museum | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, operated by the Landmark Society |
| Stony Brook Grist Mill | Stony Brook | Long Island | Mill | website |
| Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site | Stony Point | Lower Hudson - Rockland County | Military | Revolutionary War site |
| Strong - National Museum of Play | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Children's | |
| Studio Museum in Harlem | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Art of African-Americans, specializing in 19th and 20th century work as well as exhibits of Caribbean and African art |
| Suffolk County Police Museum | Yaphank | Long Island | Police | website |
| Suggett House Museum | Cortland | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, home of the Cortland County Historical Society |
| Sullivan County Museum | Hurleyville | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Local history | website, home of the Sullivan County Historical Society |
| Sunnyside | Tarrytown | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | Home of noted early American author Washington Irving |
| Sunshine Radio Museum | Sodus | Finger Lakes | Technology | website, early years of the electronics industry starting from the turn of the century up to the 1970's |
| Susan B. Anthony House | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Historic house | |
| Swiss Institute | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, contemporary art |
| Syracuse University Art Galleries | Syracuse | Central New York | Art | website, several galleries at Syracuse University |
| Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum | Elmira | Finger Lakes | Nature center | website |
| Tang Teaching Museum | Saratoga Springs | Adirondack Region | Art | Part of Skidmore College |
| Tackapausha Museum and Preserve | Seaford | Long Island | Natural history | website |
| Tarrytown Historical Society Museum | Tarrytown | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Local history | information |
| Ten Broeck Mansion | Albany | Capital District | Historic house | website, headquarters of the Albany County Historical Association |
| Ten Mile River Scout Museum | Narrowsburg | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Scouting | website |
| Terra Cotta Museum | Alfred | Buffalo Niagara Region | Commodity - Ceramics | information, information, located at Alfred University, operated by the Alfred Historical Society |
| Terwilliger Museum | Waterloo | Finger Lakes | Local history | website, part of the Waterloo Library & Historical Society |
| Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site | Manhattan | New York City | Historic house | |
| Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Historic site | |
| Thomas Cole National Historic Site | Catskill | Capital District | Historic house | |
| Thomas Dodge House | Port Washington | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society |
| Thomas Paine Cottage | New Rochelle | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | Revolutionary war cottage |
| Thousand Islands Museum | Clayton | Thousand Islands | Local history | website |
| Throop Pharmacy Museum | Albany | Capital District | Medicine | website, historic drug store reconstructed at Albany College of Pharmacy |
| Tibet House | Manhattan | New York City | Art | Classical and contemporary Tibetan art |
| Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum | Ticonderoga | Adirondack Region | Media | website, comics, cartoons, and fantasy art |
| Ticonderoga Heritage Museum | Ticonderoga | Adirondack Region | Local history | website, over 38 scale models of various local industries |
| Tinker Homestead and Farm Museum | Henrietta | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website |
| Tioga County Historical Society Museum | Owego | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Top Cottage | Hyde Park | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | Private retreat designed by and for Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Town House | East Hampton | Long Island | School | website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society, adjacent to Clinton Academy |
| Town of Alabama Museum | Alabama | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Town of Hume Museum | Hume | Buffalo Niagara Region | Local history | website |
| Town of Shandaken Historical Museum | Pine Hill | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Local history | website |
| Town of Webb Historical Association Museum | Old Forge | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| Toy Town Museum | East Aurora | Buffalo Niagara Region | Toy | |
| Trailside Museums & Wildlife Center | Bear Mountain State Park | Lower Hudson - Rockland County | Natural history | website |
| Trailside Nature Museum | Cross River | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Natural history | website, located in Ward Pound Ridge Reservation |
| Tribute WTC Visitors Center | Manhattan | New York City | History | |
