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. There is a separate list of museums and cultural institutions in New York City. Also included are non-profit art centers and galleries.

The list

Name	Location	County/Borough	Region	Type	Summary
1805 Frisbie House	Salisbury Center	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Local history	Operated by the Salisbury Historical Society
1812 Homestead Farm and Museum	Willsboro 44.382766°N 73.447638°W / 44.382766; -73.447638 (1812 Homestead Farm and Museum)	Essex	Adirondack Region	Living	Recreates daily farm life in the early 19th century
1863 Schoolhouse	Deerpark	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Local history
1890 House Museum and Center for Victorian Art	Cortland	Cortland	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, focuses on Victorian life
1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum	Geneseo	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Aviation	website, aircraft of the World War II and Korean War eras
Adirondack History Center Museum	Elizabethtown	Essex	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, operated by the Essex County Historical Society
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts	Blue Mountain Lake	Hamilton	Adirondack Region	Art	website
Adirondack Museum	Blue Mountain Lake	Hamilton	Adirondack Region	Local history	Collections focus on outdoor recreation, boats and boating, transportation, fine art, work and industry, tourism, and community life
Adsit Log Cabin	Willsboro 44.421667°N 73.376389°W / 44.421667; -73.376389 (Adsit Log Cabin)	Essex	Adirondack Region	Historic house	18th-century log cabin
African American Museum of Nassau County	Hempstead	Nassau	Long Island	African American	History of African-Americans on Long Island and the African-American contribution to the social and cultural development of American society
Afton Historical Museum	Afton	Chenango	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Agricultural Memories Museum	Penn Yan	Yates	Finger Lakes	Transportation	website, antique farm tractors, farm equipment, carriages, toy tractors
AIGA National Design Center	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, public gallery dedicated to presenting examples of outstanding contemporary design
Akin Free Library	Pawling	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Multiple	Library with museum of local history operated by the Pawling Historical Society and the Olive Gunnison Natural History Museum
Akwesasne Cultural Center	Hogansburg	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Native American
Albany Center Gallery	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Art	website, contemporary art
Albany Institute of History and Art	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Multiple	Art, local history, founded in 1791
Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Natural history	website, natural history of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Albright-Knox Art Gallery	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	Modern and contemporary art
Alice Austen House	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Historic house
Alice T Miner Museum	Chazy	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Historic house	website, 1824 Colonial Revival house with period furnishings
Alling Coverlet Museum	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Textile	website, coverlets date from the 1830s to the 1880s and quilts, operated by Historic Palmyra
Almanzo Wilder Farm	Malone	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Historic house	website, boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder
Amelia Cottage Museum	Amagansett	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history	Operated by the Amagansett Historical Society
American Academy of Arts and Letters	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
American Airpower Museum	Farmingdale	Nassau	Long Island	Aviation	Features flying World War II aircraft manufactured by Republic Aviation
American Folk Art Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
American Italian Museum & Cultural Center	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Ethnic	website
American Maple Museum	Croghan	Lewis	Adirondack Region	Industry - Maple	website
American Merchant Marine Museum	Kings Point	Nassau	Long Island	Maritime	Marine art and artifacts, National Maritime Hall of Fame
American Museum of Cutlery	Cattaraugus	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Industry	website
American Museum of Natural History	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Natural history	Includes Rose Center for Earth and Space
American Numismatic Society Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Numismatic
American Sephardi Federation	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish	Exhibits about the heritage of all Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, to the Jews of North Africa and Muslim lands including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Ethiopia and Bukharian Jews
Ames Museum	Ames	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Local history
Amherst Museum	Amherst	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Living	12 historic buildings including homes, one-room schoolhouses, a barbershop, and a church
Anne Frank Center	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History	website
Antique Boat Museum	Clayton	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Maritime
Antique Wireless Association Electronic Communication Museum	Apalachin	Tioga	Finger Lakes	Technology	website, history of wireless communications
Arcade Historical Society Museum	Arcade	Wyoming	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information, website, also known as the Gibby House
Arkell Museum	Canajoharie	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Multiple	American art and history
Arnot Art Museum	Elmira	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Art	website
The Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Art	On the grounds of The Hebrew Home at Riverdale
Ashford Historical Society Museum	West Valley	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Asia Society	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Features historic and contemporary Asian art and decorative items
Asian American Arts Centre	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Cultural center with exhibition galleries
Austrian Cultural Forum (New York)	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Culture	website, culture center with exhibition gallery
AWA Wireless Museum	Bloomfield	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Technology	website, vintage radio equipment, operated by the Antique Wireless Association
Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum	Peru	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Agriculture	website, rural farm buildings, equipment and tools
Bainbridge Museum	Bainbridge	Chenango	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website, operated by the Bainbridge Historical Society
Balmanno Cottage	Geneva	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, operated by the Geneva Historical Society
Baldwin Historical Society & Museum	Baldwin	Nassau	Long Island	Local history	information
Bannerman Castle	Pollepel Island	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Tours of the early-20th-century castle house, part in ruins, accessible by boat
Bard Graduate Center	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Annually organizes two to three exhibitions related to decorative arts
Barker Historical Museum	Fredonia	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Bartow-Pell Mansion	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Historic house
Bayport Aerodrome	Bayport	Suffolk	Long Island	Aviation	Historic flying aircraft
Bayside Historical Society	Queens	Queens	New York City	Local history	website, located in the Officer's Club in Fort Totten
Bayville Historical Museum	Bayville	Nassau	Long Island	Local history	information
Bedford Museum	Bedford	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	website, operated by the Bedford Historical Society, includes the restored 1787 Court House and local history exhibits, also operates the 1829 School House
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society Museum Complex	Farmingdale	Nassau	Long Island	Open air	website
Bement-Billings Farmstead	Newark Valley	Tioga	Finger Lakes	Farm	website, operated by the Newark Valley Historical Society
Bemus Point Historical Museum	Bemus Point	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Benjamin and Dr. Edgar R. Codeld Judaic Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Judaica	website, information, over 1,000 Judaic artifacts dating back to the 10th century, also known as the Codeld Judaic Museum
Benjamin Long Homestead	Tonawanda	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	information, operated by the Historical Society of the Tonawandas
Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum	Corning	Steuben	Finger Lakes	Open air	website, operated by the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society, complex includes Benjamin Patterson Inn, Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot, Wixson Road Log Cabin, Blacksmith Shop, Starr Barn, Browntown Schoolhouse
Bernard Museum of Judaica	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Judaica	website, located in Temple Emanu-El
Best House and Medical Exhibit	Middleburgh	Schoharie	Capital District	Historic house	Former country doctor's home with medical exhibits, life from 1870s to 1940s
Beth Joseph Synagogue	Tupper Lake	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Ethnic - Jewish
Bevier House Museum	Marbletown	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Home of the Ulster County Historical Society, stone house dating back to the 17th century
Big Flats Historical Society Museum	Big Flats	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Big Springs Museum	Caledonia	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Big Springs Historical Society
Billou-Stillwell-Perine House	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Historic house
Binghamton University Art Museum	Binghamton	Broome	Central Leatherstocking	Art	website, part of Binghamton University
Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center	North Blenheim	Schoharie	Capital District	Science	Energy and electricity
Blessed Marianne Cope Shrine	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Religious	website, shrine and museum with relics and exhibits about the life Marianne Cope
Blockhouse Museum & Historic Park	Brewerton	Oswego	Central New York	Local history	Operated by the Fort Brewerton Historical Society, reconstruction of a late-18th-century log block house
Bluff Point Lighthouse	Valcour Island	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Lighthouse	Operated by the Clinton County Historical Association, exhibits about the lighthouse and local history and natural history
Bohemia Historical Society Museum	Bohemia	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history	website
Boldt Castle	Alexandria Bay	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Historic house	Early-20th-century castle house
Bolton Historical Museum	Bolton Landing	Warren	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, operated by the Historical Society of the Town of Bolton
Boonville Black River Canal Museum	Boonville	Oneida	Adirondack Region	Transportation	website, history of the Black River Canal
Boscobel	Cold Spring	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Historic house	19th-century mansion and estate
Bowne House	Queens	Queens	New York City	Historic house	Oldest house in Queens
BRIC Rotunda Gallery	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Art	website
Brick Church Museum	Galen	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Galen Historical Society
Brick House Museum	Montgomery	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	18th-century estate of Nathaniel Hill
Brick Tavern Museum	Montour Falls	Schuyler	Finger Lakes	Local history	Operated by the Schuyler County Historical Society
Bridge House Museum	Phoenix	Oswego	Central New York	Local history	website
Bronck House	Coxsackie	Greene	Capital District	Historic house	17th-century Dutch homestead, operated by the Greene County Historical Society
Bronx Museum of the Arts	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Art
Bronx River Art Center	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Art	website
Brookfield Museum and Giles School	Brookfield	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	information, see page 8
Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Museum	Brookhaven	Suffolk	Long Island	Science	website, operated by Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum	Ridge	Suffolk	Long Island	Firefighting	website
Brooklyn Children's Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Children's
Brooklyn Historical Society	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Local history
Brooklyn Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Art
Brookside Museum	Ballston Spa	Saratoga	Adirondack Region	Local history	Home of the Saratoga County Historical Society
Bruderhof Museum	Rifton	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Religious	information
Buffalo Fire Historical Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Firefighting
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history
Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Maritime	Home to several decommissioned US Naval vessels
Buffalo Motorcycle Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Transportation - Motorcycle	website
Buffalo Museum of Science	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Science	includes Tifft Nature Preserve
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Station	Orchard Park	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Railroad	Operated by the Western New York Railway Historical Society
Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Transportation	website, cars, motorcycles, bicycles and memorabilia
Bull Stone House	Hamptonburgh	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Early-18th-century stone house
Bullthistle Model Railroad Society Museum	Norwich	Chenango	Central Leatherstocking	Railroad	website, model railroad layouts
Burchfield-Penney Art Center	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	Features works by Charles E. Burchfield, J. J. Lankes and other area artists
Burden Iron Works	Troy	Rensselaer	Capital District	Industry - Iron works	Open by appointment only
Bundy Arts and Victorian Museum	Binghamton	Broome	Central Leatherstocking	Multiple	website, Victorian house, clocks, modern & African art
Busti Grist Mill & Historical Society Museum	Busti	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Mill	Open for annual fall festival and by appointment
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve	Smithtown	Suffolk	Long Island	Natural history
Call Homestead Museum	Andover	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	History	website, 19th- and 20th-century farm equipment and traditional rural implements, butter churns, crocks, clocks, quilts, toys, musical instruments, furniture, artwork and local pottery
Cambridge Historical Society Museum	Cambridge	Washington	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, Victorian house with period furnishings and local history displays
Camp Santanoni	Newcomb	Essex	Adirondack Region	Historic camp	National Historic Landmark camp open for tours
Camp Shanks World War II Museum	Orangeburg	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Military	Former embarkation point for troops in World War II
Canastota Canal Town Museum	Canastota	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history
Cape Vincent Historical Museum	Cape Vincent	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Local history	information
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts	Katonah	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Estate with gardens, summer music festival
Carmel Historical Center	Carmel	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Local history	website
Carnegie Arts Center	North Tonawanda	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	Contemporary art exhibits, visual art and dance classes
Caroga Historical Association & Museum	Caroga	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Open air	website, farm house, exhibit barn, general store, cobbler's shop, ice house and Sherman's Park Arcade
L. Caroline Underwood Museum	Penn Yan	Yates	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society
Carriage House Museum (Camden, New York)	Camden	Oneida	Central Leatherstocking	Transportation - Carriages	information
Cary Hill Sculpture Park	Salem	Washington	Adirondack Region	Sculpture park
CAS Arts Center	Livingston Manor	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Art	website, operated by the Catskill Art Society
Castellani Art Museum	Lewiston	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, contemporary art, part of Niagara University
Castile Historical Museum	Castile	Wyoming	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by the Castile Historical Society
Castle Clinton	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History	Fort that contains a museum that is administered by the National Park Service, and is a departure point for visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Catamount People's Museum	Catskill	Greene	Capital District	Culture	website, people, stories, culture and history of the Catskill Mountains
Cattaraugus Area Historical Society Museum	Cattaraugus	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Cattaraugus County Historical Museum	Machias	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum	Livingston Manor	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Sports
Caverns Creek Grist Mill	Howes Cave	Schoharie	Capital District	Mill	website, museum and country store
