Statue Of Liberty
Everyone is familiar with the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of the promise of America, but few are probably aware that, for a few years early in its existence, it was also of... lighthousefriends.com
Liberty Science Center
The all new Liberty Science Center offers hundreds of exhibitions in eight expansive new galleries and amazing films in the nation's largest IMAX Dome Theater with a screen 88 feet in ... visitnj.org
Historic Richmond Town
Historic Richmond Town is New York Citys living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of of Staten Island from the colonial period to present. Th... heritagesites.com
Castle Clinton
This sandstone fort was built in 1811 as one of five forts erected to defend New York Harbor. The fort originally stood on a small island that was linked to Manhattan by a 200-foot wooden... hmdb.org
Newark Museum
Founded in 1909, The Newark Museum underwent an extensive four-year, $23 million renovation and expansion which was completed in 1989. The design by the world famous architect Micha... museumland.net
Alice Austen House Museum
Alice Austen, one of America's earliest and most prolific female photographers, lived most of her life in Clear Comfort, a Victorian Gothic cottage on the shores of the Verrazano... heritagesites.com
Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District
Samuel Fraunces in 1762 named his Queens Head tavern after Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. His politics, however, were strictly patriotic, and his tavern hosted meetings of the ... hmdb.org
Museum Of Jewish Heritagea Living Memorial To The Holocaust
Created as a living memorial to those who perished in the Holocaust, the museum honors those who died by cherishing the traditions they embraced, examining their achievements and fait... nyc-arts.org
Staten Island Museum
Few museums embrace a collection as eclectic as this: an assortment of hats, paintings by Marc Chagall and 500,000 insects. One can find these plus 2 million more artifacts and specim... nyc-arts.org
Museum Of American Financial History
Welcome to the Museum of American Financial History, the nation's only independent public museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and the democratic free mark... museumland.net
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
From 1892 to 1924 some 16 million immigrants first set foot in the New World here. Today their descendants account for almost 40 percent of the U.S. population. Originally a 3-acre is... nyc-arts.org
National Museum Of The American Indiansmithsonian Institution
Opened in October, 1994, the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, at the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan, serves a... nyc-arts.org
Battery Park
The Battery is one of New York City?s oldest public open spaces. Located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, the Battery hosted Dutch settlers when they came to Man... famplosion.com
Federal Hall National Memorial
Federal Hall has been the site of government activity for more than 300 years. Since 1699 two buildings have stood on the site, each playing a role in national historic events. The fi... nyc-arts.org
Staten Island Zoo
This small urban zoo, located on eight acres of manicured greensward known as Barrett Park, is home to 443 animals representing 206 species, including monkeys, ocelots, birds, badgers... nyc-arts.org
Jersey City Museum
The Museum collects, exhibits, preserves, and interprets American paintings, works on paper, sculpture and material culture from the region. The painting collection of the Jersey C... museumstuff.com
Skyscraper Museum
Appropriately located in the world's foremost vertical metropolis, the museum is dedicated to the study of tall buildings as objects of design, products of technology, sites of contru... nyc-arts.org
Trinity Wall Street
The former wealth of this Episcopal parish, which derived from a land grant bestowed by the Crown in 1705, is reflected in the architecture and decoration of both Trinity Church and n... nyc-arts.org