Well, it really depends on what you are interested in. The Metropolitan ( The Met ) is a world class art museum. It s HUGE and has a very wide range of exhibits. You couldn t see it all in a day, or even several days. But it is a very interesting place. If you want to go to an art museum and you have no strong preferences, you should probably go to the Met.If you have young children with you or you are interested in the sciences, you might want to go to the Museum of Natural History. It s also very big, and has a wide range of scientific, anthropological, or archaeological exhibits, including lots of dioramas of animals and a lot of stuff about space (in the Rose Space Center building adjacent to the main building.) Kids LOVE this museum, and there is a lot for people of all ages here!However, many of the smaller museums appeal to people of specific interests, either because they emphasize particular artistic styles or are about a specific subject.Here are a few of the outstanding museums that are not huge, comprehensive museums.The Museum of Modern Art ( MOMA ) Okay, this IS pretty comprehensive as far as modern art goes. It s pretty big, too, bigger since they ve renovated and has a range of modern art from Impressionists to recent Contemporary artists. There is also a large design section. The Frick - a real Boutique museum. Wealthy Mr. Frick set up his own museum during NYC s Gilded Age and he had pretty darned good taste in art! He collected mostly old masters and Impressionists, and there are some outstanding paintings in this collection. Not to mention that it s a great building as well.The Morgan Library - Another great Gilded Age private museum put up by another rich man who wanted his own museum - this time dedicated to rare books. Another beautiful building, this time made additionally wonderful by the recent addition of a splendid modern entrance wing! Really a fascinating little museum!The Neue Gallerie - dedicated to German and Austrian art from the early 20th Century, before the rise of the Nazis. These were true modernists (and the Nazis hated them!) This is a fairly recently created museum, founded by a current millionaire, in a gorgeous mansion on Fifth Avenue (near the Met). It s a great collection and another great building! The Cloisters - Officially owned by the Met, and hard to get to, but what a location! It s in a park overlooking the Hudson River and the museum itself is made up of pieces of monasteries and abbeys from Europe brought here and put together to create one building with gardens in little pockets throughout the museum! It s lovely, particularly in the Spring. The art is mostly from the middle ages, but it s the architecture, the gardens and the location that makes it really worth the schlep up to Fort Tryon Park!There are so many others to recommend, these are just my favorites! (I didn t even mention the fabulous Brooklyn Museum, because you probably won t make it out there if you only have 4 days, but it is really worth a visit as well!)
The Museum of Natural History for science and history.For Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (MOMA and the Guggenheim are just down the street, too.)The museums are some of the best in the world and shouldn t be missed if you have any sense of culture or curiosity.
MADDAME TUSSEU or RIPLEYS BELIEVE IT OR NOT or THE TITANIC MUSEUMNOTthe museum of natural history that place is so boring. ive been there 4 times -____-
Museum of Natural History!
i think nyc... is a museum its self. i mean whats its latest clam to fame.
either madame tussads or modern art museum
natural history is awesome....
None go to D.C.