Cayuga Museum of History and Art	Auburn	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Multiple	Local history, art, culture and the invention of sound film
Cedarmere	Roslyn Harbor	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	website
Center at High Falls Visitor Center	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, local history, industry, culture, art
Center for Art and Culture of Bedford-Stuyvesant	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Art	website
Center for Jewish History	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish
Central Square Station Museum	Central Square	Oswego	Thousand Islands	Railroad	website, operated by the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society
CEPA Gallery	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, photography
Chaim Gross Studio Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website
Champlain Valley Transportation Museum	Plattsburgh	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Transportation	Includes cars, canoes, trains, trolleys and more
Chapman Historical Museum	Glens Falls	Warren	Adirondack Region	Historic house	Late-19th-century period house
Charles Dickert Wildlife Collection	Saranac Lake	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Natural history	website
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Lighthouse	Operated by the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society
Charlton Historical Society Museum	Charlton	Saratoga	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Chautauqua Institution	Chautauqua	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	Visual arts gallery, performing arts
Cheektowaga Historical Museum	Cheektowaga	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Chelsea Art Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Contemporary art
Chemung Valley History Museum	Elmira	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Local history	Operated by the Chemung County Historical Society
Chenango Canal Cottage Museum	Bouckville	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Chenango County Historical Society Museum	Norwich	Chenango	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Cherry Valley Museum	Cherry Valley	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Children's Galleries for Jewish Culture	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Children's	website
Children's Museum at Saratoga	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	Children's	website
Children's Museum of Manhattan	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Children's
Children's Museum of the Arts	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Children's
Children's Museum of the Native American	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Children's	website
Children's Museum of Science and Technology	Troy	Rensselaer	Capital District	Science
Children's Museum of the East End	Bridgehampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Children's	website
Children's Museum of History, Natural History, Science & Technology	Utica	Oneida	Adirondack Region	Children's
China Institute	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Galleries with exhibits about traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy, Chinese folk arts, textiles and architecture
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum	Chittenango	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Transportation - Canals	website
Cigarville Railroad Station Museum	Clay	Onondaga	Central New York	Local history	information, information, operated by the Town of Clay Historical Association
City Island Nautical Museum	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Maritime	website, operated by the City Island Historical Society
City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Local history	website, history of the five boroughs
Clarence Historical Museum	Clarence	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Clarendon Historical Society Museum	Clarendon	Orleans	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Clermont State Historic Site	Clermont	Columbia	Capital District	Historic house	1930s period manor house and estate with exhibits about the Livingston family
Clifton F. West Historical Museum	Hague	Warren	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Clinton Academy	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Education	website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society, adjacent to Town House
Clinton County Historical Museum	Plattsburgh	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Association
The Cloisters	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Art and architecture of the European Middle Ages, branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Clove Furnace Historic Site	Arden	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Industry	information
Cobblestone Society Museum	Childs	Orleans	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum	Cold Spring Harbor	Suffolk	Long Island	Maritime
Columbia County Museum	Kinderhook	Columbia	Capital District	Local history	website, operated by the Columbia County Historical Society
Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Library	website, two galleries with free exhibitions from the collections
Colton Museum	Colton	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website, open by appointment with the Colton Historical Society
Coney Island Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Amusement	History of Coney Island's amusement park
Conference House	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Historic house	Only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City
Conklin Farmhouse Museum	Huntington	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society
Constitution Island	West Point	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house - Fort	Tour includes boat ride to and from island, guided tour of Revolutionary War fortifications and 17 room Warner House
Cook Museum of Local History	Galway	Saratoga	Adirondack Region	Local history	information, restored Victorian house with Victorian rooms, dolls, clothing, dishes, tools, bibles
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Design	part of the (Smithsonian)
Cornerstone Park	Carmel	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Local history	website
Corning Museum of Glass	Corning	Steuben	Finger Lakes	Industry - Glass
Corwith House	Bridgehampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, home of the Bridgehampton County Historical Society
Cottage Lawn Museum	Oneida	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Historic house	Operated by the Madison County Historical Society, Victorian period house and local history displays
Cradle of Aviation Museum	Garden City	Nassau	Long Island	Aviation
Crandall Public Library Folklife Center	Glens Falls	Warren	Adirondack Region	Multiple	website, exhibits of the history and culture of the upper Hudson valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York
Czurles-Nelson Gallery	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, part of Buffalo State College
Cropsey Homestead	Hastings-on-Hudson	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Art	Also known as Ever Rest, studio with artwork of Jasper F. Cropsey, operated by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation
Crown Point State Historic Site	Crown Point	Essex	Adirondack Region	Military	Remains of a Colonial era fort and museum
Cuba Cheese Museum	Cuba	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Food	website
Cudner-Hyatt House	Scarsdale	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	website, operated by the Scarsdale Historical Society, property includes 1828 Quaker Meeting House
Custom House (Sag Harbor, New York)	Sag Harbor	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Restored late-18th-century house
Cutchogue Village Green	Cutchogue	Suffolk	Long Island	Open air	website, includes Old House (Cutchogue), operated by the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council
Czech Centre New York	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, exhibits of Czech artists
Dahesh Museum of Art	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Currently seeking new permanent home in Manhattan
Daniel Parrish Witter Agricultural Museum	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Agriculture	website, information, open during the New York State Fair, farming tools, equipment, log cabin, demonstrations
Dansville Area Historical Museum.	Dansville	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Local history	information
Dart Airport Aviation Museum	Mayville	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Aviation	website, information
Darwin D. Martin House	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Das Haus	Wheatfield	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	information, German heritage museum
David Crawford House	Newburgh	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Operated by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands
David Sayre Store and House Museum	Milford	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	History	website, early-19th-century period store
Dayton Historical Museum	Dayton	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Dayton's Corners School	Penfield	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Education	Open during special events, one room schoolhouse
De Kalb Historical Association Museum	De Kalb	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	information
Delaware and Hudson Canal Museum	High Falls	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Transportation - Canal	History of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, operated by the D & H Canal Historical Society
Deposit Historical Society Museum	Deposit	Delaware	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Derfner Judaica Museum	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish	On the grounds of The Hebrew Home at Riverdale
DeRuyter Museum	DeRuyter	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website, operated by the Tromptown Historical Society, information on page 11
DeWint House	Tappan	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Historic house	18th-century Colonial Dutch house, temporary headquarters of Commander-in-Chief George Washington during the American Revolution
Dia:Beacon	Beacon	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Art	Contemporary art
Discovery Center of the Southern Tier	Binghamton	Broome	Central Leatherstocking	Children's	website
Dolan DNA Learning Center	Cold Spring Harbor	Suffolk	Long Island	Science	Educational science center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dollhouse Hall of Fame	Cooperstown	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Toy	website
Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens	Purchase	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Sculpture park	Collection of 45 pieces of outdoor sculpture at the Pepsico world headquarters
Dowd Gallery	Cortland	Cortland	Finger Lakes	Art	website, part of State University of New York at Cortland
Drawing Center	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Dr. John Quincy Howe House	Phelps	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Local history	Operated as a museum of local history by the Phelps Community Historical Society
Dunkirk Lighthouse & Veterans Museum	Dunkirk	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Military	Lighthouse and keeper's cottage with collection of military artifacts
Dunkirk Historical Society & Museum	Dunkirk	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Durham Center Museum	East Durham	Greene	Capital District	Local history	website, information & photos
Dyckman House	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic house	Oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island
Dyke Museum	Wellsville	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by The Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society
Earle-Wightman House	Oyster Bay	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	Operated by the Oyster Bay Historical Society
East Bloomfield Historical Society	East Bloomfield	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, information
East End Seaport Museum	Greenport	Suffolk	Long Island	Maritime	website, operated by the Oyster Bay Historical Society
East Hampton Marine Museum	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Maritime	website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society
East Otto Historical Museum	East Otto	Cattaraugus County	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum	East Rockaway	Nassau	Long Island	Local history	Located in a historic grist mill building
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Historic house	1840s house where author Edgar Allan Poe lived
Edith Langley Barrett Fine Art Gallery	Utica	Oneida	Adirondack Region	Art	website, part of Utica College
Edmonston House	New Windsor	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	18th-century period house
Edward Hopper House Art Center	Nyack	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Art
Edwards Homestead	Sayville	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	information
Edwin Welling Van Duzer Memorial House	Middletown	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	information, home of the Historical Society of Middletown & the Wallkill Precinct
El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, exhibition of fine art by Latin/Caribbean, African-American and other artists of color
Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum	East Aurora	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	Arts and Crafts movement style home featuring furniture and decorative items produced by the Roycroft community
Eldridge Street Synagogue	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish	American Jewish history and culture in a restored historic synagogue
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hyde Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house
Eleazer Harding House	Otisville	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	information, information, operated by Mount Hope Historical Society
Elijah Miller House	White Plains	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	18th-century farmhouse used during the Revolutionary War by General George Washington as a headquarters command post during the Battle of White Plains
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House	Seneca Falls	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Part of Women's Rights National Historical Park
Ellenville Public Library and Museum	Ellenville	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Local history	website, known as the Terwilliger House Museum
Ellis Island Museum	Ellis Island	Ellis Island	New York City	History	Tours by boat from Battery Park in Manhattan or Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, immigration experience and history of the immigrants
El Museo del Barrio	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Emerson Gallery	Clinton	Oneida	Central Leatherstocking	Art	website, part of Hamilton College
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center	Voorheesville	Albany	Capital District	Natural history
Empire State Aerosciences Museum	Glenville	Schenectady	Capital District	Aviation
Empire State Railway Museum	Phoenicia	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Railroad
Empire State Theater Musical Instrument Museum	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Music	website, located in the Empire Expo Center and open during the New York State Fair, theater organs
Endicott Visitor Center	Endicott	Broome	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website, includes a museum of local history
Enrico Caruso Museum of America	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Biographical	website
Erie Canal Discovery Center	Lockport	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Transportation	website, operated by the Niagara County Historical Society, construction and operations of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal Museum	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Maritime	Part of Erie Canal Village
Erie Canal Park	Camillus	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	History	website, includes Sims' Museum, replica of the original Sims' canal store
Erie Canal Village	Rome	Oneida	Central New York	Living	website, includes Erie Canal Museum, Harden Museum of horse-drawn vehicles, New York State Museum of Cheese and many 19th-century buildings
Esperance Historical Museum	Esperance	Schoharie	Capital District	Local history	information, operated by the Esperance Historical Society
Everson Museum of Art	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Art	American art
Explore & More	East Aurora	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Children's	website
Eyebeam Atelier	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Falaise Mansion	Sands Point	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	website
Fannie Bartlett House/Olean Point Museum	Olean	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information, information
Farmers' Museum	Cooperstown	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Farm	Living farm museum, also home to the Empire State Carousel
FASNY Museum of Firefighting	Hudson	Columbia	Capital District	Firefighting	website, heritage of firefighting in New York State
Federal Hall	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic building	First capitol of the United States of America and the site of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789
Fenimore Art Museum	Cooperstown	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Art	American Folk, North American Indian, Hudson River School and 19th-century genre art and American photography
Fenton History Center	Jamestown	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history
FDNY Fire Zone	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Firefighting	website, fire safety learning center, located in Rockefeller Center
