HISTORY MUSEUM
New-York Historical Society
/ 5 · 806 Google reviews
170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 · Upper West Side, opposite the Natural History Museum
- Hours today
- 11 AM – 5 PM
- Visit time
- 1.5–2 hours
- Best for
- —
- Founded
- 1804
About this museum
New York's oldest museum, founded 1804. Holdings include the city's largest Tiffany lamp collection, all 435 original Audubon Birds of America watercolors (rotating), and an exhaustive Civil War archive. Pay-what-you-wish Friday evenings. Read the full review →
Visitor tips
- TIP Combine with the American Museum of Natural History across the street.
Don't miss
- FLOOR 4 Tiffany Gallery, 100+ original lamps
- ROTATING Audubon's original Birds of America watercolors
The full review
A serious history collection that doesn't get the foot traffic it deserves because it sits across the street from the much louder American Museum of Natural History. The Tiffany lamp collection on the fourth floor is the largest in the country; the Audubon watercolors rotate through the year because of light sensitivity.
From
$22