New York's famous American Museum of Natural History is a powerhouse of interesting content that will please and entertain anyone who explores it. Exhibits are always coming and going, be sure to check their website for updates. Enjoy a [more...]

Parents dig this museum almost as much as their kids, who go ape for the huge dinosaur skeletons, incredible displays, and of course the enormous whale that graces every visitor.

The "Cosmic Collisions" planetarium show is an [more...]

The Morgan Library is a real treasure. The building has been beautifully restored with huge windows to flood the central spaces with light. Like the Frick it is a very manageable size and has a great art collection. I particularly [more...]

Housed in the old Customs House, itself worth a tour, this is an oft-missed experience that blends historical and contemporary work. The collection is particularly strong in Plains, Southwest, and Northeast cultures, but includes [more...]

If you like the weird and wonderful, check out Jen's Troll Museum in the LES. She's got hundreds, in all sorts of costumes and get ups. Weird, wacky but inimitably cool.

Lower East Side Troll Museum (122 Orchard Street, 560-7235; [more...]

The Tibetan Museum is unique in displaying its art in a traditional Himalayan-style monastery building. It is the only museum in the country devoted primarily to [more...]

718/289-5162 This is a Nat'l Historic Landmark founded in 1900 to honor prominent Americans who have had a significant impact on this nation's history. It's located at the Bronx Community College, W 181st St and University Ave, and is [more...]

Go visit the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame to learn about the lives and artistry of jazz masters at Lincoln Center.

651 Arts is an amazing cultural institution offering culturally-diverse programming grounded in the African Diaspora in the award-winning BAM Harvey Theater.

Visit Cropsey's Gothic home and studio to view his paintings, watercolors and sketches. Both the home and studio are open by appointment only from Feb - July and Sept - Nov. 914.478.1372

My boyfriend had a conference in Newark, of all places, last weekend. I promised him I would go to keep him company - both of us expecting that there would be nothing to do but hide in the hotel. But I actually had a great weekend. I [more...]

One of the best exhibit spaces in the city. The Center for Book Arts is exactly what it sounds like. Come here if you are a bibliophile to see everything [more...]

This Gallery always has interesting exhibits and is tucked into the Queens Library. We just saw an exhibit titled "Cultural Redress", which had reconsidered [more...]

A reconstructed 18th-century building that was a gathering spot of American Revolutionary leaders, this museum is dedicated to the study and interpretation of early American history and culture.

The Whitney Museum of American art is always sure to please. Here you can find the best of 20th Cent American Art. If you want to buy a Hopper, check out the catalogue in the gift shop that lists the current owners of all his [more...]

The Goethe Institute is all German all the time - photos, films and a roster of events. The films - from silent to contemporary - are available for viewing [more...]

The Neue Galerie is a museum off the beaten path in NYC. You can see a collection of German and Austrian art including some great Klimt paintings - great for [more...]

Be a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn Prole for a day!
From the site: "Fish smokers, farmers, nurses, brewers, pretzel bakers, novelists, web-site designers, artists and artisans, truck drivers and bankers, which is most typical of Brooklyn's working people?... All are!"

Check out the New York Museum of Water - recently highlighted on Digg as one of the 10 ten STRANGEST museums in the country.

The Jewish Museum is a little known gem regardless of either of your religious affiliations. There are almost 30,00 pieces of art here, as well as all kinds of [more...]