Fire Museum of Syracuse	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Firefighting	information, open by appointment only
Fiddlers Hall of Fame and Museum	Redfield	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Hall of Fame - music	website
Fields Sculpture Park	Ghent	Columbia	Capital District	Sculpture park	website, located on the Omi International Arts Center campus
Finger Lakes Boating Museum	Penn Yan	Yates	Finger Lakes	Maritime	website, over 60 Finger-Lakes-built boats
Fire Island Lighthouse	East Rockaway	Suffolk	Long Island	Lighthouse
Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery	Garden City	Nassau	Long Island	Art	website, part of Nassau Community College
Fisher Landau Center	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	Contemporary art exhibitions
Fleischmanns Museum of Memories	Fleischmanns	Delaware	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Forbes Galleries	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Toy	Permanent collection of toy boats & soldiers, Monopoly games and trophies
Fort Crailo	Rensselaer	Rensselaer	Capital District	Historic house	Colonial New Netherland history, also known as Crailo State Historic Site
Fort Decker Museum of History	Port Jervis	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Operated as a local history museum by the Minisink Valley Historical Society
Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History	Narrowsburg	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Living	website
Fort Drum and 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection	Fort Drum	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Military	website
Fort Klock	St. Johnsville	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Living	Revolutionary era historic homestead, Colonial Dutch Barn, blacksmith shop, and 19th-century schoolhouse
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site	Fort Montgomery	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Military	American Revolutionary War site and museum
Fort Ontario	Oswego	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Military	Star-shaped fort restored to its 1868-1872 appearance
Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park	Fort Plain	Montgomery	Central Leatherstocking	History	website, Revolutionary War headquarters of Marinus Willett
Fort Stanwix National Monument	Rome	Oneida	Adirondack Region	Military	Reconstructed Colonial fort, important site during the American Revolutionary War, living history enactments
Fort Ticonderoga	Ticonderoga	Essex	Adirondack Region	Military	Revolutionary fort with costumed interpreters represent 18th-century soldiers and refugee women
Fort Totten	Queens	Queens	New York City	Military
Fort William Henry	Lake George	Warren	Adirondack Region	Military	French & Indian War fort with costumed interpreters
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery	Alfred	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	[ website], part of Alfred University, contemporary art
Foster Cottage Museum	Clifton Springs	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, operated by the Clifton Springs Historical Society
Foundry School Museum	Cold Spring	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Local history	website, operated by the Putnam County Historical Society
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center	Poughkeepsie	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Art	Part of Vassar College
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum	Hyde Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Biographical
Franklin House of History	Malone	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Historic house	website, operated by the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society
Fraunces Tavern	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History
Frederic Remington Art Museum	Ogdensburg	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Art	Works of Frederic Remington
Fred J. Johnston Museum	Kingston	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	website, operated by Friends of Historic Kingston, adjacent to Friends of Historic Kingston Museum
Frick Collection	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Friends of Historic Kingston Museum	Kingston	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Local history	website, operated by Friends of Historic Kingston, adjacent to Fred J. Johnston Museum
Frisbee House and Museum	Delhi	Delaware	Central Leatherstocking	Open air	Operated by the Delaware County Historical Association, home to 7 historic buildings including the 1797 Frisbee House
Frontenac Historical Society and Museum	Union Springs	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Fryer Memorial Museum	Munnsville	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Fulton County Museum	Gloversville	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
FusionArts Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Gagosian Gallery	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Three contemporary art gallery locations in Manhattan
Gallery Korea	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, part of the Korean Cultural Service
Ganondagan State Historic Site	Victor	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Native American	Seneca village
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Ethnic	Home of Italian politician Giuseppe Garibaldi and inventor Antonio Meucci, celebrates Italian American culture and heritage
Garvies Point Museum and Preserve	Glen Cove	Nassau	Long Island	Multiple	website, Long Island geology, Native American culture and archaeology, natural history
Gates House Museum	Warsaw	Wyoming	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	Operated by the Warsaw Historical Society, 19th-century house
Gateway Museum	Morristown	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	History	information, information, local history, culture
General Montgomery House	Rhinebeck	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	website
Genesee Country Village and Museum	Mumford	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Living	19th-century living history museum, includes John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art, Genesee Country Nature Center, Carriage Museum, Silver Baseball Park and Heirloom Gardens
Geneva Historical Society Museum	Geneva	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, located in the Prouty-Chew House
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Photography	Historic mansion with exhibits on photography and film
George Barton House	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
George Gustav Heye Center	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Native American
Georgetown Historical Society Museum	Georgetown	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	information, see page 10
Georgi on the Battenkill Museum and Park	Shushan	Washington	Adirondack Region	Art	website, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German and French paintings from the 14th through the 18th centuries, Chinese and Asian tapestries and figurines
Gerrit Smith Estate	Peterboro	Madison	Finger Lakes	Historic house	19th-century house, site along the Underground Railroad
Gibson Gallery	Potsdam	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Art	website, part of State University of New York at Potsdam
Gilboa Historical Society Museum	Gilboa	Schoharie	Mohawk Valley	Local history	information, fossils, local history
Girl Scout Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Scouting	website, history of the Girl Scouts of the USA
Glebe House	Poughkeepsie	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	18th-century period house
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum	Hammondsport	Steuben	Finger Lakes	Aviation	Early aviation and local history
Godwin-Ternbach Museum	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	Part of Queens College, City University of New York
Gomez Mill House	Newburgh	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Earliest surviving Jewish residence in North America
Goodsell Museum	Old Forge	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Local history	Operated by the Town of Webb Historical Association
Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science	New Hyde Park	Nassau	Long Island	Science	website
Gouverneur Museum	Gouverneur	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Gracie Mansion	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic house	Official residence of the Mayor of New York City
Grandin Printing Shop	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	History	website, historic print shop of E. B. Grandin, first publisher of the Book of Mormon
Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum	Canandaigua	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Historic house	19th-century period mansion, collection of carriages
Grant Cottage State Historic Site	Wilton	Saratoga	Capital District	Historic house	Late-19th-century period house where President Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885
Graycliff	Derby	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Greater Astoria Historical Society	Queens	Queens	New York City	Local history
Greater Oneonta Historical Society History Center	Oneonta	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Greece Historical Society & Museum	Greece	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Greenfield Park Museum	Wawarsing	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Education	One room schoolhouse
Grey Art Gallery	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, part of New York University
Griffis International Sculpture Garden	Rome	Oneida	Central New York	Art	website, outdoor art park, works created by Sculpture Space
Griffis Sculpture Park	East Otto	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	425-acre (1.72 km2) outdoor art museum
Grolier Club	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Literary	Public exhibitions from its book and literary collections
Groton Historical Association Museum	Groton	Tompkins	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Ground Zero Museum Workshop	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History	website
Guggenheim Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Guild Hall Museum	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Art	website
H.P. Sears Oil Co. Service Station Museum	Rome	Oneida	Central New York	Automotive	website, restored service station with automotive memorabilia
Hagadorn House	Almond	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	website, operated by the Almond Historical Society
Hallockville Museum Farm	Riverhead	Suffolk	Long Island	Open air	website, 18 buildings on 28 acres (110,000 m2) of farmland, Hallock Homestead interpreted to 1880-1910 Victorian era
Hall of Fame for Great Americans	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Hall of fame	Part of Bronx Community College, National Landmark founded as a Pantheon honoring historically significant American men and women
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website
Halsey House	Southampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house
Hamilton Grange National Memorial	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic house	Home of Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton Hill Arts Center	Schenectady	Schenectady	Capital District	Art	website, African and African American art and culture
Hammond Historical Museum	Hammond	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website, operated by the R.T. Elethorp Historical Society
Hammond Museum	North Salem	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Art	website, exhibits of East Asian art and culture and Japanese stroll garden
Hancock House Museum	Ticonderoga	Essex	Adirondack Region	Local history	Operated by the Ticonderoga Historical Society
Handweaving Museum & Arts Center	Clayton	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Textile	website
Handwerker Gallery	Ithaca	Tompkins	Finger Lakes	Art	website, part of Ithaca College
Hanford Mills Museum	East Meredith	Delaware	Central Leatherstocking	Mill	Sawmill, gristmill, feed mill, woodworking shop and hardware store
Harbor Defense Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Military	Located in Fort Hamilton, 19th-century fort
Harmony Historical Society Museum	Ashville	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame	Goshen	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Hall of fame - Sports
Harriet Tubman Home	Auburn	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Biographical	Place where Harriet Tubman spent her last years
Hart-Cluett Mansion	Troy	Rensselaer	Capital District	Historic house	Operated by the Rensselaer County Historical Society, 19th-century period rowhouse
Hartford Museum & Howard Hanna Memorial Civil War Enlistment Center	Hartford	Washington	Adirondack Region	Local history	Museum located in the Elisha Straight House, depicts life and local industry in the 19th century, Center depicts the history of the area men who enlisted for the American Civil War
Hastings Historical Society Observatory Cottage	Hastings-on-Hudson	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	website
Havens House	Shelter Island	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Shelter Island Historical Society
Haverstraw Brick Museum	Haverstraw	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Industry	website, area brick making industry
Hawkins Point Visitors Center	Massena	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Science	website, operated by the New York Power Authority at the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project, exhibits about energy, electricity and the North Country
Heart's Delight Farm	Chazy	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Farm	website
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish	website, part of Hebrew Union College
Heckscher Museum of Art	Huntington	Suffolk	Long Island	Art
Henderson Historical Society and Museum	Henderson	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art	Ithaca	Tompkins	Finger Lakes	Art	Part of Cornell University
Heritage Square Museum	Ontario	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Open air	website, buildings from mid-19th century
Herkimer County Historical Society Suiter Building Museum	Herkimer	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Local history
Herkimer County Jail	Herkimer	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Prison	Tours given by the Herkimer County Historical Society
Herkimer Diamond Mines	Herkimer	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Natural history	website, includes the Herkimer Diamond Mines Gift Shop, Museum, and Prospecting Area, includes exhibits of minerals and fossils
Herkimer Home State Historic Site	Danube	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Historic house	18th-century period house
Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum	Cooperstown	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Wax	website
Hershell Carrousel Factory Museum	North Tonawanda	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Carrousel	Housed in an original carousel factory building
Hervey Ely House	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Historic house	19th-century mansion, operated by the Irondequoit chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Hessel Museum of Art	Annandale-on-Hudson	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Art	website, part of Bard College
Hicksville Gregory Museum	Hicksville	Nassau	Long Island	Natural history	website, collections of fossils, butterflies, minerals and telephones
Hill-Hold Museum	Hamptonburgh	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Hudson Valley farm in the 1830s
Hillwood Art Museum	Brookville	Nassau	Long Island	Art	website, part of Long Island University
Hispanic Society of America	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American art and artifacts
Historic Cherry Hill	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Historic house	website
Historic Huguenot Street	Gardiner	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Open air	Tours of historic houses, including Locust Lawn Estate, operated by the Huguenot Historical Society
Historic Pittsford Museum	Pittsford	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Historic Richmond Town	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Living	Over 30 historic buildings and sites dating from the late 17th to the early 20th century
Historical Society of Rockland County History Center Museum	New City	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Local history	website
Historical Society of the Tarrytowns	Tarrytown	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	information, scroll down to listing
The History Center in Tompkins County	Ithaca	Tompkins	Finger Lakes	History	website
History House	Moravia	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society
H. Lee White Marine Museum	Oswego	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Maritime	Boats, ship models, sailmakers' tools, navigational equipment, nautically themed painting, nautical artifacts; home of the World War II-era tugboat Nash
Hobart Historical Center	Hobart	Delaware	Central Leatherstocking	Local history
Hoffman Clock Museum	Newark	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Horology	website, information, shares a portion of the Newark Public Library
Hofstra University Museum	Hempstead	Nassau	Long Island	Art	website
Holland Land Office Museum	Batavia	Genesee	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	History of the Holland Land Company
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County	Glen Cove	Nassau	Long Island	History	website
Holocaust Museum & Study Center	Spring Valley	Rockland	Lower Hudson	History	website
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hyde Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house
Home Sweet Home (New York)	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website
