# MuseumList — full dataset > Every museum David has visited, personally rated on a 0–3 scale (3 = Don't miss, 2 = Worth a stop, 1 = Interesting, 0 = Skip, -1 = Awful). NYC coverage (238 museums) is believed exhaustive. Costs are USD at time of visit. Generated 2026-06-11. Canonical source: https://museumlist.org — JSON export at https://museumlist.org/data/museums.json. ## New York City (238 museums — every museum in NYC, ranked at https://museumlist.org/nyc) ## Manhattan (151) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/nyc/manhattan ### 9/11 Memorial Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "Really powerful" About: Twin reflecting pools set in the footprints of the original World Trade Center towers, inscribed with the names of the 2,983 victims. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/89/9-11-memorial ### MoMA Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Midtown, Manhattan · Cost: $28 · Would revisit Review: "The other museum you can't do in a day. Made me realize how much I love modern art: Water Lilies, Rothkos, Pollocks, all the hits." About: Works from van Gogh to Warhol & beyond plus a sculpture garden, 2 cafes & The Modern restaurant. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/4/moma ### The Cloisters Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Inwood, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "No one does a museum like the Met. This one is spectacular. Built on Rockefeller money; gives you a sense of how unimaginable their wealth was, and underscores how much better the Asia Society should be." About: Branch of the Metropolitan, showcasing medieval art in a French monastery overlooking the Hudson. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/119/the-cloisters ### The Metropolitan Museum of Art Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $25 · Would revisit Review: "Pay-what-you-wish for tri-state residents. One of the few NYC museums you can't see in a day. Collection is unmatched, even if half of it was probably looted. The Matisse/Derain show was thought-provoking. Free public lectures are great." About: A grand setting for one of the world's greatest collections of art, from ancient to contemporary. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art ### American Folk Art Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Lincoln Square, Manhattan · Free Review: "Across from Lincoln Center; everyone's wondered, no one's been. Free, full of folk art, exactly what you'd expect but bigger." About: Museum showcasing traditional folk art plus works of contemporary self-taught artists. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/37/american-folk-art-museum ### American Numismatic Society (ANS) Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Cost: $50 Review: "Never saw the gallery; talked to a curator for 90 minutes about Roman Republic coinage. Saw the first silver and bronze coins, the evolution of mints, even fake forging blocks. Recommend if you like history." About: Research society and museum for the study of coins, medals, and paper currency from antiquity to the present. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/60/american-numismatic-society-ans ### Bard Graduate Center Gallery Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Several floors, surprisingly large. Saw Sonia Delaunay; she did painting and clothing both, and I always like art outside the usual mediums." About: Bard's gallery presents scholarly exhibitions on decorative arts, design history, and material culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/55/bard-graduate-center-gallery ### Center for Italian Modern Art [CLOSED] Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Cost: $18 Review: "Bad art, nice tour guide. Strange that they highlighted the artist's painting given he was far better known as an author." About: Specialized in Italian modern and contemporary art URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/51/center-for-italian-modern-art-closed ### China Institute Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Cool gallery of interesting Chinese art. Not connected to the CCP." About: Cultural center hosting exhibitions on Chinese art, calligraphy, history, and contemporary culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/127/china-institute ### Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $22 Review: "Cool exhibit on the evolution of Olympic iconography. Other exhibits were meh. Building is a beautiful Gilded Age mansion with lots of original details; want to come back for the once-a-month architecture tour." About: The Smithsonian's design collection & rotating exhibits are on display in this historic townhouse. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/66/cooper-hewitt-smithsonian-design-museum ### Dia: Chelsea Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "Two enormous exhibits I liked. Hard to describe; just go see them." About: Cutting-edge contemporary art institute's Chelsea gallery space hosts installations & talks. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/79/dia-chelsea ### Drawing Center Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Free Review: "Large collection of drawings, all modern." About: Long-running museum presenting drawing exhibitions, plus public programs, classes & workshops. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/45/drawing-center ### Ellis Island Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Ellis Island, Island · Free · Would revisit Review: "Huge piece of NYC and American history. Pain in the ass to get to." About: Historic immigration station where 12 million arrivals were processed, now a museum of US immigration. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/133/ellis-island ### Fotografiska [CLOSED] Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Flatiron, Manhattan · Cost: $27 Review: "Closed. Cool vibe. Some photos were trippy and fun, others not." About: Photo exhibitions held in a landmark Renaissance Revival-style gallery with a cocktail bar & dining. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/47/fotografiska-closed ### Frick Madison [Moved back to 5th] Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $22 · Would revisit Review: "Strong collection, regardless of the founder's reputation. Liked how they used the Breuer building during the renovation." About: Temporary home of the Frick Collection in Marcel Breuer's brutalist building from 2021–2024, while the 70th Street mansion was renovated. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/5/frick-madison-moved-back-to-5th ### Gracie Mansion Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $10 Review: "Mayor's residence. Same era as Bartow-Pell but well kept. Interesting back-to-back. Smaller than I expected, and the view's not much." About: Built in 1799 & a mayoral residence since 1942, with public tours & events in the riverside garden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/83/gracie-mansion ### Grey Art Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Greenwich Village, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "Fantastic and shockingly large modern art collection for a museum no one's heard of. Run by NYU." About: NYU's art museum (formerly the Grey Art Gallery), showing exhibitions from the university's collection and traveling shows. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/30/grey-art-museum ### Guggenheim Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $30 · Would revisit Review: "Great but small permanent collection. Extremely exhibit-dependent: only one big exhibit at a time, hit-or-miss. Current curator is heavy on contemporary, which is unfortunate." About: Frank Lloyd Wright–designed modern art museum with an architecturally significant spiral rotunda. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/28/guggenheim-museum ### Hill Art Foundation Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free Review: "Cool vibe. Two floors with several galleries. Couches to sit and view from. Feels more like a rich hipster's apartment than a museum." About: Free Chelsea exhibition space for the Hill family's collection of modern and contemporary art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/80/hill-art-foundation ### Hispanic Society of America Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Washington Heights, Manhattan · Free Review: "Cool space; the mural room elevated this. Big room with massive murals all around. Loved sitting in the dim, gazing up. Huge." About: Museum & library housing arts of Spain, Portugal & Latin America in a beaux arts building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/118/hispanic-society-of-america ### International Center of Photography Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $18 Review: "Massive space, tons of interesting photos. Didn't expect it to be so big. Double-height rooms with a mezzanine give it real gravitas." About: Contemporary museum displaying works of modern photography, with a gift shop & public events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/90/international-center-of-photography ### Irish Hunger Memorial Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Battery Park City, Manhattan · Free About: Sculpture, containing stones from each of Ireland's counties, in remembrance of the Irish Famine. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/116/irish-hunger-memorial ### Japan Society Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Midtown East, Manhattan · Cost: $12 · Would revisit Review: "Really interesting Japanese Zen exhibit. Big space, nicely laid out. Could use more per-piece context." About: This cultural center showcases Japanese arts & also offers events like lectures & language classes. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/50/japan-society ### Korean Cultural Centre Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Midtown East, Manhattan · Free Review: "Part of the South Korean consulate. Cool exhibits in a large space, with art loaned by the chaebols. The Whanki exhibit was good." About: Korean center featuring cultural & artistic activities, exhibitions, concerts & education programs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/123/korean-cultural-centre ### Little Island Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Meatpacking, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "Not a museum, but a delightful sight." About: Island park with a striking stilt design, featuring flower beds & shows at a waterside amphitheater. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/15/little-island ### Morgan Library & Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Murray Hill, Manhattan · Cost: $28 Review: "Specialty is prints and drawings, so other mediums would help. Liked the Potter exhibit. Cool building." About: J. P. Morgan's preserved library and museum of rare manuscripts, illuminated books, drawings, and prints, with a Gutenberg Bible. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/21/morgan-library-museum ### Museum at Eldridge St Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "European-style 1800s synagogue in NYC, who knew. Impressive space; needs work but the bones are obvious. Stained glass is a must-see." About: Historic restored synagogue holds orthodox services & hosts tours, community classes & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/87/museum-at-eldridge-st ### Museum at FIT Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "Surprising one. Exhibit on sleeves was fascinating: elegant evolution with enough context for non-designers." About: Rotating exhibits & a permanent collection of garments & accessories, plus free admission. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/20/museum-at-fit ### Museum of Chinese in America Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Solid permanent exhibit on Chinese immigration to America. The temporary exhibit on the senses had dishes infused with smells you had to identify; never seen anything like it. Always appreciate something novel." About: Small museum focused on the Chinese experience in America through exhibits & public programs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/86/museum-of-chinese-in-america ### Museum of Jewish Heritage Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Cost: $18 Review: "Holocaust museum, large and extensive. Shockingly big collection of objects families got through, including several Torahs." About: Exhibits & public programs on Jewish history, life & culture in the 20th & 21st centuries. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/67/museum-of-jewish-heritage ### Museum of Natural History Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "One of NYC's AAA museums. Feels dated though: dioramas, blank nondescript hallways. Modernization attempts have been weak." About: From dinosaurs to outer space & everything in between, this huge museum showcases natural wonders. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/76/museum-of-natural-history ### Museum of Reclaimed Urban space Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: East Village, Manhattan · Free Review: "Tiny (two rooms) but really neat. Photos and snippets on LES squatting and community gardens. Took the Anarchist Walking Tour with a guy in his 50s who's a bit out there. Cool way to learn the neighborhood from the 70s on." About: Documents the East Village's squatter movement and Lower East Side activism, occupying a former squat building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/9/museum-of-reclaimed-urban-space ### Museum of Street Art Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Bowery, Manhattan · Free Review: "Take the elevator to the 20th floor of a hotel and walk down 20 flights; the stairwell is the museum. Really cool." About: Filling up a 21-floor staircase inside the citizenM hotel, 20 graffiti artists from the art collective 5Pointz were each invited to paint one floor with a specific theme related to the Bowery and Lower East Side. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/24/museum-of-street-art ### Neue Galerie Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $28 · Would revisit Review: "Saw the Klimt exhibit: large, well laid out, but light on context. Long line on a random weekday for some reason." About: Refined museum dedicated to German & Austrian art & design with a focus on the early 20th century. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/27/neue-galerie ### Nicholas Roerich Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "One of the most surprising stops on this whole journey. Three floors of really interesting art by someone I'd never heard of. Free, and unclear how it's funded." About: Single-collector museum of paintings by Russian-born mystic and artist Nicholas Roerich, set in an Upper West Side townhouse. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/17/nicholas-roerich-museum ### NY Historical Society Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan · Cost: $24 Review: "Would have been a 0 if not for an inexplicably great Tiffany Lamp exhibit on the top floor. Rest is bleh." About: West Side museum presenting New York City history via artwork, manuscripts, furniture and more. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/7/ny-historical-society ### Paley Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Midtown, Manhattan · Cost: $20 Review: "The archived footage library is the real draw; watched some otherwise lost Andy Warhol show episodes. Exhibit was meh." About: Museum housing a permanent collection of 160,000 TV/radio programs & advertisements. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/59/paley-museum ### Park Avenue Armory Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $30 Review: "Beautiful building with a lot of history." About: Landmark venue features avant-garde visual & performing arts in an industrial Gilded-Age interior. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/33/park-avenue-armory ### Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Greenwich Village, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Massive collection of Chaim Gross sculptures plus his collection of art from well-known artists. Decent guide. Liked seeing his studio." About: Greenwich Village foundation in the preserved studio of modernist sculptor Chaim Gross, with his work and personal art collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/44/renee-and-chaim-gross-foundation ### Roosevelt Island Lighthouse Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Roosevelt Island, Island · Free About: Stone lighthouse built in 1872 at the north tip of Roosevelt Island, with East River views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/41/roosevelt-island-lighthouse ### Rubin Museum [CLOSED] Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Cost: $19 Review: "Closed in 2024. Huge collection of beautiful, very old Buddhist artifacts. Cool interactive water gong. Loved the meditation rooms." About: Paintings, statues, textiles & more from Tibet, Bhutan & other Asian lands, plus rotating exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/36/rubin-museum-closed ### Smallpox Memorial Hospital Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Roosevelt Island, Island · Free About: Abandoned remnants of a former hospital/nursing school constructed in 1854 in Gothic Revival style. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/39/smallpox-memorial-hospital ### Society of Illustrators/MoCCA Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Huge collection of interesting drawings. Worth browsing; some real gems." About: Hip museum exhibiting illustrative works providing live drawing sessions & an on-site eatery. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/65/society-of-illustrators-mocca ### Statue of Liberty Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Liberty Island, Island · Free About: Iconic National Monument opened in 1886, offering guided tours & a museum, plus harbor & city views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/134/statue-of-liberty ### The Grolier Club Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Surprising one. Lots of interesting book bindings from the last few centuries." About: America’s oldest (1884) society for book lovers & graphic arts fans, offering displays & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/34/the-grolier-club ### The Intrepid Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan · Cost: $36 Review: "Hangar deck is badly done: no real planes, nothing showing what life on it was like. Flight deck is fun but the Blackbird and shuttle are replicas. The sub was cool." About: Flight museum on an aircraft carrier whose exhibits include a Concorde, submarine & space shuttle. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/3/the-intrepid ### The Room Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Roosevelt Island, Island · Free About: Tiny art project space on Roosevelt Island used for rotating installations. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/40/the-room ### Whitney Museum of American Art Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Cost: $30 Review: "Was enjoying it until I hit the AI-generated art exhibit. Deeply offended; refuse to recommend the museum because of it. Unforgivable." About: Museum exclusively featuring 20th-century & contemporary art by American artists, most still living. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/35/whitney-museum-of-american-art ### 9/11 Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Cost: $33 Review: "Design of the museum is spectacular; sets the right atmosphere and gives you the scale of the towers. Information presentation doesn't do justice to what happened." About: Underground museum at Ground Zero with exhibits on the 1993 and 2001 World Trade Center attacks, victim portraits, and recovered artifacts. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/68/9-11-museum ### African Burial Ground National Monument Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: TriBeCa, Manhattan · Free About: National Historic Landmark & monument to the 15,000 Africans buried here from the 1690s to 1794. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/72/african-burial-ground-national-monument ### American Jewish Historical Society Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Union Square, Manhattan · Free Review: "Not much to see, but if you're in the building, look in." About: Lectures, films & exhibits documenting Jewish history in the U.S. from 1654 to the present. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/146/american-jewish-historical-society ### American Sephardi Federation Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Union Square, Manhattan · Free Review: "Not much to see, but if you're in the building, look in." About: Cultural center promoting the heritage, history, and contemporary life of Sephardic Jews. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/148/american-sephardi-federation ### Americas Society Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free About: Upper East Side cultural society presenting art and ideas from across the Americas. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/162/americas-society ### Artists Space Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: TriBeCa, Manhattan · Free Review: "More gallery than museum. Some art's for sale. Worth popping in if you're walking past; low commitment." About: Art gallery with works from artists underrepresented in the city & space for provocative debates. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/158/artists-space ### Asia Society Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Big space with no real exhibits when I visited, just videos about climate change playing. Run on Rockefeller money. Should be much better." About: Asian cultural center offering events, talks, performances & an art museum with diverse exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/57/asia-society ### Banksy Museum in NYC Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Chinatown, Manhattan · Cost: $30 Review: "I think this is a money grab" About: Chinatown popup with reproductions and recreations of Banksy's most famous street works. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/224/banksy-museum-in-nyc ### Barber Shop Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free About: Upper East Side museum on the history of barbering, with vintage chairs, tools, and ephemera. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/223/barber-shop-museum ### Bernard Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Judaica museum at Temple Emanu-El. Not a single other person there, including staff. Some interesting menorahs and a notable Indian Torah. One of the best Judaica exhibits I've seen, high praise." About: Museum inside Temple Emanu-El displaying the synagogue's collection of Judaica, Torah ornaments, and ceremonial art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/56/bernard-museum ### Camera Club of NY Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Chinatown, Manhattan · Free About: Chinatown member-run photography club with rotating exhibitions in a longtime artist building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/233/camera-club-of-ny ### Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Harlem, Manhattan · Free Review: "Surprisingly large gallery of contemporary art." About: East Harlem institution on African diaspora art, music, and cultural heritage. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/141/caribbean-cultural-center-african-diaspora-institute ### Center for Architecture Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Greenwich Village, Manhattan · Free Review: "Should be cool. Instead it's pictures of some buildings and that's about it. Waste of space." About: Cultural headquarters offering design exhibits & film screenings, plus architecture tours & lectures. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/29/center-for-architecture ### Center for Book Arts Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: NoMad, Manhattan · Free About: Group exhibits within a working studio explore the book as a traditional & modern art form. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/171/center-for-book-arts ### Central Park Zoo Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Central Park, Manhattan · Cost: $20 · Would revisit Review: "Not really a museum, but went for the Power Broker / Robert Moses tie-in. The sea lion show is fun. Surprisingly big considering they shoehorned it into a corner of Central Park." About: Set within Central Park, this small zoo features penguins, sea lions, monkeys & a petting zoo. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/2/central-park-zoo ### City Hall Park Art Installation Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Free About: Public Art Fund's rotating outdoor sculpture commissions in City Hall Park, in front of the 1812 City Hall. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/222/city-hall-park-art-installation ### Daredevil Tattoo Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Literally an active tattoo shop with mementos on the walls. Friendly people. Co-owner is a licensed NYC tour guide but only does tours Fridays at 11; never been able to make it." About: Tattoo parlor and museum on the Lower East Side displaying vintage flash, machines, and ephemera. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/88/daredevil-tattoo-museum ### Dia Art Foundation - Broken Kilometer Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "Like the Earth Room: a big room of cylinders. Don't really know why." About: Walter De Maria's permanent installation of 500 brass rods on the floor of a SoHo loft. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/53/dia-art-foundation-broken-kilometer ### Dia Art Foundation - New York Earth Room Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Free Review: "One weird exhibit. You look at a room of dirt. If that's your thing, you'll like it." About: Sprawling interior sculpture by artist Walter de Maria, installed in a lofty gallery in 1977. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/52/dia-art-foundation-new-york-earth-room ### Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Inwood, Manhattan · Free Review: "Another historic house..." About: Museum in the city's only remaining Dutch colonial farmhouse (built circa 1764) & its garden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/128/dyckman-farmhouse-museum ### El Museo del Barrio Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Harlem, Manhattan · Free Review: "Spanish Harlem art. The tour guide kept asking what the art meant to the group; I want to hear what the artist intended, not other visitors. First time I encountered contemporary art on this journey, and didn't care for most of it." About: Museum devoted to Latino culture in the Americas, from the pre-Columbian era to modern times. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/12/el-museo-del-barrio ### Federal Hall National Memorial Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Free About: Museum in 1842 Customs House on site where Washington was sworn in & the Bill of Rights was written. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/172/federal-hall-national-memorial ### Gilded Age Tour Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $40 Review: "Thought it'd be a tour of actual mansions. Was really a tour of the HBO show. Still picked up a few mansions I didn't know, like one owned by NYU, the Albertine building." About: Walking tour visiting Gilded Age mansions and Carnegie-era institutions along Museum Mile. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/26/gilded-age-tour ### Grand Central Terminal Tour Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Midtown East, Manhattan · Cost: $39 About: Iconic train station known for its grand facade & main concourse, also offering shops & dining. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/216/grand-central-terminal-tour ### Grant's Tomb Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Morningside Heights, Manhattan · Free Review: "Should be interesting. Isn't. Just the tomb and some Civil War flags." About: North America's largest mausoleum, the granite resting place of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia, overlooking the Hudson. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/18/grant-s-tomb ### Hamilton Grange National Memorial Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Hamilton Heights, Manhattan · Free Review: "Another historic house, and it was moved; not even on its original site. NPS, so a ranger gives the tour." About: Restored founding father's home relocated to a park location with furnished rooms & a gift shop. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/142/hamilton-grange-national-memorial ### Harlem Fire Watchtower Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Harlem, Manhattan · Free About: Last surviving 19th-century cast-iron fire watchtower in NYC, restored in Marcus Garvey Park. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/174/harlem-fire-watchtower ### Holocaust Memorial Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flatiron, Manhattan · Free Review: "Could have used more effort, but not the worst I've seen." About: Memorial commemorating victims of the Holocaust, located in Manhattan's Garment District. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/48/holocaust-memorial ### Horological Society of New York Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Midtown, Manhattan · Free About: Small museum and society dedicated to the craft and history of mechanical timekeeping. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/70/horological-society-of-new-york ### Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Run by NYU. One exhibit was photoshopping US troops out of DoD photos from Iraq. The other was random photos from elsewhere. Felt aimless." About: NYU-affiliated program, offering talks, events & exhibits on ancient cultures, free admission. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/8/institute-for-the-study-of-the-ancient-world ### Irish Historical Society Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $20 About: Historical center & library celebrating Irish culture, history & achievements in the United States. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/217/irish-historical-society ### Jackie Robinson Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Cost: $18 Review: "Light on Robinson artifacts but a thorough life story. Liked the pieces on the important people in his life." About: Museum dedicated to the life of Jackie Robinson and his role in civil rights and baseball history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/61/jackie-robinson-museum ### Jewish Theological Seminary Library Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Morningside Heights, Manhattan · Free About: Library and exhibition spaces of the Jewish Theological Seminary, with rare manuscripts and Judaica. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/165/jewish-theological-seminary-library ### Judd Foundation Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $35 Review: "Really cool: Donald Judd's home, gives you a feel for how he lived. Completely unlivable by his own design choices. Very high ceilings, minimalist/Bauhaus feel. Would've been a 2 if not for the $35." About: Donald Judd's preserved SoHo home and studio, with permanent installations of his work and library. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/85/judd-foundation ### Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue & Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Free About: Last Romaniote (Greek-Jewish) synagogue in the Western Hemisphere, with a museum on the community. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/237/kehila-kedosha-janina-synagogue-museum ### Korea Society Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Midtown East, Manhattan · Free About: Cultural institution promoting Korean art, design, and exchange with the United States. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/194/korea-society ### Leo Baeck Institute Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Union Square, Manhattan · Free Review: "Not much to see, but if you're in the building, look in." About: Research center on the history of German-speaking Jewry, with rotating exhibits and archives. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/145/leo-baeck-institute ### Leslie-Lohman Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Cost: $10 Review: "Small. Mix of contemporary and modern: some interesting, some not for me." About: Hosts LGBT social, political & erotic art, plus educational resources, talks & performances. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/62/leslie-lohman-museum ### Little Red Lighthouse Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Washington Heights, Manhattan · Free Review: "Little lighthouse under the GW Bridge, exactly as advertised. Walk by, say 'neat,' keep walking." About: This quaint decommissioned lighthouse beneath the George Washington Bridge is open to visitors. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/143/little-red-lighthouse ### Madison Square Park Art Program Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flatiron, Manhattan · Free About: Madison Square Park Conservancy's rotating outdoor public art commissions, with major works by Sol LeWitt, Liz Glynn, and Sheila Pepe. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/219/madison-square-park-art-program ### Merchant House Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Village, Manhattan · Cost: $23 Review: "Refreshing: most historic houses are rich families or tenements; this one's a middle-class family. Liked the tour guide." About: Preserved 19th-century home of a wealthy merchant family, with intact interiors & exteriors. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/23/merchant-house-museum ### Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Free About: Lower East Side foundation in the former synagogue-turned-studio of two Abstract Expressionist painters. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/170/milton-resnick-and-pat-passlof-foundation ### Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: West Harlem, Manhattan · Free Review: "Columbia's gallery. Visited during the MFA thesis show; cool." About: Campus-curated exhibits depicting various historical periods in art from an array of sources. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/120/miriam-and-ira-d-wallach-art-gallery ### Mmuseumm Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: TriBeCa, Manhattan · Free Review: "Hole-in-the-wall with little samples: different elements, soils from around the world, water from different oceans." About: Tribeca micro-museum housing rotating collections of small everyday objects in a converted freight elevator, viewable through its window. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/126/mmuseumm ### MoCADA Abolition House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Governors Island, Island · Free About: Museum of contemporary art representing issues of the African diaspora. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/186/mocada-abolition-house ### Morris-Jumel Mansion Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Washington Heights, Manhattan · Cost: $18 Review: "Another historic house. Nothing interesting." About: Manhattan's oldest surviving house (1765), atop Sugar Hill in Washington Heights, used as Washington's headquarters during the Revolution. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/117/morris-jumel-mansion ### Mossman Lock Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Midtown, Manhattan · Free Review: "Second floor of the same building as HSNY. Big lock collection. They give you a book and tell you good luck; not exactly immersive." About: Collection of antique locks and keys at the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/122/mossman-lock-museum ### Museum of Arts & Design Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Columbus Circle, Manhattan · Free Review: "Bigger than expected. Hate when a free museum has a paid exhibit. Cool to see the artist studios on the upper floors." About: Columbus Circle museum on contemporary craft, art, and design across ceramics, jewelry, fiber, glass, and digital media. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/22/museum-of-arts-design ### Museum of Broadway Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Times Square, Manhattan · Cost: $42 Review: "Went thinking it'd be a tourist trap. The price says yes, the curation says no. Lots of artifacts and a real effort to convey Broadway's history." About: Times Square museum on the history of Broadway theatre, with show-by-show exhibits, costumes, and immersive sets. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/97/museum-of-broadway ### Museum of Illusions Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Cost: $34 Review: "In hindsight, a kids' museum. Has enough to keep an adult entertained while supervising. Pricey. Some illusions were neat. Missed opportunity in the gift shop: no cool mug." About: Chelsea attraction filled with optical illusions, kaleidoscopes, holograms, and tilted rooms. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/78/museum-of-illusions ### Museum of Sex Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flatiron, Manhattan · Cost: $43 Review: "100% tourist trap. Zero redeeming qualities." About: Intimate museum chronicling the evolution of human sexuality in ever-changing exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/49/museum-of-sex ### Museum of the City of NY Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Free Review: "Surprisingly large and popular. Felt very superficial: broad and thin." About: Photos, maps & other artifacts trace NYC history from its 16th-century birth to the present day. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/13/museum-of-the-city-of-ny ### National Academy of Design Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free Review: "Surprisingly large space. Nothing grabbed me. Liked one architectural scale model. Otherwise meh." About: Museum focused on prominent American artists & architects, with special exhibits, talks & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/81/national-academy-of-design ### National Arts Club Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Gramercy Park, Manhattan · Free About: Gramercy Park arts club in a historic mansion, hosting rotating member and guest exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/232/national-arts-club ### National Jazz Museum in Harlem Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Central Harlem, Manhattan · Free About: Tiny Harlem museum illustrating the history of jazz via photographs, recordings & listening parties. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/200/national-jazz-museum-in-harlem ### National Museum of American Indian Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Battery Park, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "Smithsonian, so security was a notch tighter, and the check-in guards were assholes. Collection is interesting but lacks per-item context. Cases of stuff after a tribe blurb didn't connect me to the work." About: Native American art & artifacts, some going back 12,000 years, displayed in a former customs house. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/10/national-museum-of-american-indian ### New Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bowery, Manhattan · Cost: $22 Review: "Decent contemporary collection. Not my favorite, not a waste." About: Contemporary art museum housed in a sleek white building with a gift shop & cafe in the lobby. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/25/new-museum ### New York Marble Cemetery Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Village, Manhattan · Free About: Half-acre 1830s burial ground with marble underground vaults, opened to the public on rare days. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/98/new-york-marble-cemetery ### New York Public Library Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bryant Park, Manhattan · Free About: Beaux-arts NYC flagship library with Rose Main Reading Room, exhibitions, and the Astor and Lenox collections, flanked by Patience and Fortitude. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/176/new-york-public-library ### New York School of Interior Design Gallery Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Big photos of designer projects with very little text on the thinking behind them. Photos weren't even high res." About: Student and faculty exhibitions on interior design, decorative arts, and architecture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/73/new-york-school-of-interior-design-gallery ### Poster House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free · Would revisit Review: "First of the smaller museums I went to. Big poster collection. Free day is a plus." About: Graphic design & advertising posters on display, ranging from Art Nouveau to political propaganda. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/6/poster-house ### Rose Museum @ Carnegie Hall Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Midtown, Manhattan · Free Review: "Basically nothing inside: a few mementos, mainly conductor batons. There's a Breguet wall clock in the next room." About: Tucked inside Carnegie Hall, this small museum traces the venue's history and legendary performers. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/38/rose-museum-carnegie-hall ### Salmagundi Club Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Greenwich Village, Manhattan · Free About: Greenwich Village's historic art club, with rotating member exhibitions in a 19th-century brownstone. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/226/salmagundi-club ### Scandinavia House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Midtown East, Manhattan · Free Review: "Small space that will never be busy. Faroe Islands art when I went, interesting but not worth seeking out. Hidden, but not sure it's a gem." About: Cultural center exploring Scandinavian art, history & ideas through events & exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/99/scandinavia-house ### Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Greenwich Village, Manhattan · Free About: Parsons / The New School's Greenwich Village gallery for design and architecture exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/187/sheila-c-johnson-design-center ### Skyscraper Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Battery Park, Manhattan · Free Review: "Half-assed. Mostly just pictures of skyscrapers. The wood exhibit had potential but was just stats on a wall." About: Sleek gallery hosting exhibits & programs exploring history of tall buildings in New York & beyond. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/14/skyscraper-museum ### Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan · Free About: A monument to the soldiers and sailors who fought in the American Civil War. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/19/soldiers-and-sailors-monument ### South Street Seaport Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Free Review: "Nothing in the museum is worth seeing. The ship has nothing on it either. Cargo hold scale was the only fun part. Skip." About: Institution housing paintings, ship models, scrimshaw & more with vintage ships docked outside. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/71/south-street-seaport-museum ### Stonewall National Monument Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free About: First US national monument honoring LGBTQ+ rights, centered on Christopher Park across from the Stonewall Inn, site of the 1969 uprising. