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Home / Regional / North America / United States / New York / Localities / N / New York City / Manhattan / Arts and Entertainment / Museums / Historical
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- American Museum of Natural History - One of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts. Extensive online galleries of past and present exhibitions.
www.amnh.org
- Castle Clinton - National Monument. Built as a fort in the early 19th century, it subsequently served as a restaurant, opera house, immigration facility, and aquarium. Restored.
www.nps.gov/cacl
- Federal Hall National Memorial - The site served as NYC's City Hall, then the first Federal Hall, then as City Hall again after the Federal move to Philadelphia in 1790. The current structure on the site served as the Customs House, and then the U. S. Subtreasury.
www.nps.gov/feha
- Guggenheim Museum - Includes photo gallery and contact information.
www.freegk.com/worldtour/usa35.php
- Hamilton Grange - National Parks Service run museum about Alexander Hamilton in his former home.
www.nps.gov/hagr
- Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum - This former United States Navy aircraft carrier fought in World War II and serves as an aeronautical museum on the Hudson.
www.intrepidmuseum.org
- Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum - Literary center, art gallery, Holocaust memorial to Greek Jews, books for sale on the Romaniote Jews. Museum open 11-4 Sundays.
www.kehila-kedosha-janina.org
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum - Focuses on America's urban immigrant history. Features program information, directions, hours, and online tickets and reservations.
www.tenement.org
- Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum - Built in 1756, it is the oldest surviving house on Manhattan. The furnishings, dating from the mid-18th century to 1860, are mostly original to the house.
www.nychistory.org/MJMan.htm
- Museum of the City of New York - Information on exhibitions, collections and research on the museum for Earth's capital.
www.mcny.org
- National Museum of the American Indian - Dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
www.si.edu/nmai
- New-York Historical Society - New York City's oldest museum and research library.
www.nyhistory.org
- NYPD Museum - The New York Police Department, from the 17th century to the present.
nycpolicemuseum.org
- South Street Seaport Museum - An 11-square block Historical District in lower Manhattan. Combines galleries, living history programs, 18th- and 19th-century buildings lining stone-paved streets, and the nation's largest wholesale fish market.
www.southstseaport.org
- Tenement Museum - Over 10,000 people lived in the building between 1870 and 1915. The stories of many are presented here.
www.wnet.org/archive/tenement
- The Jewish Museum - The scope and diversity of 4,000 years of Jewish culture.
www.jewishmuseum.org
- Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace - The building on the site is a 1923 reconstruction of the house in which Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858.
www.nps.gov/thrb
- Trinity Church and Museum - 1846 Neo-Gothic church, designed by American Institute of Architects' founder, Richard Upjohn.
www.trinitywallstreet.org
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