World Famous Museums
World Famous Museums
New York City literally has hundreds of world famous museums. The National Academy of Design possesses one of the largest assemblages of American art including 2,200 paintings, 5,000 works on paper and 240 sculptures. Wide arrays of artists are on display. The American Museum of the Moving Image chronicles the art, history and technology of mediums such as film, television and digital media. A trip here will open your eyes to just how much these mediums affect the world that we live in. In addition to offering visitors educational tours that focus on marine
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history, the Waterfront Museum puts on performing and visual arts programs. The Paleontological Research Institution has dinosaur eggs from China as part of their extensive collection. The Snug Harbor Cultural Center is an 83-acre National Historic Landmark made up of buildings that represent various architectural styles including Greek Revival, Victorian and Italianate. The collection at the Ukrainian Museum includes folk art and fine arts. In addition to housing an art gallery and research center, the Caribbean Cultural Center sells handcrafted jewelry, instruments and art from Africa. The Museum of Jewish Heritage’s Living Memorial to the Holocaust features over 20 documentary films as wellBroadway Theater District in New York as 2,000 photographs from this horrible time in history. The Museum of Modern Art possesses one of the most extensive collections in the world. Over 100,000 pieces of art are on display representing every artistic medium under the sun. The museum’s library features over 140,000 books and periodicals. The MOMA is an art lover’s dream come true. The Metropolitan Museum of Art represents over 2,000 different artists. Celebrities are immortalized at Madame Tussaud’s. The museum features over 170 wax figures of the rich and famous.