Hopkinton Town Museum	Hopkinton	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	information
Horace Greeley House	Purchase	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	website, operated by the New Castle Historical Society
Horicon Museum	Brant Lake	Warren	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, operated by the Town of Horicon Historical Society
Hornell Erie Depot Museum	Hornell	Steuben	Finger Lakes	Railroad	website, Erie Railroad memorabilia
Horseheads Historical Society Depot Museum	Horseheads	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Horton Point Lighthouse	Southold	Suffolk	Long Island	Lighthouse
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum	Lake George	Warren	Adirondack Region	Wax museum	website, wax models of scary figures
Howe Caverns	Howes	Schoharie	Capital District	Natural history	Cavern tours and the Cave House Museum of Mining & Geology
Howland Stone Store Museum	Sherwood	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Local history
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum	Cornwall	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Nature center	website
Hudson River Maritime Museum	Kingston	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Maritime	History of shipping, boating and industry on the Hudson River and its tributaries; operates the Rondout Light for tours
Hudson River Museum	Yonkers	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Multiple	Art, natural history, planetarium
Hunting Tavern Museum	Andes	Delaware	Central Leatherstocking	Historic site	website, operated by the Andes Society for History and Culture
Hurley Heritage Society Museum	Kingston	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	website, also known as Col. Jonathan Elmendorf House
Hyde Collection	Glens Falls	Warren	Adirondack Region	Art	Private art collection in original home context, includes American, French and Italian art, furnishings, textiles, silver and ceramics
Hyde Hall	Springfield	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Historic house	Adjacent to Glimmerglass State Park, turn-of-the-19th-century mansion
Hyde Park Station	Hyde Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Railroad	website, includes area's railroad history, artifacts and model railroad
Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse	Kinderhook	Columbia	Capital District	Education	website, one room schoolhouse, operated by the Columbia County Historical Society, located on the grounds of the Van Alen House
Interlaken Historical Society Museum	Interlaken	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
International Boxing Hall of Fame	Canastota	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Hall of Fame - Sports
International Center of Photography	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Photography
International Mask & Puppet Museum	Syracuse	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Puppetry	website, part of Open Hand Theater
International Motor Racing Research Center	Watkins Glen	Schuyler	Finger Lakes	Sports	Archives, research library & exhibits
International Print Center New York	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Exhibition and understanding of fine art prints
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Military	Showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, a Concorde supersonic airplane, helicopters and military aircraft
Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Aerospace	Formerly the Niagara Aerospace Museum
Irish American Heritage Museum	East Durham	Greene	Capital District	Ethnic - Irish American	website, history and heritage of the Irish in America
Iron Center	Port Henry	Essex	Adirondack Region	Industry - Iron	website, railroad and mining history, operated by the Moriah Historical Society
Iron Island Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by the Iron Island Preservation Society of Lovejoy
Iroquois Indian Museum	Howes Cave	Schoharie	Capital District	Native American	Iroquois culture and art
Islip Art Museum	East Islip	Suffolk	Long Island	Art	website
Jacob Blauvelt House	New City	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Operated by the Historical Society of Rockland County, mid-19th-century period farmhouse
Jacob Purdy House	White Plains	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Maintained by the White Plains Historical Society, George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains 1776 and in 1778
Jacob T. Walden Stone House	Walden	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	18th-century period house operated by the Walden Historical Society
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Art	Art and artifacts of the Himalayas
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	website, cultural center with art gallery
Jamestown Audubon Center and Sanctuary	Jamestown	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Nature center	website
James Vanderpoel House	Kinderhook	Columbia	Capital District	Historic house	website, operated by the Columbia County Historical Society, early-19th-century period house
Jamesville Community Museum	Jamesville	Onondaga	Central New York	Local history
Japan Society (New York)	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Cultural	Features exhibit gallery for Japanese art
Jardin Gallerie	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Children's	website, art gallery and workshops for children
Java Historical Society Museum	Java	Wyoming	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	Operated by appointment
Jay Heritage Center	Rye	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Home of and museum about John Jay
Jean Hasbrouck House	New Paltz	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Part of Historic Huguenot Street, early-18th-century Dutch house
Jefferson County Historical Society Museum	Watertown	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Local history
Le Roy House	LeRoy	Genesee	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	Operated by the Le Roy Historical Society
Jell-O Gallery	LeRoy	Genesee	Buffalo Niagara Region	Industry - Food	Operated by the Le Roy Historical Society, history and memorabilia of Jell-O
Jewish Children's Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Children's / Ethnic Jewish
Jewish Museum (New York)	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish
Jewish Theological Seminary Library Galleries	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Judaica	website, free exhibitions from the library's collections of Jewish heritage
John Brown Farm and Gravesite	North Elba	Essex	Adirondack Region	Historic house	Home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown
John D. Murray Firefighters Museum	Oswego	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Firefighting	website
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site	Katonah	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house
John Kane House	Pawling	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Operated by the Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling, 18th-century house with period furnishings and local history exhibits
Johnson Hall State Historic Site	Johnstown	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Historic house	18th-century home of Sir William Johnson, an Irish pioneer and British Indian agent in the Province of New York
Johnstown Historical Society Museum	Johnstown	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Local history	information, information
Johnston House	Geneva	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, operated by the Geneva Historical Society, contains the Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum
John William Draper House	Hastings-on-Hudson	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Museum of the Hastings Historical Society
Joseph Horton House	Wappingers Falls	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Pre-Revolutionary War Dutch Colonial home, open by appointment
Joseph Lloyd Manor	Lloyd Harbor	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website
Joseph Smith Farm Welcome Center	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Biographical	website, life of Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr.
Joseph Smith Frame Home	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, home of Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr.
Joseph Smith Log Home	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, home of Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr.
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Library
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum	Newburgh	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Library	Exhibits from its collections
Katonah Museum of Art	Katonah	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Art
Kenan Center	Lockport	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, visual and performing arts center with gallery
Kent-Delord House Museum	Plattsburgh	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Historic house	website
Kiersted House Museum	Saugerties	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Operated by the Saugerties Historical Society, 18th-century house
Kinnear Museum of Local History	Lake Luzerne	Warren	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
King Manor	Queens	Queens	New York City	Historic house
Kingsland Homestead	Queens	Queens	New York City	Historic house	Member of the Historic House Trust, operated by the Queens Historical Society
Kings Park Heritage Museum	Kings Park	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history	website
Kissam House Museum	Huntington	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society
Klyne Esopus Museum	Ulster Park	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Local history
Knickerbocker Mansion	Schaghticoke	Rensselaer	Capital District	Historic house	Operated by the Knickerbocker Historical Society, late-18th-century mansion
Knight-Sutton Museum	Akron	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by the Newstead Historical Society
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site	New Windsor	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Revolutionary War headquarters for General Henry Knox
Kurdish Library and Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Culture
Kykuit	Mount Pleasant	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Also known as John D. Rockefeller Estate, 40 room mansion with art collection, gardens
Lake George Historical Association Museum	Lake George	Warren	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum	Lake Placid	Essex	Adirondack Region	Sports	Memorabilia of the 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics
Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society Museum	Lake Placid	Essex	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Lake Pleasant Museum	Lake Pleasant	Hamilton	Adirondack Region	Local history	Operated by the Historical Society of Lake Pleasant & Speculator
Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Museum	Lake Ronkonkoma	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history	website
Lancaster District School No. 6	Lancaster	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Education	Open by appointment with the Lancaster Historical Society
Lancaster Historical Society Museum	Lancaster	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Lansing Manor House	North Blenheim	Schoharie	Capital District	Historic house	Early-19th-century period house
Lauder Museum	Amityville	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history	website, operated by the Amityville Historical Society
Leah Keller Gallery	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Contemporary art gallery
Lederer Lockhart Bridge Galleries	Geneseo	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Art	website, three art galleries at of State University of New York at Geneseo
Lefferts Historic House	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Historic house	Located in Prospect Park, many children's activities
Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society Station Museum	Shortsville	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Railroad	website
Lehman College Art Gallery	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Art	website, part of Lehman College
Leon Historical Society Museum	Leon	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history
Lewis H. Latimer House	Queens	Queens	New York City	Historic house	Home of African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer
Lewiston Museum	Lewiston	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by the Historical Association of Lewiston
Liberty Museum & Arts Center	Liberty	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Art	website
Lincoln Depot Museum	Peekskill	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Biographical	Under construction, history and ties between Abraham Lincoln and Peekskill
Lisbon Depot Museum	Lisbon	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	Town's social, agricultural and railway history
Little Falls New York Historical Society & Museum	Little Falls	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, information
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum (Chestnut Ridge, New York)	Chestnut Ridge	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Education	information, website, operated by the East Ramapo School District
Little Red School House Museum (Sterling, New York)	Sterling	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Sterling Historical Society
Liverpool Village Museum	Liverpool	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Liverpool Willow Museum	Liverpool	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Industry - willow	website, operated by the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, local willow weaving industry
The Living Museum	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	Part of Creedmore Psychiatric Center
Living Torah Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish
Livingston Art Center	Mount Morris	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Art	website, art center with gallery, operated by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Livingston County Historical Society and Museum	Geneseo	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Livingston History Barn	Livingston	Columbia	Capital District	Local history	website
Locust Grove (Samuel F. B. Morse House)	Poughkeepsie	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	19th-century period furnished house, exhibit on telegraph inventor Samuel Morse
Locust Lawn Estate	Gardiner	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	19th-century farm complex, part of Historic Huguenot Street
Long Beach Historical Museum	Long Beach	Nassau	Long Island	Local history	Operated by the Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society
Long Island Children's Museum	Garden City	Nassau	Long Island	Children's	website
Long Island Jewish Discovery Museum	Commack	Suffolk	Long Island	Children's	website
Long Island Maritime Museum	West Sayville	Suffolk	Long Island	Maritime
Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages	Stony Brook	Suffolk	Long Island	Multiple	American art, Long Island history, over 200 horse-drawn carriages
Long Island Telephone Pioneers Museum	Commack	Suffolk	Long Island	Technology	website
Lorenzo State Historic Site	Cazenovia	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Historic house	Early-19th-century mansion
Louis Armstrong House	Queens	Queens	New York City	Historic house
Louis Miller Museum	Hoosick Falls	Rensselaer	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by Hoosick Township Historical Society
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History	Immigrant experience
Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Maritime	website
Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center	Jamestown	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Biographical	Memorabilia of television stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Lucille Wright Air Museum	Jamestown	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Aviation	information
Luhring Augustine Gallery	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Contemporary art gallery
Lyndhurst (Jay Gould Estate)	Tarrytown	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	19th-century mansion in 67-acre (270,000 m2) park
Mabee Farm Historic Site	Rotterdam Junction	Schenectady	Capital District	Historic house	17th-century Dutch farm, oldest house still standing in the Mohawk Valley, operated by the Schenectady County Historical Society
Madam Brett Homestead	Beacon	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution, early-18th-century home
Madame Tussauds	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Wax museum
Madrid Historical Society Museum	Madrid	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Mandeville Gallery	Schenectady	Schenectady	Capital District	Art	Part of Union College, located in the Nott Memorial, changing exhibits of contemporary art, history and science
Manitoga	Garrison	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Historic house	20th-century home of industrial designer Russel Wright, tours by reservation
Manlius Historical Museum	Manlius	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Manlius Historical Society
Manor St. George	Ridge	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Longwood Estate
Maple Grove (Poughkeepsie, New York)	Poughkeepsie	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Mid-19th-century house under restoration
Marble Schoolhouse	Eastchester	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	Open by appointment with the Eastchester Historical Society
Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum	Bolton Landing	Warren	Adirondack Region	Music	Home of opera star Marcella Sembrich, includes fine and decorative arts, personal opera mementos, photographs, costumes, hosts concerts
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library & Museum	St. Johnsville	Montgomery	Capital District	Local history	website, includes fine art, sculpture, household and military items
