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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.
The State Education Building was home to the New York State Museum until 1976. The New York State Museum was founded in 1836 as the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey, formed in 1836 by Governor William Marcy to document the mineral wealth of the state. [2] In 1870, it was reorganized as the New York State Museum of Natural ...
The Fenimore Art Museum (formerly known as New York State Historical Association) is a museum located in Cooperstown, New York on the west side of Otsego Lake.Collection strengths include the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, American fine and folk art, 19th and early 20th century photography, as well as rare books and manuscripts.
Name Neighborhood Borough Type Summary Metropolitan Museum of Art: Museum Mile: Manhattan: Art: One of the world's largest, and most visited art museums; includes American art and decorative arts, European, African, Asian, Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek art, Byzantine and Islamic art, modern art
See also List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City for museums and other visitor attractions including zoos and gardens, performing arts organizations, libraries, and historically-significant sites. See also List of museums in New York (state) for museums in the rest of New York state.
The museum has more than 23,000 artifacts reflecting 19th century farm life in central New York. [2] They are housed in over two dozen buildings across the campus. [3] The museum also includes working exhibits. There are skilled workers printing real documents, such as the rules of baseball, at the print shop, and weavers producing cloth at looms.
The Saratoga Automobile Museum is located in the 2,379-acre (963 ha) Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs, New York. [1] Housed in a former water bottling plant built in 1935, the museum is chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York Department of Education as a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit institution and focuses on the impact of the automobile in the past, present and future ...
New York City Manhattan Mishkin Gallery [6] Berkeley College: For profit New York City Manhattan Berkeley College Art Gallery [7] Binghamton University: Public Binghamton: Broome: Binghamton University Art Museum: Elsie B. Rosefsky Memorial Art Gallery [8] Buffalo State University: Public Buffalo: Erie: Burchfield-Penney Art Center: AAM ...