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Museum Nerds Museum Picks

Museum Nerds Museum Picks

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Created by MuseumNerd • Updated On: October 31, 2012

Comprising the museums at which I've left tips. This isn't a "Top Museums" list, but it's safe to say I love all these places.

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

1. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

9.3
11 W 53rd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Midtown East · 1870 tips and reviews

MuseumNerdMuseumNerd: Use the hidden elevator bank to get up to special exhibitions on the 6th floor ahead of the crowds. Read more.

New Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

2. New Museum

7.9
235 Bowery (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Lower East Side · 204 tips and reviews
Whitney Museum of American Art is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

3. Whitney Museum of American Art

9.2
99 Gansevoort St (btwn 10th Ave & Washington St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Meatpacking District · 434 tips and reviews
Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

4. Metropolitan Museum of Art

9.5
1000 5th Ave (btwn E 80th & E 84th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · 1961 tips and reviews

MuseumNerdMuseumNerd: Check out the Andalusian items loaned by the Hispanic Society of America (155th & Broadway) in the Met's Islamic Galleries. They will knock your socks off.

Brooklyn Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

5. Brooklyn Museum

9.4
200 Eastern Pkwy (at Washington Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Art Museum · 423 tips and reviews

MuseumNerdMuseumNerd: There are some wonderful surprises in the Luce Center for American Art, such as an array of Latin American Spanish Colonial paintings, silverwork, polychrome sculpture, and furniture. Don't miss it!

The Drawing Center is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

6. The Drawing Center

9.0
35 Wooster St (btwn Broome & Grand St), New York, NY
Art Museum · SoHo · 12 tips and reviews
The Jewish Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

7. The Jewish Museum

9.4
1109 5th Ave (at E 92nd St), New York, NY
Museum · Carnegie Hill · 73 tips and reviews
MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

8. MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center

8.8
2225 Jackson Ave (at 46th Ave), Queens, NY
Art Museum · Hunters Point · 196 tips and reviews
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

9. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

8.7
1071 5th Ave (at E 89th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 567 tips and reviews
El Museo del Barrio is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

10. El Museo del Barrio

8.2
1230 5th Ave (btwn E 104th & E 105th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Central Park · 55 tips and reviews

MuseumNerdMuseumNerd: Pester El Museo staff about joining twitter. They are literally the last holdout in a city where all the museums (even @HSAmuseum!) are on twitter.

The Art Institute of Chicago is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

11. The Art Institute of Chicago

9.5
111 S Michigan Ave (btwn Monroe St & Jackson Dr), Chicago, IL
Art Museum · Grant Park · 686 tips and reviews
Museum of Arts & Design (MAD) is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

12. Museum of Arts & Design (MAD)

8.0
2 Columbus Cir (btwn 8th Ave & Broadway), New York, NY
Art Museum · Theater District · 81 tips and reviews
American Folk Art Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

13. American Folk Art Museum

45 W 53rd St, New York, NY
Art Museum · Midtown East · 11 tips and reviews
New York City Fire Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

14. New York City Fire Museum

6.5
278 Spring St (btw Hudson and Varick), New York, NY
Museum · Hudson Square · 22 tips and reviews
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

15. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

9.4
151 3rd St (btwn Mission & Howard St), San Francisco, CA
Art Museum · SoMa · 242 tips and reviews
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

16. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

8.8
220 E Chicago Ave (at Mies van der Rohe Way), Chicago, IL
Art Museum · Streeterville · 154 tips and reviews
Neue Galerie is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

17. Neue Galerie

8.8
1048 5th Ave (at E 86th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Upper East Side · 124 tips and reviews
The Morgan Library & Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

18. The Morgan Library & Museum

9.2
225 Madison Ave (btwn E 36th & E 37th St), New York, NY
Museum · Murray Hill · 179 tips and reviews

MuseumNerdMuseumNerd: In Morgan's Study, the Majolica "Stemmed Cup with Two Handles" has a painting *inside* the cup. I use my cell phone as a mirror to see it.

The Paley Center for Media is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

19. The Paley Center for Media

8.5
25 W 52nd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Museum · Midtown East · 31 tips and reviews
Chelsea Art Museum is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

20. Chelsea Art Museum

556 W 22nd St (11th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Chelsea · 6 tips and reviews
Harlem Heritage Tours (Harlem Heritage and Cultural Center) is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

21. Harlem Heritage Tours (Harlem Heritage and Cultural Center)

7.7
104 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY
History Museum · Central Harlem · 11 tips and reviews
The New York Earth Room is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

22. The New York Earth Room

8.2
141 Wooster St (btw Prince St and Houston St), New York, NY
Art Gallery · SoHo · 35 tips and reviews
Society of Illustrators is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

23. Society of Illustrators

8.8
128 E 63rd St (Lexington Avenue), New York, NY
Art Museum · Upper East Side · 17 tips and reviews
Mmuseumm is one of Museum Nerds Museum Picks.

24. Mmuseumm

8.0
4 Cortlandt Alley (btwn Franklin & White St), New York, NY
Museum · Downtown Manhattan · 20 tips and reviews