| Trinity Church | Manhattan | New York City | History | |
| Trolley Museum of New York | Kingston | Mid-Hudson - Ulster County | Transportation | |
| Tuthill House Museum | Westhampton Beach | Long Island | Historic house | website, operated by the Westhampton Beach Historical Society |
| UB Art Galleries | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara Region | Art | website, two art galleries at SUNY Buffalo |
| UBS Art Gallery | Manhattan | New York City | Art | website, four exhibitions each year, formerly Paine Webber Art Gallery |
| The Ukrainian Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Ukrainian-American | Ukrainian heritage in America |
| United Nations Headquarters | Manhattan | New York City | Historic building | Includes exhibits on such topics as peacekeeping operations, decolonization and disarmament, and the United Nations Art Collection |
| University Art Museum | Albany | Capital District | Art | website, part of SUNY Albany |
| USS Slater | Albany | Capital District | Museum ship | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Valentine-Varian House | Bronx | New York City | Historic house | Houses the Museum of Bronx History, operated by the Bronx Historical Society |
| Valentown | Victor | Finger Lakes | Local history | |
| Van Alen House | Kinderhook | Capital District | Historic house | |
| Van Cortlandt House Museum | The Bronx | New York City | Historic house | |
| Van Cortlandt Manor | Croton-on-Hudson | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Historic house | |
| Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site | Hyde Park | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | |
| Vanderbilt Museum | Centerport | Long Island | Multi | Historic mansion with collections of natural history, marine, weaponry and ethnographic objects |
| Vander Ende-Onderdonk House | Queens | New York City | Historic house | website, oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City, operated by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society |
| Van Wyck Homestead | Fishkill | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | Early 18th-century Dutch colonial house |
| Vestal Museum | Vestal | Central Leatherstocking | Local history | website |
| viaHealth Archives Consortium | Rochester | Finger Lakes | Medical | website, includes the Baker-Cederberg Museum with exhibits of hospital history, and archives of Rochester General Hospital, Genesee Hospital, Myers Community Hospital and other medical collections |
| Vintage Tracks Museum | Bloomfield | Finger Lakes | Transportation | website, crawler tractors & memorabilia from the early 1900s |
| Voelker Orth Museum | Queens | New York City | Historic house | website |
| Walter Elwood Museum | Amsterdam | Capital District | Multi | website, multicultural, Victorian, natural history, and items that relate to Mohawk Valley's industrial past |
| Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site | West Hills | Long Island | Historic house | |
| Walworth Historical Society and Museum | Walworth | Finger Lakes | Local history | website |
| Wantagh Railroad Museum | Wantagh | Long Island | Transportation - Railway | website |
| Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural Museum | Auburn | Finger Lakes | Agriculture | website |
| Warren House | York | Finger Lakes | Historic house | website, information, home of the York Historical Society |
| War of 1812 Museum | Plattsburgh | Adirondack Region | Military | |
| Warwick Historical Society | Warwick | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Open air | website, complex of 7 historic buildings |
| Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site | Newburgh | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | History | website |
| Waterford Historical Museum & Cultural Center | Waterford | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| Waterfront Museum | Brooklyn | New York City | Maritime | website, historic floating barge museum in Red Hook |
| Waterman Conservation Education Center | Apalachin | Finger Lakes | Natural history | website, environmental education center with museum about local wildlife |
| Water Mill Museum | Water Mill | Long Island | Mill | website |
| Watervliet Arsenal Museum | Watervliet | Capital District | Military | website |
| Wave Hill | The Bronx | New York City | Botanical garden | Botanical garden with art gallery and interpretive visitor's center |
| Weeksville Heritage Center | Brooklyn | New York City | Living history | Historic homes of 19th century free African Americans in the urban North |
| Westchester County Veterans Museum | Somers | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | Military | Located in Lasdon Park and Arboretum |
| West Monroe Historical Society Museum | West Monroe | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| West Point Museum | Highland Falls | Mid-Hudson - Orange County | Military | website |
