10 Museums to Visit in New York City

New York City is host to some of the best museums in the world that showcase a range of artwork like modern art, cultural displays, folk art, photography exhibits and so on. Here is a list of ten museums that you can visit while in the city.

1. Museum of Modern Art- Popularly called MoMA, this museum displays some of the best modern art such as Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and Van Gogh’s Starry Night. The highlight of the newly renovated MoMA remains the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden.

2. Morgan Library- New York’s literary jewel box, the Morgan Library has an enviable collection of original manuscripts, rare books, personal writings and master drawings. Recent additions include a memorabilia on Saul Steinberg and an exhibit on Bob Dylan’s life through his music and letters.

New York City

New York City in New York is the largest city in the United States. As of 2004, its population was estimated as 8,104,079, with a total of 18,709,802 living in the New York metropolitan area.

New York, nicknamed the Big Apple and the City That Never Sleeps is a reknown center of business and finance, entertainment, media and culture, home to many famous buildings, as well as containing the headquarters of the United Nations.

Attractions in New York City include

- American Folk Art Museum

- American Museum of Natural History

- Astroland in Coney Island

- Broadway Theatre

- Bronx Zoo

- Central Park in New York City

- Central Park Zoo in Central Park

- Chinatown

- Chrysler Building

- Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park in Coney Island

- Ellis Island

- Empire State Building

- Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy area,

- Flatiron Building

- Grand Central Station

- General Grant National Memorial

- Hayden Planetarium

- Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum

- Little Italy

- Madame Tussauds

- The Metropolitan Museum of Art

- The Museum of Modern Art

- New York Aquarium in Coney Island

- New York Botanical Garden

- New York Skyride in the Empire State Building

- New York Transit Museum

- Prospect Park Zoo

- Queens Museum of Art

- Queens Zoo

- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

- Staten Island Zoo

- Statue of Liberty

- United Nations Headquarters

- Whitney Museum of American Art

Here is some more information about the area

- New York City is one of the nation’s leading centers of business and commerce, but, as already mentioned, is especially strong in the financial and media industries. Some of the major companies with their headquarters in New York City include Accenture, Alcoa, Altria Group, American Express, American International Group, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CBS, Cendant, Citigroup, Fox Entertainment Group, Goldman Sachs, Hess, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Loews, Merill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, News Corporation, New York Life Insurance, Pfizer, Schlumberger, TIAA-CREF, Time Warner, Verizon Communications, Viacom and Wells Fargo.

Inside New York’s American Folk Art Museum

New York’s West 53rd Street is home to the American Folk Art Museum. As its name implies, this museum houses collections of local art of America.

The inspiration for folk art is usually tied to turning points in the history of America, such as times of war or celebrations. The art produced is reflective of the artist’s personal response to such events. For example, during the establishment as an independent nation, many art pieces featured symbols of liberty such as the Great Seal, American flags, and figures of liberty. In taking these symbols into their homes, ordinary citizens confirmed their participation in the nation’s history.