Fascinating Museums in New York City, NY

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The American Museum of Natural History

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American Museum of Natural History

In the center of Manhattan at the border of Central Park, the American Museum of Natural History contains some of the world's best scientific and cultural exhibitions. Portraying the past and the future, the museum is an exciting attraction for all ages.

Permanent exhibits include:

• Audubon Gallery
  • Original oil paintings, watercolors, and lithographs by John James Audubon and sons
• Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins
  •  Explores mysteries of humankind
• Dioramas Web site
  • Four 360° panoramic virtual tours, archival photos, and hall highlight videos with Stephen Quinn
• Fossil Halls
  • Four 360° panoramic virtual tours and hall highlight videos with curators Mike Novacek and Mark Norell
• The Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites
  • Hands-on exhibition area
• The Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
  • Marine environment with video projections, interactive computer stations, and new ocean dioramas
• The Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
  • Displays geological specimens

The Museum of Modern Art

Featuring 6 collection departments, The Museum of Modern Art entrance is located on 53rd Street.  The museum features over 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, breathtaking photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects as well as library of film, video, scripts, historical documents, and more.

Collections include:

• Architecture and Design
  • This collection has featured several fascinating archictucture and design exhibits, from an 18th century fan to a utility truck
• Drawings
  • Paul Cézanne, Vasily Kandinsky, and many other artists have had their drawings displayed in this collection
• Film
  • Has featured Feeding the Baby, A Trip to the Moon, Steamboat Willie, and much more
• Media
  • Media by Peter Campus, Bill Viola, Joan Jonas, and more have been featured in this collection
• Painting and Sculpture
  • Has showcased famous works such as Vince Van Gogh's The Starry Night and much more
• Photography
  • Highlights have included photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnson, Man Ray, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Walker Evans, Cindy Sherman, Andreas Gursky, and more
• Prints and Illustrated Books
  • Has featured works by Pablo Picasso, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel, John Marin, Max Ernst, and more