Maritime Industry Museum	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Maritime	Located in Fort Schuyler
Mark Twain Study	Elmira	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Biographical	website, part of Elmira College
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Kinderhook	Columbia	Capital District	Historic house	Mid-19th-century mansion and estate of President Martin Van Buren
Martisco Station Railway Museum	Camillus	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Railroad	Operated by the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society
Massena Museum	Massena	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Mather House Museum	Port Jefferson	Suffolk	Long Island	Open air	Headquarters of the Port Jefferson Historical Society, complex of 5 historic buildings
Matilda Joslyn Gage Home	Fayetteville	Onondaga	Central New York	Biographical	website, restored home with exhibits about the life of suffragist, abolitionist and author Matilda Joslyn Gage
Maurice F. Sweeney Museum	Livonia	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Livonia Area Preservation & Historical Society
Maybrook Railroad Museum	Maybrook	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	information
Mayville Depot Museum	Mayville	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Railroad	information
M'Clintock House	Waterloo	Seneca	Finger Lakes	History	Mid-19th-century house is part of Women's Rights National Historical Park
McClurg Museum	Westfield	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	website, operated by the Chautauqua County Historical Society
Medina Historical Society Museum	Medina	Orleans	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Medina Railroad Museum	Medina	Orleans	Buffalo Niagara Region	Railroad
Medora Ball Museum	Otto	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history
Memorial Art Gallery	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Art	Part of University of Rochester, collections include European and Asian art and antiquities, American art, antiquities from Ancient Greece, Rome and the Middle East
Mennonite Heritage Farm	Croghan	Lewis	Adirondack Region	Historic house	Operated by the Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Association & Historical Society, 19th-century house and farm buildings with exhibits about early Amish-Mennonite settlers in the area
Merchant's House Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic house	19th-century family home
Merestead	Mount Kisco	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	website, early-20th-century mansion and estate, tours by advance reservation
Metropolitan Museum of Art	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	One of the world's largest art museums
Mexico Museum	Mexico	Oswego	Thousand Islands	Local history	information
Micro Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Art	Interdisciplinary arts center with exhibition galleries
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum	Poughkeepsie	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Children's
Middlebury Historical Society	Wyoming	Wyoming	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history
Midway State Park	Maple Springs	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Amusement	Historic amusement park with museum
Mill Museum	Galen	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Agriculture	website, operated by the Galen Historical Society, farming and household items
Millard Fillmore House	East Aurora	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	19th-century period home of President Millard Fillmore
Mills Mansion	Mount Morris	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Mid-19th-century period home, operated by the Mount Morris Historical Society
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology	Syracuse	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Science	Often referred to as the MOST
Miner's Cabin	Franklinville	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	information
Minerva Historical Society Museum	Olmstedville	Essex	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, part of Columbia University
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts	Little Falls	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Art	website
Montauk Point Lighthouse	Montauk	Suffolk	Long Island	Maritime	Lighthouse and local history and maritime museum
Montgomery Place	Annandale-on-Hudson	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	One of the Historic Hudson Valley houses, early-19th-century estate
Moore Historical Museum	Waddington	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	information, information
Morehouse Historical Museum	Morehouse	Hamilton	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
The Morgan Library & Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Morris-Jumel Mansion	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic house	Headquarters for both sides in the American Revolution
Morrisville State College Wildlife Museum	Morrisville	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Natural history	website, open by appointment
Mossman Lock Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Commodity	Part of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York
Mount Gulian	Fishkill	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Reconstructed 18th-century Dutch manor house
Mount Lebanon Shaker Village	New Lebanon	Columbia	Capital District	Open air	Historic Shaker village under restoration, includes the Shaker Museum and Library
Mount Morris Dam	Mount Morris	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Natural history	William B. Hoyt II Visitor Center features a large atrium, museum and theater
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic house	Formerly known as the Abigail Adams Smith Museum
Mulford Farmhouse	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Living	Operated by the East Hampton Historical Society, 1790s period farm
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art	Utica	Oneida	Central Leatherstocking	Art	Arts center with museum featuring European and American art
Muscoot Farm	Somers	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Farm	Historic working dairy farm
Museum at Bethel Woods	Bethel	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Culture	History and culture of 1969 Woodstock Festival
Museum at FIT	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Textile	Fashion museum, part of Fashion Institute of Technology
Museum at the Creamery	Skaneateles	Onondaga	Central New York	Local history	website, operated by the Skaneateles Historical Society
Museum at the Shacksboro Schoolhouse	Baldwinsville	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, administered by McHarrie's Legacy
Museum for African Art	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	African art and culture, building new facility on Museum Mile
Museum of American Finance	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Industry - Finance
Museum of American Illustration	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, part of the Society of Illustrators
Museum of Art and Design	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Features contemporary hand-made objects in a variety of media, including clay, glass, metal, fiber and wood
Museum of Automobile History	Syracuse	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Automotive	website
Museum of Biblical Art	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Museum of Chinese in the Americas	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Chinese American	History of North America's Chinatowns and the cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA)	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Comic books, comic strips and other forms of cartoon art
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Art
Museum of Curiosities (NY)	Cazenovia	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Natural history	website, part of the Cazenovia Public Library
The Museum of disABILITY History	Williamsville	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Medical	History of people with disabilities from medieval times to the present era
Museum of the Earth	Ithaca	Tompkins	Finger Lakes	Natural history	Focuses on paleontology
Museum of Jewish Heritage	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish
Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences	Stony Brook	Nassau	Long Island	Natural history	website, part of State University of New York at Stony Brook
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
Museum of Rhinebeck History	Rhinebeck	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Local history	website
Museum of Sex	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Sex
Museum of the City of New York	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Multiple	Art and local history
Museum of the Early American Circus	Somers	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Circus	information, operated by the Somers Historical Society
Museum of the Moving Image	Queens	Queens	New York City	Media	Art, history, technique and technology of film, television, digital media, video games
Museum of Wayne County History	Lyons	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Prison	website, operated by the Wayne County Historical Society, former county jail and sheriff's residence, also local history
Museum Village at Old Smith's Clove	Monroe	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Living	website, 19th-century village
Napanoch Train Station Museum	Napanoch	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Railroad	information, information
Nash House Museum	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	20th-century home of important leader of Buffalo's African-American community
Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center	Garden City	Nassau	Long Island	Firefighting	website, located inside the Cradle of Aviation Museum
Nassau County Museum of Art	Roslyn Harbor	Nassau	Long Island	Art	Includes 19th- and 20th-century European and American art, and a children's art museum
Nathaniel Hill Brick House	Montgomery	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum	Peterboro	Madison	Finger Lakes	History	website
National Academy of Design	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum	Cooperstown	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Hall of fame - Sports
National Bottle Museum	Ballston Spa	Saratoga	Adirondack Region	Industry - Bottle making	Antique glass bottles and tools
National Distance Running Hall of Fame	Utica	Oneida	Adirondack Region	Hall of fame - Sports
National Shrine of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha	Fonda	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Native American	website, life of Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk-Algonquian woman from New York and an early convert to Christianity and area Native American artifacts
National Jazz Museum in Harlem	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Music	website
National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame	Commack	Suffolk	Long Island	Hall of fame - Sports / Ethnic - Jewish
National Memorial Day Museum	Waterloo	Seneca	Finger Lakes	History	Memorabilia and history of the birth of Memorial Day
National Museum of Catholic Art and History	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Catholic art
National Museum of Dance	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	Dance
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	Hall of fame - Sports
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor	New Windsor	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Military
National Soaring Museum	Elmira	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Aviation
National Toy Hall of Fame	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Toy	Part of The Strong
National Track and Field Hall of Fame	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Sports	Located in Washington Heights
National Women's Hall of Fame	Seneca Falls	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Hall of fame - Women
Native American Museum of Art	Tuscarora Reservation	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website
Nellis Tavern	St. Johnsville	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Historic house	Operated by the Palatine Settlement Society, restored 18th-century tavern
Ner-A-Car Motorcycle Museum	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Transportation	information, motorcycles built in New York state
Neuberger Museum of Art	Purchase	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Art	website, part of Purchase College
Neue Galerie	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Gallery of early-20th-century German and Austrian art and design
Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation	Cuddebackville	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Transportation - Canal	website, history of the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Newark-Arcadia Museum	Newark	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Local history	information, operated by the Newark-Arcadia Historical Society
Newark Valley Depot and Museum	Newark Valley	Tioga	Finger Lakes	Railroad	website, operated by the Newark Valley Historical Society
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Art	Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, contemporary art
New Museum of Contemporary Art	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Contemporary art from around the world
New Netherland Museum	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Maritime	website, museum ship, the "Half Moon", a reproduction of the ship that Henry Hudson sailed from Holland to the New World in 1609
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site	Vails Gate	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Military	Reconstruction of the final encampment of the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War
New Woodstock Regional Historical Society Museum	New Woodstock	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	information, see page 11
New York Botanical Garden	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Botanical garden	Includes Mertz Library with exhibitions relating to botanical themes and the Enid B. Haupt Conservatory
New York Hall of Science	Queens	Queens	New York City	Science
New-York Historical Society	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History
New York City Fire Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Firefighting
New York City Police Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Law enforcement
New York Museum of Transportation	Rush	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Transportation	Historic vehicles and photographs, trolley rides, track car rides, model railroad displays
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Culture	website, exhibitions about the performing arts
New York School of Interior Design Gallery	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, free gallery with exhibits about interior design
New York State Civilian Conservation Corps Museum	New Lisbon	Otsego	Capital District	History	Located in Gilbert Lake State Park, area activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps
New York State Capitol	Albany	Albany	Capital District	History
New York State Country Music Hall of Fame	Cortland	Cortland	Finger Lakes	Hall of fame	website, located at the Cortland Country Music Park
New York State Executive Mansion	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Historic house
New York State Grange Museum	Cortland	Cortland	Finger Lakes	History	website, history and artifacts of the New York State Grange
New York State Military Museum	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	Military	website, state's military history
New York State Museum	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Multiple	Art, artifacts (prehistoric and historic), and natural history artifacts that reflect New York State’s cultural, natural, and geological development
New York State Wine Museum of Greyton H. Taylor	Hammondsport	Steuben	Finger Lakes	Multiple	Wine-making, tools, local history, art
New York Transit Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Transportation	Subways, trolleys and buses
New York Transit Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Transportation	Subway and train system of NY, located in Grand Central Terminal
Niagara Arts and Cultural Center	Niagara Falls	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website
Niagara Gorge Discovery Center	Niagara Falls	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Natural history	website, formerly Schoellkopf Geological Museum, natural and local history of Niagara Falls and the surrounding area
Niagara County Historical Society History Center	Lockport	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Open air	website, more information & photos, eight building museum complex showcasing early pioneer life, business and industry, includes the Col. William M. and Nancy Ralston Bond House
Niagara Power Project Visitor's Center	Lewiston	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Science	website
Niagara Science Museum	Niagara Falls	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Science	Includes antique science instruments and philosophical apparatus
Niagara School No2 Museum	Niagara	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Education	One room schoolhouse, operated by the Town of Niagara Historical Society
Niagara's Wax Museum of History	Niagara Falls	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Wax museum	information
Nicholas Roerich Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Works by Nicholas Roerich
Noble Maritime Collection	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Maritime	Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, houseboat and artist studio
Noguchi Museum	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens
