List of museums in New York

This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.

Defunct museums

* Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan
* Boswell Museum, Springfield Center, no longer any physical museum just a [http://www.boswellmuseum.org/ website] , preserves music of the 1920s and 1930s
* Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan [http://www.fieldtrip.com/ny/24606244.htm Field Trip.com report] , [http://www.nyc.com/arts__attractions/Con_Edison_Energy_Museum.92/editorial.aspx NYC.com closed notice]
* Greenwood Museum
* Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan [http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/visualarts/museums/NYT-StateofGuggenheim-Magazine-06-30-02.html "New York Times Magazine", June 30, 2002, "Is the Go-Go Guggenheim Going, Going . . ."]
* [http://www.niagaramuseum.org/ Niagara Aerospace Museum] , as of January 8, 2008
* New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan, New York City
* Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, [http://www.museumforpianos.org/pianomuseum/Default.asp website]

Regions

The "Region" column in the sortable table can be used to help locate museums and understand which museums are in the same area. The list uses regions made up of the following counties or borroughs:
* Adirondack Region (counties all or partly in the Adirondack Park, except counties in the Capital District): Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington counties.
* Buffalo Niagara Region: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties.
* Capital District: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene and Saratoga counties.
* Central Leatherstocking: Broome, Delaware, Chenango, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Oswego, Schoharie counties.
* Finger Lakes: Onondaga County, Cortland County, Tioga County, Chemung County, Tompkins County, Cayuga County, Seneca County, Wayne County, Monroe County, Livingston County, Ontario County, Yates County, Schuyler County, and Steuben County.
* Lower Hudson: Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties.
* Long Island: Nassau and Suffolk counties.
* Mid-Hudson: Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties.
* New York City: Borroughs of Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island

ee also

*List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City
*Museum Mile, New York City
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*Historic landmarks in New York
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*Museums list
*Nature Centers in New York
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*Registered Historic Places in New York

Other Resources

* [http://www.iloveny.com/home.aspx I Love New York - official state tourism guide]
* [http://www.nyscanals.gov/ New York State Canals]
* [http://www.heritageny.gov/home.cfm Heritage New York]
* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/ New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]
* [http://www.nyc-arts.org/ NYC Arts - Culture Guide and Calendar]
* [http://www.dec.ny.gov/ New York State Department of Environmental Conservation]

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