Museums and attractions inNew York
The Met, MoMA, the Guggenheim and a harbour with a statue in it.
New York collects everything. The Metropolitan Museum of Art covers five thousand years on the edge of Central Park; MoMA holds The Starry Night and the story of modern art; the Guggenheim is worth the visit for Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral before you look at a single painting; the Whitney shows American art beside the Hudson.
Between them are the landmarks that made the skyline: the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge and the High Line. This guide lists the museums and attractions of New York, with what each one holds and how to visit.
Museums in New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Founded 1870, Encyclopedic
Five thousand years of art from every part of the world, on Fifth Avenue at the edge of Central Park.
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The Museum of Modern Art
Founded 1929, Modern and contemporary
Modern and contemporary art in Midtown Manhattan, from painting and sculpture to film, design and architecture.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Founded 1939, Modern and contemporary
Modern and contemporary art in Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral building on Fifth Avenue.
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Whitney Museum of American Art
Founded 1930, Modern and contemporary
American art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, beside the Hudson at the foot of the High Line.
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Attractions in New York
Statue of Liberty
Since 1886
The copper statue given by France and dedicated in 1886, on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, reached by ferry.
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Empire State Building
Since 1931
The Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown, with observation decks that look out over Manhattan.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Since 1883
The suspension bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn, with a walkway above the traffic that anyone can cross on foot.
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Central Park
Since 1858
The park in the middle of Manhattan, laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, with the Met on its eastern edge.
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The High Line
Since 2009
A public park planted along a disused elevated railway on the west side of Manhattan.
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