This is a list of museums in New York City, which is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known. Also included are non-profit art galleries, arts centers, and cultural centers with galleries. See also List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City for museums and other visitor attractions including zoos and gardens, performing arts organizations, libraries, and historically-significant sites. See also List of museums in New York (state) for museums in the rest of New York state. Museums Defunct museums 9/11 Tribute Museum AIGA National Design Center American Museum of Immigration, Liberty Island Art in General Barnum's American Museum, Manhattan Chelsea Art Museum, Manhattan, closed in 2011 Children's Museum of the Arts Con Edison Energy Museum, Manhattan Choco-Story New York Dahesh Museum of Art, Exhibits art from its collection at other museums Discovery Times Square, closed in 2016 Enrico Caruso Museum of America Fisher Landau Center Forbes Galleries, closed in 2014 FusionArts Museum Guggenheim Soho, Manhattan Kurdish Library and Museum, Brooklyn Met Breuer, Manhattan, closed July 2020 MICRO Museum, Brooklyn Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, closed in 2016 Museum of Biblical Art, closed in 2015 Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, closed in 2012, collections now part of the Society of Illustrators Museum of Living Art, 1927-1943 at NYU, modern art collection of Albert Eugene Gallatin Museum of Primitive Art, closed in 1976, collections now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of the American Piano, Manhattan, website National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010 New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan New York City Police Museum New York Tattoo Museum in Staten Island Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, closed in 2015 Ripley's Believe It or Not!, midtown Manhattan, 2007-2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in SoHo in 2008, closed in 2010 Rosè Mansion Sony Wonder Technology Lab, closed in 2016 Sports Museum of America, Manhattan, opened in 2008, closed in 2009 Store Front Museum, Queens UBS Art Gallery, Manhattan See also List of museums in New York Museum Mile, New York City :Category:Tourist attractions in New York City References External links NY.com: Museums in New York City NY Go: Free NYC Museums Museums New York City museums Museums New York City museums