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Top 10 best museums in New York City

American Museum of Natural History Tickets (Skip the Line)
4.1
(240 Reviews)
Awe and marvel at one of is one of the largest and most renowned museums in the world, The American Museum of Natural History. Both educational and entertaining, th...
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3 to 4 hours

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$ 20

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Madame Tussauds New York Tickets (Skip the Line)
4.2
(151 Reviews)
Seize those impossible New York moments and make them yours. We’re your all-access pass to glitz, glamor and glee. Strike a pose next to Alicia Keys, stroll the run...
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1 hour 30 minutes

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$ 32

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Metropolitan Museum of Art w/access to The Met Breuer &The Met Cloisters Ticket
4.5
(104 Reviews)
A visit to New York City wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And you will have more time to see it all with this convenient skip-...

3 days

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$ 0

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Tour and Tickets
4.9
(87 Reviews)
This ain't your grandma's museum tour! This two-hour, fast-paced, interactive small group tour offers you the most incredible, most scandalous and most amazing back...

2 hours

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$ 0

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Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Tickets (Skip the Line)
4.5
(65 Reviews)
Discover the legendary aircraft carrier Intrepid, the space shuttle Enterprise, the world’s fastest jets, and a guided missile submarine at the Intrepid Sea, Air, a...
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2 hours

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$ 0

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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square Tickets (Skip the Line)
4.1
(38 Reviews)
Enter the world of the uncanny and the bizarre at Ripley's Believe It or Not in Times Square. With hundreds of weird and unusual artifacts displayed in over 20 them...

2 hours

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$ 0

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Whitney Museum of American Art Tickets (Skip the Line)
3.6
(19 Reviews)
The Whitney Museum is New York's home for modern and contemporary art of the United States. Located in Manhattan's vibrant Meatpacking District, the Museum presents...
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2 hours

English

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$ 24

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Guggenheim Museum Tickets (Skip the Line)
4.2
(16 Reviews)
Designed by visionary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is home to one of the world’s finest collections...
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2 hours

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$ 26

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Museum of the City of New York General Admission Ticket
5
(1 Reviews)
The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world’s most influential metropolis. It engages visitors by ...
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30 to 120 minutes

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$ 21

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Skip the Line: KGB Espionage Museum Admission Ticket
4
(1 Reviews)
The KGB Espionage Museum presents the biggest in the whole world and never-before-seen collection of items covering the activities of KGB agents.
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60 to 180 minutes

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$ 0

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Spyscape Museum and Experience
5
(1 Reviews)
Discover Your Inner Spy! New York’s top rated new museum & experience features world-class galleries of spy gadgets and stories, plus fun immersive spy challenges. ...
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90 to 120 minutes

English

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$ 45

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Brooklyn Museum General Admission Ticket
5
(1 Reviews)
See great art through a unique perspective at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Your general admission ticket give you access to the Permanent Collection which includes A...
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2 to 5 hours

English

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$ 14

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Fotografiska New York: admission to museum
Fotografiska uses the power of photography to inspire a more conscious world. For over 10 years, the museum has been an internationally-renowned destination for pho...
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1 to 2 hours

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$ 0

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Traveller tips

Helpful advice from us and our travellers so you can enjoy your experience to the fullest.

Is there a way to visit all of New York's best museums?

There are a number of City Passes on offer, that give you the chance to visit many of New Yorks, museums, attractions and sights.

What are the best museums and art galleries in New York?

The Guggenheim, while standing as an architectural marvel is also home to many of the world's greatest art pieces including works from Monet, van Gogh and Picasso. There is also the MET, which houses El Greco's View of Toledo, Monet's The Water Lily Pond and Rembrandt's Self-Portrait, among many other works.

What are some of New York's more unique museums?

New York features a number of unique and rare spaces that are worth a visit in their own right. Among them includes The Museum of the American Gangster, a museum dedicated to the US' history of organized crime, the Mmuseumm an offbeat museum featuring a rotation of "contemporary artifacts" and finally the Museum Of Food And Drink, a museum with the hopes of becoming "the world's first large-scale food museum".