North Country Cultural Center for the Arts	Plattsburgh	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Art	website
North Creek Depot Museum	North Creek	Warren	Adirondack Region	Transportation - Railroad	website
Northeast Classic Car Museum	Norwich	Chenango	Central Leatherstocking	Automotive	website, over 150 classic and antique cars
Northport Historical Society and Museum	Northport	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history
North Tonawanda History Museum	North Tonawanda	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Northeast Modified Hall of Fame & Classic Car Museum	Weedsport	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Automotive	information, information, also known as Drivers Independent Race Tracks (DIRT) Museum and Hall of Fame, classic cars, stock cars, memorabilia and a driver’s hall of fame
Northup Carriage House Museum	Wolcott	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, home of the Wolcott Historical Society and Museum
Northville & Northampton Historical Society Museum	Northville	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Norwich Pharmacal Museum	Norwich	Chenango	Central Leatherstocking	History	website, company famous for creating Pepto-Bismol
Noteworthy Indian Museum	Amsterdam	Montgomery	Capital District	Native American	website
Nunda Museum and Rose Shave Gallery	Nunda	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by the Nunda Historical Society
Olana State Historic Site	Greenport	Columbia	Capital District	Historic house	Former estate of artist Frederic Edwin Church
Old Austerlitz Village	Austerlitz	Columbia	Capital District	Open air	website, operated by the Austerlitz Historical Society
Old Bethpage Village Restoration	Old Bethpage	Nassau	Long Island	Living	Mid-19th-century farming village
Old Fort House Museum	Fort Edward	Washington	Adirondack Region	Historic house	18th-century house depicting life from the 1770s through the 1940s
Old Fort Johnson	Amsterdam	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Historic house	18th-century house with exhibits about the social, cultural, military and industrial past of the Mohawk Valley
Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site	Youngstown	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Military	Part of Fort Niagara State Park, restored fort dating back to the 17th century, costumed interpreters
Old House (Cutchogue)	Cutchogue	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Part of Cutchogue Village Green, operated by the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council
Old Middlefield Schoolhouse Museum	Middlefield	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	Operated by the Town of Middlefield Historical Association
Old Quaker Store Museum	Salamanca	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	History and development of Allegany State Park
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome	Rhinebeck	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Aviation	Living museum of pre-WW II airplanes, automobiles and airplane engines
Old Stone Fort Museum Complex	Schoharie	Schoharie	Mohawk Valley	Open air	Includes an early-18th-century home, a 1780s Dutch barn, an 1830s law office, an 1890s one-room schoolhouse, and a 1772 stone church that was attacked during the American Revolution
Old Stone House (Brooklyn)	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	History	1699 Dutch stone farmhouse with Revolutionary War ties, focuses on evolving histories of Brooklyn, New York and the United States
Old Village Hall Museum	Lindenhurst	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Lindenhurst Historical Society
Old Westbury Gardens	Old Westbury	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	Former estate of John Shaffer Phipp
Oliver House Museum	Penn Yan	Yates	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, operated by the Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society, mid-19th-century period house
Oliver Rice Homestead	Mayfield	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Historic house	1790 homestead with exhibits depicting local history including the glove industry
Onassis Cultural Center	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, cultural and artistic activities concerning ancient, Byzantine and modern Hellenic civilization
Oneida Community Mansion House	Oneida	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	History of the Oneida Community
Oneida County Historical Society	Utica	Oneida	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Onondaga Historical Association Museum	Syracuse	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Ontario County Historical Society and Museum	Canandaigua	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Opalka Gallery	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Art	website, part of Sage College of Albany
Opus 40	Saugerties	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Art	Environmental sculpture park, also features the Quarryman's Museum, collection of antique tools
Orange County Farmer's Museum	Montgomery	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Farm	information, information, located on the grounds of the Brick House Museum
Orange County Firefighters Museum	Montgomery	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Firefighting	website
Orangetown Historical Museum	Orangetown	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Local history	Located at two sites, the Salyer House and the DePew House, changing exhibits of local history and culture
Original American Kazoo Factory and Museum	Eden	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Music	website, kazoo history and trivia
Oriskany Museum	Oriskany	Oneida	Capital District	Military	website, focuses on the Battle of Oriskany which took place in 1777, the village of Oriskany NY, and the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CV-34)
Ortlip Gallery	Houghton	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, part of Houghton College
Osborn-Jackson House	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society
Ossining Historical Society Museum	Ossining	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	website
Oswegatchie River House Museum and Art School	Rensselaer Falls	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Oswego Railroad Museum	Oswego	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Railroad	website
Our Lady of Victory Basilica	Lackawanna	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Religious	Includes museum about founder Father Nelson Baker and the history of the basilica
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum	Oyster Bay	Nassau	Long Island	Railroad	Museum under development, includes the Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable
Oysterponds Historical Society Museum	Orient	Suffolk	Long Island	Open air	website
Pagan-Fletcher Restoration	Valley Stream	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Valley Stream Historical Society
Palatine House Museum	Schoharie	Schoharie	Capital District	Historic house	website, operated by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association, Colonial living museum
Palentown School House Museum	Accord	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Education	One room schoolhouse, open twice a year and by appointment
Paley Center for Media	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Media	formerly the Museum of Television & Radio
Palmyra Historic Museum	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by Historic Palmyra
Parker-O'Malley Air Museum	Ghent	Columbia	Capital District	Aviation	website, located at the Columbia County Airport
Parrish Art Museum	Southampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Art	American art, with an emphasis on artists from Eastern Long Island
The Patriot Of Lake George	Lake George	Warren	Adirondack Region	Military	website, dedicated to the remembrance of veterans and service personnel of all branches
Peck's Park Historical Society & Museum	Gloversville	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Education	website, information, 1857 one room schoolhouse and nature trail
Pedaling History Museum	Orchard Park	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Transportation - Bicycle	website, antique and classic American bicycles and memorabilia
Peekskill Museum	Peekskill	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	website
Pelletreau Shop	Southampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Industry - Silversmithing	website, operated by the Southampton Historical Society
Pember Museum of Natural History	Granville	Washington	Adirondack Region	Natural history	website, mounted birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, arachnids, sea life, rocks and minerals, fossils, dried plant specimens, adjacent nature preserve
Penfield Homestead Museum	Crown Point	Essex	Adirondack Region	Industry - Ironworking	History of the 19th-century ironworking industry in the North Country
Perrella Gallery	Johnstown	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Art	website, part of Fulton–Montgomery Community College
Perrysburg Historical Museum	Perrysburg	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Peter Whitmer Farm	Waterloo	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Replica early-19th-century log home, important site in Latter Day Saint history
Peterboro Area Museum	Peterboro	Madison	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History	Richfield Springs	Otsego	Capital District	Natural history	website
Pharmacy Museum and Apothecary	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Medicine	website, open by appointment, part of the School of Pharmacy at SUNY Buffalo, includes turn-of-the-20th-century apothecary, raw drugs, patent medicines, pharmacy artifacts
Phelps General Store	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	History	website, operated by Historic Palmyra, example of the General Store when it was at its prime in 1890
Phelps Mansion	Binghamton	Broome	Central Leatherstocking	Historic house	Furnished Victorian mansion, art exhibits
Philipsburg Manor House	Sleepy Hollow	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Open air	Mid-18th-century period house, working water-powered grist mill and millpond, an 18th-century barn, a slave garden, and a reconstructed tenant farm house
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site	Yonkers	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Museum of history, art and architecture since 1912
Picker Art Gallery	Hamilton	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Art	website, part of Colgate University
Pickering-Beach Historical Museum	Sackets Harbor	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Historic house	website, information
Pines Museum	Slate Hill	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	information
Pioneer Oil Museum	Bolivar	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Industry - Oil	website
Pierrepont Museum	Pierrepont	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park	Oyster Bay	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	Includes the Coe Hall Historic House Museum, an arboretum and state park covering over 400 acres (1.6 km2)
Plattsburgh State Art Museum	Plattsburgh	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Art	website, a museum without walls comprising several galleries, exhibition areas and a sculpture park at State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Polish American Museum	Port Washington	Nassau	Long Island	Ethnic	Achievements of the people of Polish heritage in America, includes folk art, costumes, historical artifacts and paintings
Pollock-Krasner House and Studio	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Biographical	House of Jackson Pollock
Poppenhusen Institute	Queens	Queens	New York City	History	Community cultural center with historic and cultural exhibits
Potsdam Public Museum	Potsdam	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website, local history, decorative arts
Pound Ridge Museum	Pound Ridge	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	website, operated by the Pound Ridge Historical Society
Print Shop Museum	Palmyra	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Industry	website, operated by Historic Palmyra, historic printing equipment
Pratt House Museum	Fulton	Oswego	Central New York	Local history	1861 mansion with local history exhibits
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum	Amsterdam	Montgomery	Capital District	Sports
Pruyn House	Newtonville	Albany	Capital District	Historic house	website, 19th-century Greek Revival house, restored one room schoolhouse, smokehouse, potting shed, woodshed/privy building, carriage house, well house, gardens, historic and cultural arts programs
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	Contemporary art museum; located in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, part of Museum of Modern Art
Proteus Gowanus	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Art	Contemporary art gallery
Pulaski Historical Society Museum	Pulaski	Oswego	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Pultneyville Historical Society	Pultneyville	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, exhibits of local history
Putnam Valley Historical Museum	Putnam Valley	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Local history	website
Queens College Art Center	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	website
Queens County Farm Museum	Queens	Queens	New York City	Farm
Queens Library Gallery	Queens	Queens	New York City	Library	website, located in the Queens Borough Public Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, offers museum-quality exhibitions
Queens Museum of Art	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art
Quincy Square Museum	Earlville	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Rail City Museum	Sandy Creek	Oswego	Buffalo Niagara Region	Railroad	website
Railroad Museum of Long Island	Riverhead	Suffolk	Long Island	Railroad	Also a location in Greenport
Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier	North Tonawanda	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Railroad
Railway Historical Society of Northern New York	Croghan	Lewis	Adirondack Region	Railroad	website, depot museum with railway exhibits and trains
Raynham Hall Museum	Oyster Bay	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	Restored 22 room house reflecting the 1770s through the 1870s
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts (St. Bonaventure)	St. Bonaventure	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, part of St. Bonaventure University
Remington Firearms Plant and Museum	Ilion	Herkimer	Adirondack Region	Firearms	website, Remington Arms firearms from the early 19th century to the present
Rensselaer County Historical Society	Troy	Rensselaer	Capital District	Local history	Also operates Hart-Cluett Mansion as a historic house museum
Retro Arcade Museum	Beacon	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Amusement	website, video and arcade machines
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery	Canton	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Art	website, part of St. Lawrence University
Richardson-Bates House	Oswego	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Historic house	Operated by the Oswego County Historical Society, late-19th-century period mansion, local history exhibits
Richburg-Wirt Historical Society Museum	Richburg	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Ortlip Gallery	Houghton	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, part of Houghton College
Rich-Twinn Octagon House	Akron	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	Mid-19th-century octagonal house, operated by the Newstead Historical Society
Ripley House Museum	Adams	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Local history	Operated by the Historical Association of South Jefferson, 25 room house with local history displays
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Amusement	Oddities and curiosities
Rippleton Schoolhouse	Cazenovia	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Education	Restored 1880s period one room schoolhouse
River Lea (Grand Island, New York)	Grand Island	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	website, operated by the Grand Island Historical Society, located in Beaver Island State Park
Roberson Museum and Science Center	Binghamton	Broome	Central Leatherstocking	Multiple	website, local and natural history, science, art, planetarium
Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum	Dresden	Yates	Finger Lakes	Historic house	19th-century birthplace of noted agnostic and politician Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert H. Jackson Center	Jamestown	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Biographical	website
Robert Jenkins House	Hudson	Columbia	Capital District	Historic house	website, operated by the Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Cottage and Museum	Saranac Lake	Essex	Adirondack Region	Historic house
Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum	West Henrietta	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Railroad	Accessed via a track car from the New York Museum of Transportation, houses over 40 pieces of railroad rolling stock
Rochester Contemporary Art Center	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Art	Contemporary art
Rochester Medical Museum and Archives	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Medical	website, is the corporate memory of the Rochester General Health System and includes the Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives with exhibits on the history of medicine in Rochester, New York, and the Genesee Hospital Archives. The archives house the archival records of Rochester General Hospital, Genesee Hospital, Myers Community Hospital, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital and twenty other medical collections
Rochester Museum and Science Center	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Science
