New York Museums
The largest city in the US (by population), New York is the number one tourist destination in the country. People flock to the “Big Apple” for a variety of reasons ranging from great food and shopping to art and performing arts, from historic landmarks to its multinational environment. The city has something for everyone from Central Park to Times Square, from Wall Street to Broadway, from Manhattan to Coney Island. Visitors will find a range of activites, sites, food, and accomodations. Stay in one the luxurious five star New York hotels or relax in a historic bed and breakfast. Get a hot dog from a street cart or dine in one of the dozens of world-class restaurants featuring internationally reknown chefs.
One reason to visit the city is the plethora of world reknown museums. New York has long been a cultural capital of not just the US, but the entire world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, at two million square feet, is one of the largest museums in the world. The museum houses a number of collections that rank as the finest in the world for its category. The museum is known for having the most comprehensive collection of American art, including sculpture, deocrative arts, paintings, and period rooms. It also houses 2500 European paintings, including one of the greatest collections of Vermeers, Rembrandts, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, the best collection of Egyptian art outside of Cairo, and one of the world’s finest collections of Islamic art. Other significant collections include Asian art, arms and armor, medieval and Renaissance art, European sculpture, costumes, drawings, photography, and ancient antiquities.
Another world famous destination is the Museum of Modern Art, also known as MoMA. The museum reopened in 2004 after undergoing renovation and expansion. It houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of modern art, including more than 150,000 individual pieces. These including paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and photographs. The museum also features design, film, architecture, electronic media, and illustrated books. Some of its most famous pieces include van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” and Monet’s “Water Lilies” as well as significant works by Rousseau, Picassoc, Gaugin, Dali, Matisse, Cezanne, Pollock, Wyeth, and Warhol. MoMA is also home to a repertory theater and a cinema that screens some of the museums 22,000 films.
Other reknowned museums in New York include the Guggenheim, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the International Center of Photography, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. And not all museums are focused on art. Visitors can check out the American Museum of Natural History, the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, the New York Hall of Science, the Immigration Museum at Ellis Island, and the Statue of Liberty Museum, among dozens of others. Many museums in the city are closed on Mondays, so research carefully and plan accordingly.
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