7 Cool Museums to Visit in NYC

7 Cool Museums to Visit in NYC, New York, New York

Among the many fantastic attractions in New York City are the museums, which are not only plenty in numbers but also in scale and variety. There are over 100 museums in New York City, some of them being the best in the country and in the world like the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the American Museum of Natural History. There is an institution for every kind of interest, whether it’s in art, culture, music, history, science, or unusual and quirkier subjects. We have created an exquisite list of the top 7 cool museums in NYC for those seeking to explore the alternative.

Located in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York, the Museum of Modern Art of New York City, is one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. MoMa’s exhibits include a large collection of modern and contemporary art in the forms of architecture and design, sculptures, drawings and paintings, photography, prints, audiovisual installations and other electronic media, while the MoMa library includes over 300,000 books and exhibitions catalogs.

The museum includes an impressively large collection of masterpieces by famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gaugin, Francis Bacon and Claude Monet. Exceptional pieces of art portrayed in the museum’s premises are the Water Lilies painting by Monet and Night Fishing at Antibes oil canvas by Picasso, which alone are worth the visit to the museum. A great addition to the 6-department museum is the The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, designed by Philip Johnson, which accommodates an exceptional array of sculptural works from distinguished artists such as Joan Miró, Henri Matisse and Alberto Giacometti, amongst others. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: 7 Cool Museums to Visit in NYC
Guide Location: USA » New York
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Elena Sergeeva
Read it on Author's Website: https://www.passionforhospitality.net/cool-museums-to-visit-in-nyc/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Museum of Ice-Cream
  • Leslie-Lohman Museum Of Gay And Lesbian Art
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Museum of Sex (MoSex)
  • Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

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