Rock Hall Museum	Lawrence	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Mid-18th-century period plantation-style house
Rockland Center for the Arts	West Nyack	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Art	Cultural center with exhibition gallery
Rockwell Museum of Western Art	Corning	Steuben	Finger Lakes	Art	website
Rogers Island Visitors Center	Fort Edward	Washington	Adirondack Region	History	website, area prehistory, culture and military history up to the American Revolution
Rogers Mansion	Southampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Southampton Historical Society
Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History	Jamestown	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Natural history	website
Rome Historical Society Museum	Rome	Oneida	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Rome Sports Hall of Fame and Museum	Rome	Oneida	Central Leatherstocking	Hall of fame - Sports	website
Romulus Historical Society Museum	Romulus	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Roscoe Ontario & Western Railway Museum	Roscoe	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Railroad	website
Rose Hill Mansion	Fayette	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Operated by the Geneva Historical Society,
Rose Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History	Chronicles the history Carnegie Hall from the collections of its archives
Rough and Ready Firehouse Museum	Greenwich	Washington	Adirondack Region	Firefighting	information, open once a year for tours
Roxbury Railroad Station Museum	Roxbury	Delaware	Central Leatherstocking	Railroad
Rubin Museum of Art	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions
Rural Life Museum	King Ferry	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, operated by Genoa Historical Association, one room schoolhouse, household, agriculture and rural life artifacts
Rushford Museum	Rushford	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information
Ruth Howe-Prescott House	Franklinville	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	http://enchantedmountains.com/place/ruth-howe-prescott-house information]
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site	Sackets Harbor	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Military	War of 1812 military reenactments in the summer
Saddle Rock Grist Mill	Saddle Rock	Nassau	Long Island	Mill	Restored tidal grist mill
Safe Haven Museum and Education Center	Oswego	Oswego	Adirondack Region	History	website, stories of the 982 refugees from World War II who were allowed into the United States as "guests" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, housed at Fort Ontario
Sagamore Camp	Raquette Lake	Hamilton	Adirondack Region	Historic camp	National Historic Landmark camp open for tours
Sagamore Hill	Cove Neck, New York	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	Home of Theodore Roosevelt, includes Roosevelt museum
Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum	Sag Harbor	Suffolk	Long Island	Maritime	Town's whaling industry, whaling equipment, local history
Sagtikos Manor	West Bay Shore	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Operated by the Sagtikos Manor Historical Society, reflects construction and ownership from the 17th to the 20th centuries
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site	Mount Vernon	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic church	Includes museum of the American Revolution
Sainte Marie among the Iroquois	Liverpool	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Living	Replica 17th-century French Jesuit mission to the Onondaga Iroquois
Salamanca Historical Museum	Salamanca	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by the Salamanca Historical Society
Salamanca Rail Museum	Salamanca	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Railroad	website, more information
Salmon River International Sport Fishing Museum	Altmar	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Sports	information, antique fishing rods, rare lures, reels and tackle
Salt Museum	Liverpool	Onondaga	Central New York	Industry - salt	website, located in Onondaga Lake Park
Salvation Army Heritage Museum	West Nyack	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Religious	website, mission and history of the Salvation Army
Sampson State Park Military Museum	Romulus	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Military
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art	New Paltz	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Art	website, part of SUNY New Paltz
Sanborn Area Historical Society Farm Museum	Sanborn	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Agriculture	website
Sanborn Area Historical Society School House Museum	Sanborn	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Sands Ring Homestead Museum	Cornwall	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Colonial era house
Sands-Willets House	Port Washington	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	Operated by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society
Sandy Ground Historical Museum	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Local history	website
Saranac Laboratory Museum	Saranac Lake	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Science	website, operated by Historic Saranac Lake, 1894 laboratory of Edward Livingston Trudeau
Saratoga Automobile Museum	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	Automotive
Saratoga Harness Hall of Fame & Museum	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	Sports	http://www.saratoga.org/visitors/things_to_do_in_saratoga_county/saratoga-attractions-view.asp?location_id=132[ information], harness museum with sulkies, racing silks, blacksmith works, horseshoes and metal sculptures
Saratoga National Historical Park	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	History	Preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga, includes Schuyler House
Saratoga Springs History Museum	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Capital District	Local history	Located in the former Canfield Casino
Sardinia Historical Society Museum	Sardinia	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history
Saugerties Light	Saugerties	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Lighthouse
Scandinavia House - The Nordic Center in America	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Cultural	Art, design, and historical exhibitions of the Nordic countries
Schenectady County Historical Society Museum	Schenectady	Schenectady	Capital District	Local history
Schenectady Museum	Schenectady	Schenectady	Capital District	Science
Science Museum of Long Island	Nassau	Suffolk	Long Island	Science	Website
Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York	Watertown	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Science	website
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art	Alfred	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	Part of Alfred University, historic and contemporary ceramic and glass objects
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site	Glen	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Transportation	Visitor center and remains of an Erie Canal aqueduct
Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum	Schoharie	Schoharie	Mohawk Valley	Railroad	website, operated by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association, Colonial living museum
Schoolhouse No. 8 History Center & Museum	North Collins	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Education	website, one-room rural schoolhouse
Schroeppel Historical Society Museum	Phoenix	Oswego	Thousand Islands	Local history	information
Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Museum	Schroon Lake	Essex	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Historic house	18th-century period house, life of Philip Schuyler
Science Discovery Center of Oneonta	Oneonta	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Science	Part of State University of New York at Oneonta
Sciencenter	Ithaca	Tompkins	Finger Lakes	Science	Hands-on science exhibits
SculptureCenter	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	Dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture
Seaway Trail Discovery Center	Sackets Harbor	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Local history	Culture and heritage of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail and surrounding regions
Seguine Mansion	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Historic house
Seneca Falls Historical Society Museum	Seneca Falls	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, late-19th-century Victorian period house
Seneca-Iroquois National Museum	Salamanca	Cattaraugus	Buffalo Niagara Region	Native American	website
Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry	Seneca Falls	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, area canals, industry
Senate House State Historic Site	Kingston	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Local history	Site of the state's new government during the American Revolution, local history and art displays
Shaker Heritage Society	Colonie	Albany	Capital District	Religious	website, America's first Shaker settlement, tours of the Watervliet Shaker Historic District
Shaker Museum and Library	New Lebanon	Columbia	Capital District	Art	Located at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, collection of Shaker artifacts including furniture, decorative arts, textiles, objects of everyday life and work
Shako:wi Cultural Center	Oneida	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Native American	website
Sharon Museum Complex	Sharon	Schoharie	Mohawk Valley	Local history	information, information, includes museum of local history, storage barn, one-room schoolhouse and three-room outhouse
Sharon Museum & Library	Old Chatham	Columbia	Capital District	Religious	information
Sherwood House	Yonkers	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Maintained by the Yonkers Historical Society, 1740 farmhouse
Sherwood-Jayne House	Setauket	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Maintained by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 18th-century house
Shinnecock Indian Cultural Center & Museum	Southampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Native American	website
Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs	Auriesville	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Religious	Roman Catholic shrine dedicated to the Jesuit missionaries who were martyred at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon between 1642 and 1646
Shushan Covered Bridge Museum	Shushan	Washington	Adirondack Region	Local history	Mid-19th-century covered bridge with period machinery and farm implements, adjacent one room schoolhouse
Silas Wright House	Canton	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Historic house	website, home to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, Mid-19th-century period house and local history exhibits
Singer Castle	Dark Island	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Historic house	Late-19th-century castle house
Six Nations Indian Museum	Onchiota	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Native American	website
Skene Manor	Whitehall	Washington	Adirondack Region	Historic house	Victorian house
Skenesborough Museum	Whitehall	Washington	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, information, Revolutionary War information
Skyscraper Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Architecture	Currently the only museum in the world dedicated to skyscrapers
Slabsides	West Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Log cabin built by naturalist John Burroughs
Slate Valley Museum	Granville	Washington	Adirondack Region	Industry - Slate Quarrying	website, shows how slate is formed and quarried
Smith Tavern	Armonk	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	Operated by the North Castle Historical Society
Snyder Estate	Rosendale	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Operated by the Century House Historical Society, includes the Century House, Widow Jane Mine and Cement Industry Museum
Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities Museum Gallery	Cold Spring Harbor	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history	website
Socrates Sculpture Park	Queens	Queens	New York City	Art	sculpture park
Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum	Sodus Point	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Lighthouse	Lighthouse, keeper's quarters and lighthouse artifacts
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building	Huntington	Suffolk	Long Island	Local history	website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park	Canandaigua	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Nine formal gardens, 1887 Queen Anne-style mansion and greenhouse complex
Sony Wonder Technology Lab	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Technology	website
Southeast Museum	Brewster	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Local history	website
South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center	Bridgehampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Natural history	website
Southold Historical Society & Museums	Southold	Suffolk	Long Island	Open air	website
Southold Indian Museum	Southold	Suffolk	Long Island	Native American	website
South Street Seaport Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Maritime
Spafford Area Historical Society	Spafford	Onondaga	Central New York	History	website, operates the Spafford District #3 Side Hill School and the Grange Building by appointment
Sports Museum of Dutchess County	Wappingers Falls	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Sports	website
Springville Center for the Arts	Springville	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	Community multi-disciplinary arts center with gallery
Square House Museum (Tarrytown, New York)	Tarrytown	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	information, operated by the Rye Historical Society
St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum	Madrid	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Agriculture	website, antique engines, tractors and related farm equipment
Staatsburgh State Historic Site	Staatsburg	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Mansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White
Stafford Museum of History	Stafford	Genesee	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by the Stafford Historical Society
Staten Island Children's Museum	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Children's	Part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Staten Island Museum	Staten Island	Staten Island	New York City	Multiple	Natural history, art, history, science, part of Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Statue of Liberty	Liberty Island	Manhattan	New York City	History	Accessible by boat from Battery Park in Manhattan and Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey
Steadman House	Marcellus	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Local history	Operated by the Marcellus Historical Society
Steel Plant Museum	Lackawanna	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Industry	website, located in the Lackawanna Public Library, artifacts and history of the area steel industry
Steepletop	Austerlitz	Columbia	Capital District	Historic house	Home of author Edna St. Vincent Millay
Stepping Stones	Katonah	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Home of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. and his wife Lois Burnham Wilson, founder of Al-Anon/Alateen, open by appointment
Stickley Museum	Fayetteville	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Decorative arts	website, Stickley furniture
Storm King Art Center	Mountainville	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Sculpture park	Outdoor sculpture park on 500 acres (2.0 km2)
Stone Arabia Schoolhouse Museum	Cicero	Onondaga	Central New York	Education	Operated by the Cicero Historical Society, one room schoolhouse and nearby log cabin
Stone Mills Museum	Orleans	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Agriculture	website, maintained by the Northern New York Agricultural Historical Society
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park	Cazenovia	Madison	Central Leatherstocking	Sculpture park	Outdoor art park on 108 acres (0.44 km2)
Stone-Tolan House Museum	Brighton	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Operated by the Landmark Society, turn-of-the-19th-century house and tavern
Stony Brook Grist Mill	Stony Brook	Suffolk	Long Island	Mill
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site	Stony Point	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Military	Revolutionary War site of the Battle of Stony Point
Stony Point Light	Stony Point	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Maritime	Located in Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, restored 19th-century lighthouse
The Strong	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Children's	History of play and toys in American culture, home to the National Toy Hall of Fame and the International Center for the History of Electronic Games
Studio Museum in Harlem	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Art of African-Americans, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century work as well as exhibits of Caribbean and African art
Suffern Railroad Museum	Suffern	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Railroad	information, information
Suffern Village Museum	Suffern	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Local history	information, information
Suffolk County Police Museum	Yaphank	Suffolk	Long Island	Law enforcement	website
Suggett House Museum	Cortland	Cortland	Finger Lakes	Local history	website, home of the Cortland County Historical Society
Sullivan County Museum	Hurleyville	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Local history	website, home of the Sullivan County Historical Society
