Museum of the City of New York

Super interesting place.

I came alone and came to learn, which I did.

The history of the city is fascinating, and the museum actually does a superb job is presenting that.

The building is nice, clean and accessible, and not at all crowded. (I went on a Thursday evening).

Also, the gift shop is wild (& made me wish I had more $$$😉)

Would definitely recommend for nerds!

A very cool museum, definitely worth a visit. It’s pay what you feel admission, but the recommended is $20 per adult but free if you have ID NYC cards. Some of the exhibitions are amazing. We really love the activist room and definitely spent more time then we should’ve. The top floor has the century exhibition which is nice but the other exhibits were more interesting in my opinion. There’s a cafe too

This is a great museum. I would highly recommend it. In particular, the activist of New York was an amazing exhibition that really stood out to me as something that was different and well structured. It was easy to go through each section and understand what the point of view was where it came from. What changed over time? The video as well on the ground floor was unbelievably. Interesting to see how New York has changed over time, where it started and that where it's going and overall a good museum where you can jump between the different sections and easily find your way

Very nicely organized museum to learn about the city. Lots history to read and love that they high lights lots of individuals as well. It was very cool to see the music section as well as the movie section on the 3rd floor. It might look small compared to other museums in the city but three hours wasn't enough for us to get through everything!!! Will definitely come back soon for more!

It was a nice 10 minutes walk through Central Park to the museum when you take 2 train from the west side! Highly recommended for both New Yorkers and tourists.

Highly recommend checking out this museum if you have even a fractional in the history of the city of New York. The museum itself is a beautiful building from the 1920s with a glorious marble staircase at its center. The exhibits were all marvelously well put together as well very digestible. There is a great 30 min documentary about the evolution of the city (narrated by Stanley Tucci) that plays in the basement. I highly recommend viewing this as it was very informative! A lot of folks seem to miss this when they visit as despite the museum being busy there were only 4 people in the theater including myself!