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Top Museums in New York

Some of the best museums in the world are in New York City. Spanning history, arts, culture and entertainment, these top institutions educate and inspire. Whether it’s an internationally renowned art museum or science or history establishment, there’s something for everyone. Here are the most iconic museum stops to include on your itinerary.

American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world, containing over 32 million animal, plant, and fossil specimens. It even has samples from space.

  • Included in CityPASS
  • 5 Hours

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, known as "The Guggenheim," is as well-known for its collection of art as it is for the architectural masterpiece of the building itself.

  • Included in CityPASS
  • 5 Hours

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

The Intrepid is a museum now, but as an aircraft carrier it fought in and survived World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War, and even served as a NASA recovery vessel.

  • Included in CityPASS
  • 4 Hours

9/11 Memorial Museum

The National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center pays tribute to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, where nearly 3,000 lives were lost, including those who died saving others.

  • Included in CityPASS
  • 2 Hours

Ellis Island Immigration Museum

A symbol of American immigration, the Ellis Island Immigration Museum is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and is under the care of the National Parks Service.

  • Included in CityPASS
  • 2 Hours

MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art, often called MoMA, is home to one of the world’s most prestigious modern and contemporary art collections. MoMA has six floors and is never the same museum twice.

  • Included in C3
  • 3 Hours

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, known simply as "The Met," is one of the largest museums in the world and the largest art museum in the country. Spanning 5,000 years of art from every culture the world it constantly tops "best museums in the world" lists.

  • 5 Hours

Whitney Museum of American Art

For some reason, fame has a tendency to find artists after death. But the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City makes it their mission to showcase and promote the work of living artists.

  • 2 Hours

If you're looking to visit these top New York City museums, consider using New York CityPASS® tickets. You'll save nearly half off combined entrance fees to some of the top museums and tourist attractions in New York City.

New York CityPASS® tickets include admission to the Empire State Building and the American Museum of Natural History, as well as three option tickets that give travelers a choice between the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, Circle Line Sightseeing Cruise, Guggenheim Museum, Top of the Rock®, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum or the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

If you think five attractions isn't right for you, check out New York C3® tickets, which give you admission to 3 of New York's top attractions. Choose from the attractions included in New York CityPASS® tickets, as well as MoMA, and Edge at Hudson Yards.

Want to see it all? Then check out New York C-All™ which gives you one-time admission to all of the attractions available in New York CityPASS® and New York C3® tickets.

Note: some special exhibits are not included and may require an extra fee.

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Guggenheim Image David Heald © SRGF, NY

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Date published: 2026-02-14
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Date published: 2026-02-13
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Trip of a lifetime! My friend and I bought CityPASS for our trip to New York and once we worked out how to fit everything in it was easy. We visited the American Museum of Natural History and Empire State Building as standard and then chose Top of the Rock, 9/11 museum and Intrepid museum as the 3 optional experiences. We did the Statue of Liberty separately because they still had tickets to the Crown with it being early February so we picked the Intrepid Museum as our final choice. The CityPASS app made it easy to choose times and access tickets and the attractions themselves were incredible and were very well priced considering how good each of them were. The Empire State Building was amazing with a good combination of views at the top plus the museum at the bottom, and the fact that we were able to return with CityPASS later on the same evening allowed us to see the amazing views in the daytime along with the stunning New York lights at night. And visiting in February meant that it was fairly quiet on both visits. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum was an eye opener for us considering that we were too young to remember 9/11. We paid extra for an audio tour (which is a must-do) and it was emotional seeing how they described the tragedy combining artefacts and art with personal stories. We arrived at 2pm and had to leave at closing time and we still hadn’t gone through some of the sections, so try to dedicate more time to seeing it fully if you get the chance. The American Museum of Natural History was an interesting attraction that did well to balance fun with learning. We chose the Planetarium for the ticketed exhibition included with CityPass and it was a good 25 minute experience. Later that day we did Top of the Rock at 3:30pm whilst it didn’t have the prestige that Empire State had I still highly recommend it. Arriving mid afternoon allowed us to take in the views on another perfect day and we also decided to have a drink on the outdoor bar and waited until sunset which was unforgettable. The best part about Top of the Rock is that you can see both ESB and Central Park, whilst the only downsides were that they seemed too pushy with their Beam upsell. On the final day we went to Intrepid Museum without knowing what to expect. I assume that most people here will choose the flashier attractions but Intrepid filled our time nicely. Based on a retired Warship with views of the Hudson River and glimpses of the Empire State Building you get to see old aircraft, the workings of the ship itself, a NASA prototype spacecraft and go on an old submarine , all of which were included and the latter were nice surprises. Overall CityPASS was incredible value for money and I would definitely check out their other experiences in other cities. Do it.
Date published: 2026-02-11
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Date published: 2026-02-04
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