The New York Historical

The Best Museums in New York City, From the Met to the New York Transit Museum | Condé Nast Traveler

"Founded in 1804 as New York City’s first museum, this institution now houses around 1.6 million works, from Hudson River School paintings and watercolors to George Washington’s bed from Valley Forge. Recent exhibitions explore life in the city past and present—think a celebration of the city’s domesticated animal inhabitants (Pets and the City)—and, located right next to the American Museum of Natural History, it makes a solid, smaller stopover if you’re in the neighborhood." - Charlie Hobbs, Andrea Whittle