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...]

Dia: Beacon is the home away from New York City of the Dia Foundation's modern art collection. It's an impressive collection, with artists from Warhol to Richter, Nauman to LeWitt, Serra and Smithson, amongst others, represented. As it [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...]

Most people wouldn't call the Upper East Side trendy, but thanks to the Roof Garden Cafe at The Met, it might just be becoming that. Here, high atop the trees of Central Park, with a sweeping view of the rolling green grass, locals and [more...]

Just an hour upstate from New York City is the beautiful Storm King estate. Wander round the huge grounds which are littered with modern sculptures of all shapes and sizes. The setting is beautiful and some of the work is great. A [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...]

Everybody living in New York should one day visit Ellis Island. The views from the ferry of Manhattan are of course great. But the museum itself on the island if fascinating. The first half takes you through the process that new [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...]

There's a graveyard for abandoned ships in Coney Island Creek, where you can see a yellow Navy submarine and a host of other ships left and forgotten. Haunting and beautiful.

For more on the background, see

The Ghost Ships of Coney Island Creek

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...]

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A radical reassessment of artistic cross-currents at the turn of the last century, Artists included Degas, Eakins, Matisse, and Picasso. A way to view the masters in a more intimate setting.

This is a not for profit international center for the creation and appreciation of new art made from glass. You can come here to see some very cool and very gorgeous uses of glass in art, craft and design. Plus, there is a nifty gallery [more...]

This wonderful little gallery sells original, contemporary art online and in the NY gallery. If you aren't comfortable in the world of high art, this place will [more...]

Arts at St. Anne's is a space off the beaten performance path in NYC. Come here to see imaginative music and theater programs at the St. Ann's Warehouse, located at 38 Water Street in D.U.M.B.O.

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...]

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

On the first Saturday of each month. A night of excellent music, art and entertainment for free! Sometimes there are classes. You can learn to tango, paint an Impressionist painting or watch an avant-garde film. Food, beverages and a [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...]