Museums in Manhattan

The studio and home of one of America’s preeminent mid-century sculptors.

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.