Sunnyside	Tarrytown	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Home of noted early American author Washington Irving
Sunshine Radio Museum	Sodus	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Technology	website, early years of the electronics industry starting from the turn of the 20th century up to the 1970s
Susan B. Anthony House	Rochester	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Life and work of women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony
Susan C. Lyman Historical Museum	Norwood	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Suydam House	Centerport	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Operated by the Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association, 18th-century house and local history exhibits
Swan River Schoolhouse	East Patchogue	Suffolk	Long Island	School	website, operated by the Greater Patchogue Historical Society, historic schoolhouse
Swart-Wilcox House	Oneonta	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Historic house	Operated by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society
Swiss Institute	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, contemporary art
Syracuse University Art Galleries	Syracuse	Onondaga	Central New York	Art	website, several galleries at Syracuse University
Tabor-Wing House	Dover Plains	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Restored early-19th-century house
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve	Seaford	Nassau	Long Island	Natural history	website
Taconic State Park – Copake Falls Area	Copake	Columbia	Capital District	Industry	Features the Iron Works Museum about the 19th-century iron works
Tang Teaching Museum	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	Adirondack Region	Art	Part of Skidmore College, contemporary art
Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum	Elmira	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Natural history	website, live animals and natural history exhibits
Tarrytown Historical Society Museum	Tarrytown	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Local history	information
TAUNY	Canton	St. Lawrence	Thousand Islands	Art	website, officially Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, exhibits of area folk culture and crafts
Ten Broeck Mansion	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Historic house	Headquarters of the Albany County Historical Association, mid-19th-century period house
Ten Mile River Scout Museum	Narrowsburg	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Scouting	website
Tennie Burton Museum	Lima	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, operated by the Lima Historical Society
Terra Cotta Museum	Alfred	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	Operated by the Alfred Historical Society
Terwilliger Museum	Waterloo	Seneca	Finger Lakes	Local history	Part of the Waterloo Library & Historical Society
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic house
Theodore Roosevelt County Park	Montauk	Suffolk	Long Island	Military	Includes exhibits about the Spanish-American War, the Rough Riders and Camp Wikoff
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	turn-of-the-20th-century period rooms, site of the inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Cole National Historic Site	Catskill	Greene	Capital District	Historic house
Thomas Dodge House	Port Washington	Nassau	Long Island	Historic house	Operated by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society
Thomas Paine Cottage	New Rochelle	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	Cottage of American Revolutionary War hero Thomas Paine, decorated in late-18th- to early-19th-century furnishings
Thomas Paine Memorial Museum	New Rochelle	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Biographical	Life of American Revolutionary War hero and author Thomas Paine
Thousand Islands Museum	Clayton	Jefferson	Thousand Islands	Local history	website
Town of Chester Museum of Local History	Chestertown	Warren	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Throop Pharmacy Museum	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Medicine	website, historic drug store reconstructed at Albany College of Pharmacy
Tibet House	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	Classical and contemporary Tibetan art
Ticonderoga Heritage Museum	Ticonderoga	Essex	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, over 38 scale models of various local industries
Tilly Foster Farm Museum	Brewster	Putnam	Lower Hudson	Farm	Historic farm featuring rare and endangered early American farm animals, farm equipment, rock and roll memorabilia
Tinker Homestead and Farm Museum	Henrietta	Monroe	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Depicts farming life in the late 19th century
Tioga County Historical Society Museum	Owego	Tioga	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Tired Iron Tractor Museum	Cuylerville	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Agriculture	information, vintage farm machinery, tractors, trucks, horse drawn equipment, farm toys
Top Cottage	Hyde Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Private retreat designed by and for Franklin D. Roosevelt
Town House	East Hampton	Suffolk	Long Island	Education	website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society, adjacent to Clinton Academy
Town Line Museum	Johnstown	Fulton	Adirondack Region	History	information
Town of Alabama Museum	Alabama	Genesee	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Town of Hume Museum	Hume	Allegany	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Town of Hyde Park Historical Society Museum	Hyde Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Local history
Town of Porter Historical Museum	Youngstown	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Town of Shandaken Historical Museum	Pine Hill	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Local history
Toy Town Museum	East Aurora	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Toy
Trailside Museums and Zoo	Bear Mountain State Park	Rockland	Lower Hudson	Natural history	Located in Bear Mountain State Park, rehabilitated wildlife, area's natural history, history and Native American culture
Trailside Nature Museum	Cross River	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Natural history	website, located in Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Tribute WTC Visitors Center	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History
Trinity Church	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	History
Trolley Museum of New York	Kingston	Ulster	Mid-Hudson	Transportation	Electric trolley cars
Tuthill House Museum	Westhampton Beach	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Westhampton Beach Historical Society
UBS Art Gallery	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	website, four exhibitions each year, formerly Paine Webber Art Gallery
Ukrainian Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Ukrainian-American	Ukrainian heritage in America
Ulysses Historical Society Museum	Trumansburg	Tompkins	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
United Nations Headquarters	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Historic building	Includes exhibits on such topics as peacekeeping operations, decolonization and disarmament, and the United Nations Art Collection
University Art Museum	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Art	website, part of SUNY Albany
University at Buffalo Art Galleries	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, includes the UB Anderson Gallery and the UB Art Gallery at the Center for the Arts, part of University at Buffalo
Up Yonda Farm	Bolton Landing	Warren	Adirondack Region	Natural history	website, nature center with museum and trails
USS Slater	Albany	Albany	Capital District	Museum ship	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Valentine-Varian House	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Historic house	Houses the Museum of Bronx History, operated by the Bronx Historical Society
Valentown Museum	Victor	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Local history	Operated by the Victor Historical Society
Van Alen House	Kinderhook	Columbia	Capital District	Historic house	18th-century Dutch farmhouse operated by the Columbia County Historical Society
Van Cortlandt House Museum	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Historic house	18th-century period manor house
Van Cortlandt Manor	Croton-on-Hudson	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Historic house	18th-century manor house
Van Horn Mansion	Newfane	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Historic house	Turn-of-the-20th-century period mansion
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Hyde Park	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Late-19th-century mansion and estate
Vanderbilt Museum	Centerport	Suffolk	Long Island	Multiple	Historic mansion with collections of natural history, marine, weaponry and ethnographic objects
Vander Ende-Onderdonk House	Queens	Queens	New York City	Historic house	Oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City, operated by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society
Van Wyck Homestead	Fishkill	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	Early-18th-century Dutch colonial house
Vestal Museum	Vestal	Broome	Central Leatherstocking	Local history	website
Vintage Tracks Museum	Bloomfield	Ontario	Finger Lakes	Transportation	website, crawler tractors & memorabilia from the early 20th century
Voelker Orth Museum	Queens	Queens	New York City	Historic house	website
Walter Elwood Museum	Amsterdam	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley	Multiple	Multicultural, Victorian, natural history, and items that relate to Mohawk Valley's industrial past
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site	West Hills	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house
Walworth Historical Society Museum	Walworth	Wayne	Finger Lakes	Local history	website
Wantagh Railroad Museum	Wantagh	Nassau	Long Island	Railroad
Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural Museum	Auburn	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Agriculture	website
Warner Museum	Springville	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website, operated by the Concord NY Historical Society, life and memorabilia of Pop Warner, dolls, tools, 1930s kitchen, items of local interest
Warren House	York	Livingston	Finger Lakes	Historic house	website, information, home of the York Historical Society
War of 1812 Museum	Plattsburgh	Clinton	Adirondack Region	Military	History of the War of 1812 and the Battle of Plattsburgh
Warrensburgh Museum of Local History	Warrensburh	Warren	Adirondack Region	Local history	website, operated by the Warrensburgh Historical Society
Warwick Historical Society	Warwick	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Open air	website, complex of 7 historic buildings
Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site	Newburgh	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	18th-century home, site of longest-serving headquarters of George Washington during the American Revolutionary War
Washington County Fair Farm Museum	Greenwich	Washington	Adirondack Region	Agriculture	website, open during the fair, area crops, farm equipment, displays of tools and crafts, rural life artifacts
Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center	Waterford	Saratoga	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Waterfront Museum	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Maritime	website, historic floating barge museum in Red Hook
Waterman Conservation Education Center	Apalachin	Tioga	Finger Lakes	Natural history	website, environmental education center with museum about local wildlife
Water Mill Museum	Water Mill	Suffolk	Long Island	Mill	Colonial water-powered grist mill
Watervliet Arsenal Museum	Watervliet	Albany	Capital District	Military	Displays on cannons and guns at the historic Iron Building.
Wave Hill	Bronx	Bronx	New York City	Botanical garden	Botanical garden with art gallery and interpretive visitor's center
Wayland Historical Museum	Wayland	Steuben	Finger Lakes	Local history	information
Weeksville Heritage Center	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Living	Historic homes of 19th-century free African Americans in the urban North
West Monroe Historical Society Museum	West Monroe	Oswego	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
West Point Museum	Highland Falls	Orange	Mid-Hudson	Military	website
Westchester County Veterans Museum	Somers	Westchester	Lower Hudson	Military	Located in Lasdon Park and Arboretum
Western New York Book Arts Center	Buffalo	Erie	Buffalo Niagara Region	Art	website, exhibits of the printed word and image
White Pine Camp	Paul Smiths	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Historic camp	Adirondack Great Camp open for tours
Whitney Museum of American Art	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Art	20th-century American art
Wild Center	Tupper Lake	Franklin	Adirondack Region	Natural history
Wilcox Octagon House	Camillus	Onondaga	Finger Lakes	Historic house
Wilderstein	Rhinebeck	Dutchess	Mid-Hudson	Historic house	19th-century Queen Anne–style country house
Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum	Vail Mills	Fulton	Adirondack Region	Natural history	website, animal mounts, art, artifacts and memorabilia of hunting, fishing and all sports afield
William Floyd House	Mastic	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	Signer of the Declaration of Independence, part of Fire Island National Seashore
William H. Seward House	Auburn	Cayuga	Finger Lakes	Historic house	19th-century period home of William H. Seward, exhibits about his life and family
William Miller House	Miller Place	Suffolk	Long Island	Historic house	website, operated by the Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society
William Pryor Letchworth Museum	Castile	Wyoming	Buffalo Niagara Region	Native American	Located in Letchworth State Park
Wilton Historical Museum	Wilson	Niagara	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	website
Wilton Heritage Society Museum	Wilton	Saratoga	Adirondack Region	Local history	website
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center	Horseheads	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Aviation	website, collection of airplanes and helicopters
Woodstock Artists Association & Museum	Woodstock	Sullivan	Mid-Hudson	Art	website
Women's Rights National Historical Park	Seneca Falls	Seneca	Finger Lakes	History
World Awareness Children's Museum	Glens Falls	Warren	Adirondack Region	Children's	website, cultural awareness museum for Children
Wrong Island Railroad	Lake Ronkonkoma	Suffolk	Long Island	Railroad	website, operating model train display and museum featuring O-gauge trains
Wyckoff House	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York City	Historic house
Yager Museum of Art & Culture	Oneonta	Otsego	Central Leatherstocking	Multiple	Part of Hartwick College, art, archaeology, Native American artifacts
Yates County Arts Center	Penn Yan	Yates	Finger Lakes	Art	website, arts center with exhibit gallery
Yeshiva University Museum	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	Ethnic - Jewish	Also an archaeology, history and art museum focused on Jewish subjects
Yorker Museum	Sinclairville	Chautauqua	Buffalo Niagara Region	Local history	information, reconstructed mini village with six restored buildings, depicting Sherman life in the mid-19th century
Yorktown Museum	Yorktown Heights	Westchester	Lower Hudson	History	website, features 18th-century Colonial rooms, farming, dolls & miniatures, railroad and Native American exhibits
Zadock Pratt Museum	Prattsville	Greene	Capital District	Historic house	19th-century period house
Zim House	Horseheads	Chemung	Finger Lakes	Historic house	Open by appointment with the Horseheads Historical Society, late-19th-century home of political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman

Defunct museums

• Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan
• Boswell Museum, Springfield Center, no longer any physical museum just a website, preserves music of the 1920s and 1930s
• Bridgewater Auto Museum, Bridgewater, closed in 1989 after the death of Walt Meyer, its founder
• Campbell-Whittlesey House Museum, Rochester, closed in 2010
• Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan,
• Deansboro Music Museum, Deansboro
• Dinosaur Walk Museum, Riverhead, closed in 2008, branches still exist in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Branson, Missouri
• Greenwood Museum
• Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan
• Harwood’s Grist Mill Farm, East Hartford
• Ithaca College Museum of Art
• Museum of Cartoon Art, Port Chester, became the National Cartoon Museum when the collection moved to Boca Raton, Florida in 1992
• Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, website
• National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum, Oneonta, museum closed in 2010, inductions will continue
• New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan
• Sports Museum of America, Manhattan, opened in 2008, closed in 2009
• Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum, Ticonderoga, closed in 2010

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

See also

• List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City
• Museum Mile, New York City
• Arboreta in New York (category)
• Aquaria in New York (category)
• Botanical gardens in New York (category)
• Historic landmarks in New York
• Houses in New York (category)
• Forts in New York (category)
• Museums list
• Nature Centers in New York
• Observatories in New York (category)
• Registered Historic Places in New York

External Links

• I Love New York - official state tourism guide
• New York State Canals
• Heritage New York
• New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
• NYC Arts - Culture Guide and Calendar
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation