Museums in New York: profiles, services and practical information.
At 151 Mulberry Street, the Italian American Museum preserves a story that Little Italy’s façades and restaurants cannot tell by themselves. The institution presents exh…
View profile →A sculpture and architecture park in Ghent, outside Hudson, with large outdoor works, a gallery and walking routes over varied natural terrain.
View profile →A historic house and garden landscape in Garrison overlooking the Hudson; current house tours take place during continuing restoration.
View profile →A museum in a former box-printing factory, with art from the 1960s onward, large-scale installations and convenient access from Beacon station.
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A Hudson museum tracing firefighting through historic apparatus, equipment and interactive exhibits, with year-round indoor visiting and family activities.
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A lakeside art museum with American painting, folk art and the Thaw Collection, plus a new American Masterworks gallery announced for September 2026.
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A rural-history museum whose farmstead, historic buildings and country village explain work and everyday life in nineteenth-century New York.
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A historic district whose guided tours examine Indigenous, Huguenot, free and enslaved lives, with seasonal access to selected buildings.
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A motorsports library and archive welcoming visitors with displays, a racing simulator and resources on Watkins Glen’s racing history.
View profile →A village-centre museum interpreting Lake Placid’s 1932 and 1980 Winter Games through objects, Olympic design and interactive exhibits.
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Cooperstown’s central baseball museum connects sporting objects and the Hall of Fame with the game’s wider place in American culture.
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Frederic Church’s home and designed landscape south of Hudson, with river and Catskill views, carriage roads and separately ticketed house tours.
View profile →An aviation museum and seasonal airfield in Red Hook, with weekend demonstrations that distinguish early flight history from a static collection.
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Harvey Fite’s monumental bluestone earthwork in Saugerties, within a sculpture park with quarry trails, a gallery and a museum reached by stairs.
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A local history museum in the former Creamery, with historic boats and a renovated historical wing; opening hours are limited.
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A Queen Anne mansion and landscaped Hudson River estate, with seasonal guided interiors and separately accessible grounds and walking trails.
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The organization behind Byrdcliffe’s living arts community, with a central Woodstock gallery and separately arranged visits to the historic colony.
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