| White Pine Camp | Paul Smiths | Adirondack Region | Historic camp | Adirondack Great Camp open for tours |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | Manhattan | New York City | Art | 20th century American art |
| Wilcox Octagon House | Camillus | Finger Lakes | Historic house | |
| Wilderstein | Rhinebeck | Mid-Hudson - Dutchess County | Historic house | |
| Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum | Vail Mills | Capital District | Natural history | website, animal mounts, art, artifacts and memorabilia of hunting, fishing and all sports afield |
| William Floyd House | Mastic | Long Island | Historic house | Signer of the Declaration of Independence, part of Fire Island National Seashore |
| William H. Seward House | Auburn | Finger Lakes | Historic house | |
| William Pryor Letchworth Museum | Castile | Finger Lakes | Local history | information, information, located in Letchworth State Park |
| Wilton Heritage Society Museum | Wilton | Adirondack Region | Local history | website |
| Wings of Eagles Discovery Center | Horseheads | Buffalo Niagara Region | Aviation | website, collection of airplanes and helicopters |
| Woodstock Artists Association & Museum | Woodstock | Mid-Hudson - Sullivan | Art | website |
| Women's Rights National Historical Park | Seneca Falls | Finger Lakes | History | |
| World Awareness Children's Museum | Glens Falls | Adirondack Region | Children's | website, cultural awareness museum for Children |
| Wyckoff House | Brooklyn | New York City | Historic house | |
| Yager Museum of Art & Culture | Oneonta | Central Leatherstocking | Multi | website, part of Hartwick College, art, archaeology, Native American artifacts |
| Yeshiva University Museum | Manhattan | New York City | Ethnic - Jewish | Also an archaeology, history and art museum focused on Jewish subjects |
| Yorktown Museum | Yorktown Heights | Lower Hudson - Westchester County | History | website, features 18th century Colonial rooms, farming, dolls & miniatures, railroad and Native American exhibits |
| Zadock Pratt Museum | Prattsville | Capital District | Historic house | website |
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[edit] Defunct museums
- Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan
- Boswell Museum, Springfield Center, no longer any physical museum just a website, preserves music of the 1920s and 1930s
- Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan [1], [2]
- Greenwood Museum
- Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan [3]
- Niagara Aerospace Museum, as of January 8, 2008
- New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan, New York City
- Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, website
[edit] Regions
The "Region" column in the sortable table can be used to help locate museums and understand which museums are in the same area. The list uses regions made up of the following counties or borroughs:
- Adirondack Region (counties all or partly in the Adirondack Park, except counties in the Capital District): Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington counties.
- Buffalo Niagara Region: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties.
- Capital District: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene and Saratoga counties.
- Central Leatherstocking: Broome, Delaware, Chenango, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Oswego, Schoharie counties.
- Finger Lakes: Onondaga County, Cortland County, Tioga County, Chemung County, Tompkins County, Cayuga County, Seneca County, Wayne County, Monroe County, Livingston County, Ontario County, Yates County, Schuyler County, and Steuben County.
- Lower Hudson: Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties.
- Long Island: Nassau and Suffolk counties.
- Mid-Hudson: Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties.
- New York City: Borroughs of Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island
[edit] See also
- List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City
- Museum Mile, New York City
- Arboreta in New York (category)
- Aquaria in New York (category)
- Botanical gardens in New York (category)
- Historic landmarks in New York
- Houses in New York (category)
- Forts in New York (category)
- Museums list
- Nature Centers in New York
- Observatories in New York (category)
- Registered Historic Places in New York
[edit] Other Resources
- I Love New York - official state tourism guide
- New York State Canals
- Heritage New York
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- NYC Arts - Culture Guide and Calendar
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.fieldtrip.com/ny/24606244.htm Field Trip.com report
- ^ http://www.nyc.com/arts__attractions/Con_Edison_Energy_Museum.92/editorial.aspx NYC.com closed notice
- ^ http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/visualarts/museums/NYT-StateofGuggenheim-Magazine-06-30-02.html New York Times Magazine, June 30, 2002, "Is the Go-Go Guggenheim Going, Going . . ."
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