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Museum Collections
9 listed for: I - M
International Center of Photography
New York's only museum devoted exclusively to photography. Changing exhibits, education programs, resource library collection.
Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum
Walk the decks of the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid, tour a submarine and a destroyer, experience an F-18 mission.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
The mission of the Tenement museum is "to promote tolerance and historical perspective through the presentation and interpretation of the variety of immigrant and migrant experiences on Manhattan's Lower East Side, a gateway to America." The Tenement Museum offers a variety of historical and public resources. One of its most impressive elements is the actual 19th century tenement building that is, in effect, part of the permanent collection. In addition, the Museum offers special thematic progra...
Madame Tussaud's
Get up close and personal to over 175 amazingly lifelike wax figures of the world's top celebrities, movers, and shakers, and take a virtual midnight hansom cab ride through time to recapture some of New York's greatest moments.
Municipal Art Society
The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) is a private, non-profit membership organization that aggressively champions excellence in urban design and planning and the preservation of the best of New York's past.
Museum of Television and Radio
The Museum of Television and Radio is dedicated to audio-visual artifacts with a collection of over 50,000 TV and radio shows. Pick your selection from the library and watch it at one of the many video consoles.
Museum of the Chinese in the Americas
Exhibits and resources about the experiences of Chinese immigrants to America. Also provides community programs and research opportunities.
Museum of the City of New York
The following are some of the highlights of the collection at MCNY. The Print and Photograph Collection features the work of artists like Jacob Riis and the Wurts Brothers, the photo archives of LOOK magazine, and numerous specialized archives like "New York Before the War". The Toy Collection includes toys made and played with in New York from colonial times to the present. The Theatre Collection features information and material from the late 18th century to the 20th century and includes sets,...
Musuem of the American Gangster
Located in a former speakeasy, the Gangster Museum's goal is to objectively present the role that crime has played in shaping the politics, culture, myth and lore of New York City -- and beyond.
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