Currently planning your next trip to New York City? Enjoy art museums? NYC is home to some of the best art museums in the entire world, and is one of the many reasons why people choose to vacation in New York. Art museums are as popular as ever as they offer the ability to understand and appreciate the history of both past and present cultures. And since every museum comes with its own special offerings, it’s a good idea to understand these offerings so you can choose to explore the museums that are going to be of best interest to you.

Art Museums of New York City

The following is a list of some of the best art museums located in the New York City area.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met is a definite must see as it contains more than two million pieces of history dating back over the past 5000 years. Making room in one’s schedule to spend the entire day here is recommended.
• Museum of Modern Art. The MoMA includes art pieces from Warhol, Haring, Van Gogh, Salvador Dali add more. Van Gogh’s The Starry Night can be seen here, as well as Dali’s The Persistence of Memory.
• The Guggenheim aka Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The Guggenheim Museum offers modern and contemporary art exhibitions, where visitors can to use to take an educated tour, listen to lectures by artists, attend film screenings and more.
• Whitney Museum of American Art. A focus on 20^th century and Contemporary American art by living artists can be found here, which currently holds the best collection of 20^th century American art than any other museum.
• American Museum of Natural History. All ages will enjoy going to this museum where there are new things to be explored around every corner.
• The Frick Collection. Old-school European art can be viewed in this museum, which is located in Frick’s upper east side mansion.
• New Museum of Contemporary Art. Founded in 1977, this Manhattan based museum is the only dedicated contemporary art museum in Manhattan and focuses on new art and new ideas.
• The Jewish Museum. Founded in 1904, this New York City museum is focused on the preservation of art and culture related to the Jewish heritage. Almost 30,000 pieces of art and more can be found here, with some dating back 4000 years.
• The Museum of Arts and Design. Founded in 1956, the overall mission of the MAD Museum is to showcase how artists are transforming the world through their art.
• American Folk Art Museum. Founded in 1961, the focus of this museum’s art is based on the history of art was in the American culture and includes more than 7000 pieces of art created the last 300 years.

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