Browse museums by city
9 cities · 107 museums. Pick a city to see every museum with current hours, admission, and tickets.
- Atlanta, GA12 museums
Civil rights, Southern history, and an unusually strong puppetry museum anchor Atlanta's collection. The High Museum holds the city's main art institution.
- Boston, MA12 museums
The MFA's encyclopedic collection, the Gardner's preserved palazzo, and Harvard's free art museums anchor a museum scene weighted toward art and early American history.
- Chicago, IL11 museums
A curated list. Hours, admission, and tips from someone who's been to all of them.
- Los Angeles, CA12 museums
The Getty's hilltop campus, The Broad's free contemporary collection, and the Huntington's 120-acre estate make LA's museum scene one of the country's most spread out.
- New York, NY12 museums
From the Met's encyclopedic galleries to the Frick's preserved Gilded Age mansion, New York holds the densest concentration of major museums anywhere in the country.
- Philadelphia, PA12 museums
From the Rocky steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the Mütter Museum's medical specimens, Philadelphia's museum scene mixes art-historical heavyweights with deeply specific specialist collections.
- San Francisco, CA12 museums
Free admission, world-class collections, and an unusual concentration of small specialist museums (cable cars, glass, comics) make SF a strong museum city for its size.
- Seattle, WA12 museums
The Museum of Flight is among the country's best aviation museums; MoPOP and Chihuly Garden anchor Seattle Center; and the city's specialist museums (Wooden Boats, Klondike Gold Rush) are unusually deep.
- Washington, DC12 museums
The Smithsonian's eleven Mall museums plus the National Gallery of Art make Washington one of the only cities where world-class museums are reliably free.