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/220/stonewall-national-monument ### Terrain Gallery Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Free About: SoHo gallery affiliated with the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, exhibiting figurative art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/188/terrain-gallery ### The Africa Center Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "More restaurant than museum. Mildly interesting photos. Curious about the vibe when the restaurant's actually open." About: Cultural institution at the top of Museum Mile dedicated to African art, business, and contemporary culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/75/the-africa-center ### The Arts Center at Governors Island Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Governors Island, Island · Free About: Rotating contemporary art exhibitions in the former officers' housing on Governors Island. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/185/the-arts-center-at-governors-island ### The Blockhouse Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: South Harlem, Manhattan · Free About: Lone surviving War of 1812 fortification, in the rocky North Woods of Central Park. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/215/the-blockhouse ### The Brant Foundation Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Village, Manhattan · Free About: Peter Brant's contemporary art foundation in a converted East Village ConEd substation. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/169/the-brant-foundation ### The Jewish Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Museum Mile, Manhattan · Cost: $18 · Would revisit Review: "When I went: contemporary art on the first floor, plus uninteresting Judaica. Two of my dislikes in one place." About: Museum of Jewish art and culture in a Gilded Age mansion on Museum Mile, with 30,000 works spanning 4,000 years. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/16/the-jewish-museum ### The Shed Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Hudson Yards, Manhattan · Free About: Hudson Yards arts venue commissioning new work in art, performance, and culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/175/the-shed ### Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flatiron, Manhattan · Free Review: "Park ranger leads the tour. Recreation of TR's birth house, built by his wife and sisters after he died. He didn't even spend much time there before the family moved to a 5th Avenue mansion." About: Museum founded in 1923 offering guided tours of period rooms in historic home of the 26th president. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/46/theodore-roosevelt-birthplace-national-historic-site ### Tibet House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free Review: "Run by monks? Interesting Tibetan tapestries. Staff seemed nice." About: Sprawling complex that promotes Tibetan culture with a Buddhist shrine, exhibition space & library. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/77/tibet-house ### Ukranian Institute Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Exhibits whatever, but the Gilded Age mansion is spectacular, feels original in a way none of the other surviving mansions do." About: Housed in a lavish building, this center hosts art & music events spotlighting Ukrainian culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/74/ukranian-institute ### Wesley Chapel Museum at John Street Methodist Church Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Free About: America's oldest Methodist congregation, with a small museum on John Street's church history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/173/wesley-chapel-museum-at-john-street-methodist-church ### White Columns Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: West Village, Manhattan · Free About: West Village artist-run space (founded 1970) showing experimental work by emerging artists, often without commercial gallery affiliations. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/168/white-columns ### Yeshiva University Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Union Square, Manhattan · Free Review: "Somewhat interesting tapestry exhibit by a Holocaust survivor. If you're in the building, look in." About: Museum founded in 1973 focusing on Jewish history & culture, with lectures, films, concerts & more. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/147/yeshiva-university-museum ### YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Union Square, Manhattan · Free Review: "Exhibit on the post-1948 Yiddish vs. Hebrew conflict. Really interesting history I didn't know." About: Leading research center on Yiddish and Eastern European Jewish life, with exhibitions and archives. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/144/yivo-institute-for-jewish-research ### AKC Museum of the Dog Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Midtown East, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Not what I expected. The whole museum is oil paintings of dogs. Saw maybe one German Shepherd; not worth it." About: Collections of dog-themed paintings, ceramics & bronzes, plus interactive exhibits & a library. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/96/akc-museum-of-the-dog ### Austrian Cultural Forum New York Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Midtown, Manhattan · Free Review: "Weird. Exhibit on 70s home design with everything in German, no English. Doesn't seem like good cultural ambassadorship. The front guard was shocked anyone visited." About: Free events showcasing modern Austrian art, literature & music hosted by the Austrian consulate. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/64/austrian-cultural-forum-new-york ### Castle Clinton Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Battery Park, Manhattan · Free Review: "Went for the Power Broker tie-in. It's just where you wait for the Statue of Liberty ferry. Unremarkable." About: Circular fort from 1808-1811 & later an immigration center, now a small museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/11/castle-clinton ### Castle Williams Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Governors Island, Island · Free About: Early 19th-century circular sandstone fortification on Governors Island with harbor views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/184/castle-williams ### Climate Museum [CLOSED] Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Free Review: "Pop-up on climate change, poorly executed. Walls of text, badly edited. Not compelling." About: The first museum dedicated to climate change and climate solutions in the United States. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/43/climate-museum-closed ### Czech Center Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free Review: "Hard to know when it's even open (Mon–Thu only?). Exhibit on Czech gaming was statistics on the walls and two unlogged-in PCs that staff couldn't explain. Hilariously indifferent." About: Czech cultural center on the Upper East Side hosting exhibitions on Czech art, music, and design. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/58/czech-center ### Dr. Bernard Heller Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Greenwich Village, Manhattan · Free Review: "Lobby of Hebrew Union College. Not really a museum. Guard let me peek even though it wasn't open. With Czech Center, the two hardest Manhattan museums to get into." About: HUC-JIR's gallery showcasing contemporary Jewish and Israeli art from its permanent collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/124/dr-bernard-heller-museum ### Fort Jay Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Governors Island, Island · Free About: National Park Service site, featuring tours of Fort Jay & Castle Williams on an island in NY Harbor. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/183/fort-jay ### Fraunces Tavern Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Financial District, Manhattan · Cost: $10 Review: "Tourist trap above a tavern. Yes, Washington ate there a lot, but the museum isn't interesting. Tour guide was bad. Got stuck in a deeply weird, racist exchange between the guide and the security guard while waiting for my tour." About: Restored 18th-century tavern where Washington bid farewell to his officers, with Revolutionary-era exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/69/fraunces-tavern-museum ### Ginseng Museum Cafe Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: NoMad, Manhattan · Free About: NoMad cafe and small museum on the history and uses of Korean ginseng. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/235/ginseng-museum-cafe ### International Print Center Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Chelsea, Manhattan · Free Review: "Had high hopes, all let down. Huge space, mostly empty, and what was there wasn't interesting." About: Spacious, loftlike exhibition space & nonprofit learning center devoted to fine art prints. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/63/international-print-center ### Italian American Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Little Italy, Manhattan · Cost: $15 About: Small museum with permanent & rotating exhibits documenting Italian American history & heritage. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/236/italian-american-museum ### Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Times Square, Manhattan · Cost: $50 Review: "Tourist trap. Bad wax replicas of people you don't care about." About: Museum chain for life-size wax replicas of famous Americans & historic icons in themed galleries. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/84/madame-tussaud-s-wax-museum ### Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $18 Review: "Why does this still exist? Not historic, not beautiful. Tour starts with a 20-min VHS about NYC of the period. Geared for kids more than adults wanting history." About: Historic stone former carriage house & hotel offering a look at 19th-century New York life. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/157/mount-vernon-hotel-museum ### NYC Fire Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: SoHo, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Felt like donated junk. Old engines were neat but no context; would've loved a timeline of innovations. Joined as a member only because it's the cheapest path to a NARM card." About: Exhibits at this 1904 ex-firehouse include firefighting tools, uniforms, vehicles & a 9/11 memorial. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/54/nyc-fire-museum ### SKYSCAPE Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Midtown, Manhattan · Cost: $53 Review: "100% tourist trap. Don't go. I doubt kids would even like it." About: Interactive spy-themed experiences, plus a museum with spy gadgets & historic artifacts. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/42/skyscape ### Swiss Institute Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: East Village, Manhattan · Free Review: "Don't know what this place is or why it exists. The exhibit was sounds. Didn't get it." About: East Village contemporary art space promoting Swiss and international artists with rotating exhibitions and public programs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/32/swiss-institute ### Tenement Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan · Cost: $30 Review: "Historic-house museum on steroids. Didn't like the 100-Years-Apart tour, didn't like the guide. Bought a membership to try more. EDIT: another building tour and a walking tour later, downgraded 1 → 0. Avoid: complete waste of time." About: 1863 preserved tenement building brings Lower East Side immigrant stories to life with guided tours. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/125/tenement-museum ### The Arsenal Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Central Park, Manhattan · Free Review: "Looks cool from outside. Inside it's the most municipal building I've ever been in; gallery felt like a public school cafeteria with photos hung. Guards were shocked anyone came to see the gallery." About: Fortress-like building from the mid-19th century, with a 3rd-floor gallery for art exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/121/the-arsenal ### Ukrainian Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: East Village, Manhattan · Cost: $15 Review: "Random Ukrainian artifacts in a room with no context. Modern art was awful too. Disliked." About: Museum dedicated to Ukrainian folk & fine art, including woven textiles, paintings & ceramics. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/31/ukrainian-museum ## Brooklyn (28) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/nyc/brooklyn ### Brooklyn Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free · Would revisit Review: "Zero expectations going in, blown away. Assyrian and Egyptian collections are fantastic, mummies included. Same looting issue as the Met. Worth the trek." About: Beaux Arts landmark famed for ancient & modern art collections & world-class temporary exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/93/brooklyn-museum ### Brooklyn Botanic Garden Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Cost: $22 · Would revisit About: A kid-friendly annual cherry blossom festival, a Japanese garden & more, spread across 52 acres. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/218/brooklyn-botanic-garden ### NY Transit Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Downtown, Brooklyn · Cost: $10 · Would revisit Review: "Every subway type from the early 1900s on, parked in the tunnels under the museum. Worth the visit alone. Great for kids, also genuinely interesting for adults." About: Housed in a 1936 subway station, this museum features interactive exhibits like vintage trains. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/91/ny-transit-museum ### Amud Aish Memorial Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Mill Basin, Brooklyn · Cost: $25 About: Mill Basin museum on the Holocaust focused on Jewish religious life, faith, and resistance. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/205/amud-aish-memorial-museum ### Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 92 Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn · Free About: Featuring the history & innovation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, this museum offer exhibits & a tour. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/167/brooklyn-navy-yard-building-92 ### Brooklyn Seltzer Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Cypress Hills, Brooklyn · Cost: $25 · Would revisit Review: "Fun!" About: Museum at NYC's last seltzer bottling plant, with vintage delivery trucks and seltzer siphons. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/195/brooklyn-seltzer-museum ### Center for Brooklyn History Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn · Free About: Stately museum & historical society in an 1881 landmark building with exhibits on Brooklyn history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/177/center-for-brooklyn-history ### Harbor Defense Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn · Free · Would revisit Review: "On a military base which is neat, meh museum. You can absolutely walk on without an appointment, but the guards can be annoying about it." About: Military museum housed in a 19th-century fort showcasing historic weapons, uniforms, cannons & more. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/199/harbor-defense-museum ### Interference Archive Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn · Free Review: "Archive of literature and prints around resisting the government. Small with a rotating exhibit. All-volunteer, friendly." About: Park Slope volunteer-run archive of social movement print culture, posters, and political ephemera. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/137/interference-archive ### International Studio & Curatorial Program Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Free About: International artist residency in East Williamsburg with rotating open studios and exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/197/international-studio-curatorial-program ### Lefferts Historic House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn · Free About: This circa 1783 home with a working garden & period rooms depicts Brooklyn family life in the 1820s. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/178/lefferts-historic-house ### Museum of Food and Drink Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Dumbo, Brooklyn · Cost: $15 Review: "Interesting, but overpriced" About: Dumbo museum exploring food culture, history, and science through immersive exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/196/museum-of-food-and-drink ### Old Stone House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn · Free Review: "Historical house turned Battle of Brooklyn museum, with a second-floor gallery. After all the period interiors, I appreciated that they didn't try to preserve this one. One brief mention of Robert Moses being involved in the restoration, interesting." About: Reconstructed Dutch farmstead & site of the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, with local history displays. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/136/old-stone-house ### Pioneer Works Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn · Free About: Arts center with rotating art exhibitions & workshops, plus artist talks & live music. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/231/pioneer-works ### Pratt Institute Sculpture Park Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn · Free About: Outdoor sculpture park on Pratt's Brooklyn campus, with rotating large-scale contemporary works. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/159/pratt-institute-sculpture-park ### Prison Ship Martyrs Monument Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Fort Greene, Brooklyn · Free About: Memorial to 11,500 Americans who died on British prison ships during the Revolutionary War. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/135/prison-ship-martyrs-monument ### The Bone Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Cost: $20 About: East Williamsburg curiosity museum and shop displaying bones, taxidermy, and natural oddities. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/160/the-bone-museum ### Valentine Museum of Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flatlands, Brooklyn · Free About: Flatlands museum showcasing emerging contemporary artists in southern Brooklyn. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/234/valentine-museum-of-art ### Von King Cultural Arts Center Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn · Free About: Public complex offering indoor & outdoor recreation facilities, plus a computer resource center. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/182/von-king-cultural-arts-center ### Waterfront Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn · Free Review: "In the boonies of Red Hook: a barge a guy lives on, opened to the public. Cool Rube Goldberg machine. Three nearby restaurants had lines around the block." About: The museum seeks to educate about maritime history & expand waterfront access in the metro area. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/94/waterfront-museum ### Weeksville Heritage Center Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Crown Heights, Brooklyn · Free Review: "Another historical house, but with real history: free Black families hiding here during the Civil War draft riots. Friendly staff." About: Museum exploring the history of a 19th-century African American community in Brooklyn. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/138/weeksville-heritage-center ### Williamsburg Art & Historical Center Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Free About: An ornate 1867-vintage former bank building houses an art gallery with diverse shows & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/166/williamsburg-art-historical-center ### Wyckoff House Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: East Flatbush, Brooklyn · Free Review: "Another historic house..." About: Circa-1652 home built by Netherlands native Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, featuring artifacts & a garden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/139/wyckoff-house-museum ### City Reliquary Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Cost: $10 Review: "A museum of junk. Don't bother." About: Quirky storefront museum that's filled with New York City artifacts & hosts annual cultural events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/95/city-reliquary-museum ### Coney Island Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn · Cost: $5 Review: "Charges money it shouldn't ($5). Skip. No interesting content, no narrative, just hodgepodge. Doesn't answer why Coney Island became the hellscape it is. Staff unwelcoming. Most surprising thing was the dozen other people there. Save your money; don't go even if you're standing in front of it." About: A collection of antiques offers a look into Coney Island's past along with special events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/161/coney-island-museum ### Living Torah Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Kensington, Brooklyn · Cost: $10 Review: "Bizarre, had to see it to believe it" About: Appointment-only museum displaying period artifacts mentioned in the Torah & other ancient objects. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/198/living-torah-museum ### Salvator Mundi Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn · Free Review: "Why does this exist? It's a painting in front of a door, and they sell tomato sauce. Google Maps directions are wrong; the owner is friendly and helped me find it. But: why the tomato sauce." About: Carroll Gardens museum dedicated to the painting Salvator Mundi, the Salvator Mundi story, and works inspired by it. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/92/salvator-mundi-museum ### Vander Ende–Onderdonk House Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn · Cost: $5 Review: "Another historic house... I really need to figure out how to enjoy these; there are a lot more to go." About: Bushwick's oldest Dutch colonial stone house, built in 1709 and restored as a museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/140/vander-ende-onderdonk-house ## Queens (21) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/nyc/queens ### The Noguchi Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Astoria, Queens · Cost: $16 · Would revisit Review: "Awesome, in the middle of nowhere Astoria. Painful to get to from the UWS. Big space full of interesting sculptures and some paintings. Recommend." About: Galleries & exhibits dedicated to artist & architect Isamu Noguchi plus a serene sculpture garden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/112/the-noguchi-museum ### MoMA PS1 Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Long Island City, Queens · Free Review: "Old school building, weird vibe, by design. Liked some exhibits, not all. The sky room is extremely peaceful and worth visiting on its own." About: Museum of Modern Art-run venue for experimental & contemporary art & events, set in an old school. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/110/moma-ps1 ### Museum of Moving Image Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Astoria, Queens · Cost: $20 Review: "Huge collection of items from movies. Neat." About: The history of film, television & digital media told via interactive displays, plus screenings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/114/museum-of-moving-image ### Queens Botanical Garden Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Cost: $6 About: 39 acres planted for the 1939 World's Fair, expanded for 1964 fair, offers themed gardens & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/204/queens-botanical-garden ### Bayside Historical Society Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bay Terrace, Queens · Free Review: "A 'castle', really the officers' club from old Fort Totten. Weird vibe. Stop in if you're literally in front of it; otherwise not worth the trip." About: This storied building houses exhibits on local history & hosts events & cultural programs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/149/bayside-historical-society ### Bowne House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Free Review: "Another historic house, but a fun Swarthmore connection: founded by a Quaker (or Quaker-adjacent) and most of the family archives ended up at Swat. Staff has been trying, unsuccessfully, to get them back, and may need to send people down to digitize what Swat hasn't yet." About: Preserved 17th-century Anglo-Dutch home displaying early American artifacts offering group tours. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/151/bowne-house ### Godwin-Ternbach Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Free About: Queens College museum with antiquities, paintings, and decorative arts spanning many cultures. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/203/godwin-ternbach-museum ### King Manor Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Jamaica, Queens · Free Review: "Another historic house, a little more interesting for the Queens history it tells." About: Historic 1806 home of Rufus King, a signer of the Constitution & anti-slavery activist, with tours. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/154/king-manor-museum ### Louis Armstrong House Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Corona, Queens · Cost: $10 About: Guided tours offered of the furnished house & gardens where the famed jazz trumpeter lived. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/179/louis-armstrong-house-museum ### Museum of Urban Arts Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Long Island City, Queens · Free About: Long Island City space showcasing contemporary urban and street art exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/111/museum-of-urban-arts ### Queens Historical Society Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Free About: This 18th-century home features exhibits on Queens history & rooms with period furnishings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/180/queens-historical-society ### Queens Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Free Review: "Decent-sized contemporary art museum. After the Brooklyn Museum I expected more; let down." About: Visual arts on display along with The Panorama, a building-for-building model of New York City. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/152/queens-museum ### SculptureCenter Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Long Island City, Queens · Free Review: "Even more befuddling than the Dias, and this one had artist writeups. A cavernous gray room; without the map you'd never find the art, it blends right in." About: Artist-founded space that commissions & shows contemporary work by emerging & established artists. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/155/sculpturecenter ### The Living Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bellerose, Queens · Free About: Studio and gallery at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center where current and former patients create art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/238/the-living-museum ### Fort Tilden Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Breezy Point, Queens · Free · Would revisit About: This former U.S. Army base is now a tranquil park with a beach & nesting areas for piping plovers. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/206/fort-tilden ### Lewis Latimer House Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Free Review: "Another historic house..." About: Historical house-turned-museum of a well-known African American inventor & electrical pioneer. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/153/lewis-latimer-house-museum ### Mets Hall of Fame & Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Free Review: "Not much there, which to be fair, the Mets suck" About: A collection of artifacts and memorabilia from the New York Mets baseball team. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/181/mets-hall-of-fame-museum ### Socrates Sculpture Park Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Astoria, Queens · Free Review: "Ratty park with a few half-hearted, uninteresting sculptures." About: Large-scale sculpture & multimedia installations in a park built on a former landfill site. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/113/socrates-sculpture-park ### Underpenny Plane and Cast Iron Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Long Island City, Queens · Free Review: "Not sure if it's a pawn shop. The owner has thousands of 19th-century PA cast-iron trivets and a lot of hand planes. Trivets are for sale only because his wife won't let him keep that many. Total passion project." About: Eccentric Long Island City collection of antique tools, planes, and cast iron objects. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/109/underpenny-plane-and-cast-iron-museum ### Voelker Orth Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Flushing, Queens · Free Review: "Another historic house..." About: House museum, Victorian garden & bird sanctuary restored to their 1880s state & open for tours. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/150/voelker-orth-museum ### WHAM! Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Woodside, Queens · Free About: Woodside artist-run space with rotating contemporary exhibitions and community programs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/115/wham ## Bronx (13) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/nyc/bronx ### Maritime Industry Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Throgs Neck, Bronx · Free Review: "Fun museum, off the beaten path" About: SUNY Maritime College museum on shipping, naval architecture, and the merchant marine. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/163/maritime-industry-museum ### New York Botanical Garden Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Fordham, Bronx · Cost: $35 · Would revisit Review: "Biggest and best garden in the City" About: Sprawling spot of 50 gardens, 30,000 trees & landmark glasshouse with rain forest & cactus displays. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/156/new-york-botanical-garden ### Wave Hill Public Garden & Cultural Center Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Riverdale, Bronx · Cost: $10 Review: "Beautiful botanic gardens with a great view of the Palisades. Gallery is small and forgettable. Would visit again for the grounds." About: Expansive, manicured public garden with wooded paths, benches & Hudson River views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/130/wave-hill-public-garden-cultural-center ### Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Baychester, Bronx · Cost: $15 Review: "Old mansion near Pelham, in terrible shape. Claim to fame: La Guardia stayed there while Moses built Orchard Beach. Grounds are nice. My take: tear down the house, focus on the grounds." About: Landmark estate with an 1830s mansion, restored gardens & carriage house, now open to public. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/82/bartow-pell-mansion-museum ### Bronx Museum of Arts Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Concourse Village, Bronx · Free Review: "Tiny space, contemporary art I didn't care for. Renovating their main building through 2025; should quadruple in size and finally show the permanent collection. Will revisit." About: Specializing in contemporary art by New Yorkers of Latin, Asian & African-American descent. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/131/bronx-museum-of-arts ### Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Fordham, Bronx · Free About: Fordham University's collection of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities, in the Bronx. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/230/fordham-museum-of-greek-etruscan-and-roman-art ### New York Yankees Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Highbridge, Bronx · Free About: Inside Yankee Stadium: signed balls, championship trophies, and Monument Park memorabilia. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/225/new-york-yankees-museum ### Van Cortlandt House Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riverdale, Bronx · Cost: $5 Review: "Another historic house..." About: This historic, 18th-century house on a 1,000-acre urban park has many heirlooms on display. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/129/van-cortlandt-house-museum ### City Island Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: City Island, Bronx · Cost: $8 Review: "Junk plus a chunk of City Island history I didn't know. First museum I went to with someone (Mom, on Mother's Day). Would've been a 1 if it were free." About: Open on the weekends, this museum houses artifacts & photos on City Island & its boating history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/132/city-island-museum ### Derfner Judaica Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Riverdale, Bronx · Free About: Collection of Jewish ceremonial art & cultural exhibitions, plus educational programs & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/164/derfner-judaica-museum ### Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Fordham, Bronx · Cost: $5 About: Last home (1846–49) of the famous poet & author with period furnishings & exhibits on his life. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/229/edgar-allan-poe-cottage ### Lehman College Art Gallery Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Kingsbridge, Bronx · Free About: Gallery featuring contemporary emerging artists & dedicated to making art accessible to the public. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/228/lehman-college-art-gallery ### Museum of Bronx History Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Norwood, Bronx · Cost: $5 About: Bi-annual exhibits about the history of the Bronx in a circa-1758 stone farmhouse. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/227/museum-of-bronx-history ## Staten Island (16) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/nyc/staten-island ### Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Snug Harbor, Staten Island · Cost: $5 · Would revisit Review: "The Chinese Garden is spectacular: traditional house on landscaped grounds with ponds, very tranquil. Didn't care for the gallery." About: 19th-century home for retired sailors now features cultural events, sculptures & a fountain. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/102/snug-harbor-cultural-center-botanical-garden ### Historic Richmond Town Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Richmondtown, Staten Island · Cost: $11 · Would revisit About: 100-acre site exploring the diversity of the American experience, from colonial days to the present. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/189/historic-richmond-town ### Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island · Cost: $10 · Would revisit Review: "Really cool, feels like you're in a different world" About: Museum built in the style of a hillside Tibetan monastery with 15th- to 20th-century Buddhist art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/190/jacques-marchais-museum-of-tibetan-art ### Alice Austen House Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Rosebank, Staten Island · Free Review: "The millionth historical house I've seen. Meh. Pretty grounds and a great view of NYC." About: Museum chronicling Victorian photographer Alice Austen, set in one of the oldest homes in New York. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/105/alice-austen-house-museum ### Conference House Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tottenville, Staten Island · Free Review: "What a schlep" About: This historic riverfront home was the site of failed peace talks during the Revolutionary War. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/191/conference-house-museum ### Fort Wadsworth Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island · Free About: Historic harbor fortifications guarding the Verrazzano Narrows, now a national park unit. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/202/fort-wadsworth ### Garibaldi-Meucci Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Rosebank, Staten Island · Free Review: "House where Garibaldi and Meucci lived. Neither invented the telephone." About: Old home of inventor Antonio Meucci & Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi turned museum with artifacts. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/107/garibaldi-meucci-museum ### National Lighthouse Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: St. George, Staten Island · Cost: $10 Review: "Lighthouse stuff. Some original glass lenses were cool." About: Intimate museum with exhibits about the history of lighthouses, with an emphasis on local examples. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/104/national-lighthouse-museum ### Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Snug Harbor, Staten Island · Cost: $5 About: Snug Harbor's contemporary art center, presenting rotating exhibitions in historic Greek Revival buildings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/100/newhouse-center-for-contemporary-art ### Noble Maritime Collection Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Snug Harbor, Staten Island · Free Review: "Staten Island ship museum. Cool model ships and ship paintings. If you're into model ships, go. Otherwise skip." About: Museum displaying works by noted marine artist John A. Noble, plus his restored houseboat studio. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/101/noble-maritime-collection ### Sri Lankan Art Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stapleton, Staten Island · Cost: $15 About: Stapleton museum dedicated to Sri Lankan visual art and cultural heritage. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/201/sri-lankan-art-museum ### Staten Island Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Snug Harbor, Staten Island · Free Review: "Nothing of real interest. Small artifact collection and a (fake) wooly mammoth." About: General-interest museum with exhibits covering local history, art & the natural sciences. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/103/staten-island-museum ### Staten Island Range Light Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island · Free About: Active 1912 rear range light atop Lighthouse Hill, still guiding ships in the harbor. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/193/staten-island-range-light ### The Crimson Beech Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island · Free About: Frank Lloyd Wright's only New York City house, prefabricated and assembled on Staten Island in 1959. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/192/the-crimson-beech ### Billiou–Stillwell–Perine House Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Dongan Hills, Staten Island · Cost: $10 Review: "Oldest building on Staten Island. Dubious other qualities." About: Staten Island's oldest house, with a Dutch fieldstone core dating to 1662. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/108/billiou-stillwell-perine-house ### Museum of Maritime Navigation Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Rosebank, Staten Island · Free Review: "More of a kids' museum. You can see everything in it on the website, and you'll see why it gets a 0." About: Staten Island museum tracing the history of maritime navigation through instruments and charts. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/106/museum-of-maritime-navigation ## NYC area: bridges, monuments, and outside the five boroughs (9) ### Brooklyn Bridge Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Brooklyn-Manhattan, Bridge · Free About: Iconic Gothic-arched suspension bridge opened in 1883, the first to span the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/207/brooklyn-bridge ### Williamsburg Bridge Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Brooklyn-Manhattan, Bridge · Free About: Suspension bridge opened in 1903 linking the Lower East Side and Williamsburg, with car, subway, bike, and pedestrian access. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/208/williamsburg-bridge ### Roosevelt Island Bridge Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Roosevelt Island-Queens, Bridge · Free About: 418-ft. vertical lift bridge for pedestrian & vehicle traffic between Queens & Roosevelt Island. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/210/roosevelt-island-bridge ### High Bridge Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bronx-Manhattan, Bridge · Free About: Built in 1848, New York City’s oldest bridge is now a steel-arch hike & bike path with river views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/212/high-bridge ### Marine Parkway Bridge Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Brooklyn-Queens, Bridge · Free About: Vertical-lift bridge connecting Brooklyn to the Rockaway peninsula, opened in 1937. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/214/marine-parkway-bridge ### Manhattan Bridge Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Brooklyn-Manhattan, Bridge · Free About: Suspension bridge opened in 1909 between Chinatown and Downtown Brooklyn, carrying cars, four subway lines, and a bike path. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/221/manhattan-bridge ### Pulaski Bridge Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Brooklyn-Queens, Bridge · Free About: Drawbridge linking Greenpoint and Long Island City, with pedestrian and bike views of Manhattan. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/209/pulaski-bridge ### Queensboro Bridge Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Queens-Manhattan, Bridge · Free About: Cantilever bridge opened in 1909 between Manhattan and Long Island City, with a pedestrian and bike path on the south outer roadway. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/211/queensboro-bridge ### Broadway Bridge Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Bronx-Manhattan, Bridge · Free About: Vertical-lift bridge over the Harlem River carrying Broadway and the 1 train between Manhattan and the Bronx; current span opened 1962. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/213/broadway-bridge ## Beyond NYC (324 museums — city rankings index at https://museumlist.org/city) ## Tallinn, Estonia (38) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/tallinn ### Estonian Applied Art and Design Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $8.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum of Estonian design, ceramics, glass, textiles, and furniture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1159/estonian-applied-art-and-design-museum ### Estonian Museum of Architecture Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "By far the best architecture museum I have been to" About: Local architectural history explored through drawings & models in this museum in a former warehouse. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1152/estonian-museum-of-architecture ### Kumu Art Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Award-winning 7-story museum completed in 2006 & showcasing some two centuries of Estonian art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1176/kumu-art-museum ### Estonian Maritime Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $16.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit About: Estonian Maritime Museum in Fat Margaret tower, with seafaring history and ship models. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1153/estonian-maritime-museum ### Kadriorg Art Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Foreign art museum in a baroque palace erected in the 18th century by Tsar Peter the Great. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1177/kadriorg-art-museum ### Kiek in de Kök Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $17.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Restored cannon tower from the 15th century, now museum with exhibits & tours of secret tunnels. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1147/kiek-in-de-k-k-museum ### Maarjamäe Palace Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $12.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Historic venue with interpretive displays & artifacts related to Estonian culture & politics. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1170/maarjam-e-palace ### Museum of Puppetry Arts Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Puppet theater founded in 1952, with puppet museum & expanded repertoire of plays & musicals. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1148/museum-of-puppetry-arts ### Seaplane Harbour – The Estonian Maritime Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Hard to describe the scale" About: Maritime museum in early-20th-century seaplane hangars, with the submarine Lembit, the ice-breaker Suur Tõll, and a 16th-century shipwreck. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1162/seaplane-harbour-the-estonian-maritime-museum ### Song Festival Grounds Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not much there, but an incredible amount of history" About: Tallinn outdoor venue of the Estonian Song Festival, central to the Singing Revolution of 1988. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1173/song-festival-grounds ### Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum on European chivalric orders, decorations, and heraldry. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1145/tallinn-museum-of-orders-of-knighthood ### The PROTO Invention Factory Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn interactive science and invention center in a former cable factory. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1154/the-proto-invention-factory ### The Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Exhibits detailing the German & Soviet occupations from 1939 to 1991, including rusty prison doors. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1166/the-vabamu-museum-of-occupations-and-freedom ### Anton Hansen Tammsaare Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum dedicated to Estonia's most famous novelist, A. H. Tammsaare. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1180/anton-hansen-tammsaare-museum ### Carved Stone Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Open-air collection of Estonian carved stones, gravestones, and architectural fragments in Tallinn. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1155/carved-stone-museum ### Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: EKKM, an artist-run contemporary art museum in Tallinn's industrial Kalamaja district. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1161/contemporary-art-museum-of-estonia ### Eduard Vilde Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn home museum of Estonian writer Eduard Vilde, in his preserved Kadriorg apartment. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1178/eduard-vilde-museum ### Estonian Health Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum on the human body, anatomy, health, and medicine. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1149/estonian-health-museum ### Estonian History Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $14.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum in a 14th-century guild hall, with diverse artifacts related to Estonian history & culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1156/estonian-history-museum ### Estonian Jewish Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $16.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Museum Card" About: Tallinn museum on the history of Jewish life in Estonia and the Holocaust. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1158/estonian-jewish-museum ### Estonian Theatre and Music Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $12.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Permanent exhibit with hands-on elements, exploring Estonian musical, literary & cultural heritage. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1157/estonian-theatre-and-music-museum ### Film Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $12.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum on the history of Estonian cinema, with film props, posters, and screenings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1172/film-museum ### Fotografiska Tallinn Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $14.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Museum Card" About: Tallinn outpost of Stockholm's Fotografiska, with rotating contemporary photography exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1168/fotografiska-tallinn ### Juhan Kuus Documentary Photo Centre Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn photography center showing documentary work by Estonian and international photographers. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1165/juhan-kuus-documentary-photo-centre ### Kalamaja Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum on the local history of the Kalamaja neighborhood and its workers' wooden housing. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1164/kalamaja-museum ### KGB Prison Cells in Tallinn Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $9.9 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Intense" About: Preserved cells in the former KGB headquarters with exhibits on Soviet repression in Estonia. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1160/kgb-prison-cells-in-tallinn ### Maarjamäe Stables Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Former imperial-era stables in Maarjamäe, now part of the Estonian History Museum complex. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1171/maarjam-e-stables ### Mikkel Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Storied museum with Western graphic art & Chinese porcelain from Estonian collector Johannes Mikkel. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1175/mikkel-museum ### Museum of Photography Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum on the history of photography in Estonia, with vintage cameras and prints. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1167/museum-of-photography ### Niguliste Museum and Viewing Platform Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Museum Card" About: Museum of ecclesiastical art in a landmark 13th-century church building restored after WWII bombing. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1146/niguliste-museum-and-viewing-platform ### Peter the Great House Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Modest Tallinn cottage where Peter the Great stayed during visits, preserved with imperial-era furnishings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1174/peter-the-great-house-museum ### Pirita Convent Ruins Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $2.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Preserved ruins of a 15th century monastery managed by Birgitine nuns also used for outdoor events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1169/pirita-convent-ruins ### Tallinn City Life Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $8.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: City history displays, including a notable porcelain collection, in a medieval merchant's home. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1151/tallinn-city-life-museum ### Tallinna Rahvaste Muuseum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $4.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum on Estonia's ethnic minorities and their cultural traditions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1181/tallinna-rahvaste-muuseum ### The Banned Books Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Tallinn museum on censorship and books that have been banned around the world. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1182/the-banned-books-museum ### The Estonian Museum of Natural History Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum on Estonia's geology, flora, and fauna, with a strong taxidermy collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1150/the-estonian-museum-of-natural-history ### Mati Unt Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "No english" About: Tallinn museum on Estonian writer and theater director Mati Unt. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1179/mati-unt-museum ### The Kai Art Center Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Tallinn, Estonia · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Contemporary art center in Tallinn's Noblessner harbor district, in a former submarine factory. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1163/the-kai-art-center ## Stockholm, Sweden (33) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/stockholm ### Nationalmuseum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $16 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit About: Museum of painting, sculpture, design, applied & graphic art from the Middle Ages to the present. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1105/nationalmuseum ### Moderna Museet Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Stockholm Pass" About: Prominent 20th-century & contemporary art collections on show in museum, plus photographic exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1075/moderna-museet ### Skansen Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $20 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Open-air history museum on Djurgården island with relocated farm buildings and crafts demonstrations, alongside a Nordic-animals zoo. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1095/skansen ### Swedish History Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Surprising how much didn't have english translation " About: Displays including the Viking era & the Middle Ages, including a gold room & ecclesiastical art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1104/swedish-history-museum ### The Hallwyl Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $12 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Stockholm Pass" About: Art & artifacts collected by Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl and displayed in her former home. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1082/the-hallwyl-museum ### The Royal Apartments Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $18 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Baroque-style royal palace with 3 museums & a vast library. Admission fee can include a guided tour. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1099/the-royal-apartments ### The Treasury Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Ticket shared with Royal Apartments" About: Royal Treasury beneath the Royal Palace, displaying Swedish crown jewels and regalia. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1100/the-treasury ### Vasa Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $19 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit About: Museum for well-preserved, 17th-century warship, Vasa, that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1085/vasa-museum ### ABBA The Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $23.9 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Stockholm Pass, maybe only go if you're a fan" About: Collection of the pop group's memorabilia & interactive exhibits, including a studio & dance floor. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1089/abba-the-museum ### ArkDes Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Museum celebrating Swedish architecture & design, with permanent & rotating exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1076/arkdes ### Avicii Experience Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $23 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Interactive Stockholm museum on the life and music of Swedish DJ Avicii. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1097/avicii-experience ### Bonniers Konsthall Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $13 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Modern, glass-fronted contemporary art museum, with temporary group & solo exhibitions, plus a cafe. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1079/bonniers-konsthall ### Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $12 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Sculptor Carl Eldh's preserved studio, filled with plasters, bronzes, and tools as he left them. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1078/carl-eldhs-atelj-museum ### Etnografiska museet Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Stockholm Pass" About: Rich collection of global statues, costumes, textiles & writings, with guided tours & a restaurant. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1093/etnografiska-museet ### Fotografiska Museum Stockholm Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $19.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum in a brick-built, former customs house with a contemporary photography exhibition program. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1077/fotografiska-museum-stockholm ### K. A. Almgren Silk Mill & Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $10 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Working 19th-century silk mill with exhibits on Stockholm's textile and weaving history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1103/k-a-almgren-silk-mill-museum ### Maritime Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $12 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Maritime museum with exhibitions relating to merchant shipping, ships, shipbuilding & naval defense. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1091/maritime-museum ### Medelhavsmuseet Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Stockholm Pass" About: Ancient Greek & Roman antiquities, plus Egyptian mummies & Islamic artworks in a high-tech museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1073/medelhavsmuseet ### Museum Three Crowns Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Ticket shared with Royal Apartments" About: Models, artifacts & the remains of a 13th-century defensive wall from the former Tre Kronor castle. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1101/museum-three-crowns ### Nobel Prize Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $14 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Exhibits about the history of the Nobel Prize & the significant contributions made by its winners. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1106/nobel-prize-museum ### Nordic Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $17 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Displays on native traditions & trends in home decor & fashion, plus festivals & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1086/nordic-museum ### Paradox Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $26.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Very similar to Museum of Illusions in NYC" About: Stockholm interactive attraction filled with optical illusions and perception puzzles. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1102/paradox-museum ### Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $17 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Stockholm Pass" About: Castlelike palace museum containing the collection of Prince Eugen & hosting temporary exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1090/prins-eugens-waldemarsudde ### Spritmuseum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $14 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 18th-century naval building for exhibits on history & culture of alcohol in Sweden, plus bar/dining. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1096/spritmuseum ### Storkyrkan Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $10 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Stockholm's medieval cathedral, dating to the 13th century, with a famous 1489 Bernt Notke sculpture of St. George and the Dragon. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1098/storkyrkan ### Strindbergsmuseet Hem & Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $10 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Artifacts & library from writer August Strindberg, displayed in the Blue Tower, his last residence. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1080/strindbergsmuseet-hem-museum ### Swedish Army Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $14 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Stockholm Pass" About: Army museum exhibiting Swedish military uniforms & weapons from the 16th century to the present day. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1081/swedish-army-museum ### The Performing Arts Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Stockholm museum on the history of theater, dance, music, and circus in Sweden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1083/the-performing-arts-museum ### Viking Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $18.9 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum displaying wooden, 9th-century Viking ships, plus artifacts recovered from burial tombs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1087/viking-museum ### Dansmuseet Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $12 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Collection of international art, costumes & masks, plus revolving exhibitions & performances. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1074/dansmuseet ### Tekniska museet Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $17 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Children would enjoy it" About: Interactive science & technology museum with family-friendly exhibits, a library & archives. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1094/tekniska-museet ### Vrak – Museum of Wrecks Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $18.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum on Baltic Sea shipwrecks and underwater archaeology, sited on Stockholm's Djurgården. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1088/vrak-museum-of-wrecks ### Police Museum Rating: -1/3 (Awful) · Location: Stockholm, Sweden · Cost: $6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "This museum is awful on many levels and the curators should be fired" About: Stockholm museum on Swedish police history, including notable cases and uniforms. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1092/police-museum ## Oslo, Norway (28) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/oslo ### MUNCH Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $17.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit About: Over 26,000 works of art produced by Munch, as well as his effects, private library & tools. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1039/munch-museum ### Norsk Folkemuseum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $17.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Super cool, open-air museum" About: Open-air museum near Oslo with 160 historic Norwegian buildings — including a 13th-century stave church — alongside indoor folk-art galleries. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1054/norsk-folkemuseum ### Ekebergparken Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Free · Visited: 2024 About: A wooded park with more than 40 classic & contemporary sculptures, plus walkways & city views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1062/ekebergparken ### Nasjonalmuseet Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $19 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Displays of Norwegian paintings & sculptures, with a focus on the 19th century, plus a stylish cafe. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1038/nasjonalmuseet ### Naturhistorisk Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $15.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: University museum with extensive exhibits on zoology, botany & geology, plus a botanical garden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1065/naturhistorisk-museum ### The Fram Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $13.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "You can walk inside the ship, pretty cool" About: 19th-century polar exploration ship in museum with expedition exhibits & northern lights shows. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1050/the-fram-museum ### The Vigeland Park Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Sculpture park & museum displaying the works of Gustav Vigeland, plus temporary art exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1057/the-vigeland-park ### 22 July Centre Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Exhibitions & memorials commemorating the victims of the 2011 domestic terrorist attacks. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1059/22-july-centre ### Astrup Fearnley Museum Of Modern Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $14.25 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Airy waterfront museum, designed by Renzo Piano, with an international contemporary art collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1043/astrup-fearnley-museum-of-modern-art ### Historical Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $13.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Grand museum for Norwegian antiquities & coinage, plus Egyptian, Asian & African artifacts. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1046/historical-museum ### Holmenkollen Ski Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $18 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Best view of Oslo" About: High-tech museum for the history of sport & expedition skiing, with a ski simulator & tower views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1068/holmenkollen-ski-museum ### IBSEN Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $17.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Exhibits on the famous playwright in the home where he spent the last 11 years of his life. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1045/ibsen-museum ### Kunstnernes Hus Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $16.15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Functionalist gallery run by artists, showing Norwegian & international contemporary art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1047/kunstnernes-hus ### Norway Resistance Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $9.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Exhibits highlighting Norwegian resistance to Nazi occupation of the country during WWII. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1041/norway-resistance-museum ### Norwegian Maritime Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $13.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Shipping museum for marine archeology & paintings, plus boats, a cafe & terrace with fjord views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1052/norwegian-maritime-museum ### Oslo City Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $9.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Park-based museum with exhibitions tracing the development of Oslo & a large art collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1055/oslo-city-museum ### Oslo Opera House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $8.08 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Striking, contemporary, harborside opera house & home to the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1049/oslo-opera-house ### The Vigeland Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $11.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum in former industrial setting housing many sculptures, woodcuts & drawings by Gustav Vigeland. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1056/the-vigeland-museum ### Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Large, contemporary works of sculptural art displayed in an open-air gallery with harbor views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1044/tjuvholmen-sculpture-park ### University Botanical Garden Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Big indoor-outdoor botanical garden with themed groupings of international species, ponds & a cafe. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1066/university-botanical-garden ### Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $11.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Oslo research center and exhibitions on the Holocaust and the history of religious minorities in Norway. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1053/center-for-studies-of-the-holocaust-and-religious-minorities ### Intercultural Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $5.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Artful exhibits on Norwegian immigration history & cultural tolerance in a former police station. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1061/intercultural-museum ### Jewish Museum in Oslo Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $5.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum on Jewish life in Norway, the Holocaust, and contemporary Jewish culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1060/jewish-museum-in-oslo ### Kon-Tiki Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $13.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Neat piece of history" About: Museum detailing adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's life, with original reed boats & expedition artifacts. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1051/kon-tiki-museum ### Nobel Peace Center Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $7.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum of the Nobel Peace Prize, Alfred Nobel & other laureates with temporary exhibitions & a shop. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1042/nobel-peace-center ### Norwegian Armed Forces Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $9.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Essentially no english" About: This museum in Akershus Fortress showing Norway's military progression from Viking to present days. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1040/norwegian-armed-forces-museum ### The Queen Sonja Art Stable Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Cost: $13.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Former royal stables converted into a contemporary art space focused on graphic arts and printmaking. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1058/the-queen-sonja-art-stable ### The Salmon - Science Center Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Oslo, Norway · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Good food, bad museum" About: Aquarium and education center on Atlantic salmon and Norwegian fjord ecology. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1048/the-salmon-science-center ## Copenhagen, Denmark (27) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/copenhagen ### Danish War Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $14.25 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Probably the best war museum I've been to" About: Military history museum in Christian IV's arsenal from early 1600s, with large weaponry collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1018/danish-war-museum ### Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $18.75 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Fantastic collection" About: Fine art museum with antique Mediterranean sculptures, plus 19th-century French & Danish works. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1015/ny-carlsberg-glyptotek ### Statens Museum for Kunst Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $29 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Fantastic" About: Danish national gallery, with international collections, temporary exhibitions & kids' activities. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1010/statens-museum-for-kunst ### Christiansborg Palace - Royal Apartments Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $29.25 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Ticket shared with other Christiansborg" About: Tours of the royal palace's lavish reception rooms & stables, plus 12th-century castle remains. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1030/christiansborg-palace-royal-apartments ### Hirschsprung Collection Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $16.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Art gallery open since 1911 exhibiting a major collection of Danish paintings & sculpture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1024/hirschsprung-collection ### Rosenborg Castle Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $21 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Beautiful and historical small castle" About: Dutch Renaissance palace & gardens, including a museum housing the crown jewels, with guided tours. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1008/rosenborg-castle ### Thorvaldsens Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Canalside museum built around the neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen's burial place. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1017/thorvaldsens-museum ### Amalienborg Palace Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $18.75 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 18th-century rococo complex of palaces, with a museum & marches/displays by royal guards. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1020/amalienborg-palace ### Botanical Garden Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $10.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: National Museum of Natural History’s plant collection, the biggest in Denmark, spread over 10 ha. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1027/botanical-garden ### Christiansborg Palace - Royal Kitchen Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Ticket shared with other Christiansborg" About: Preserved royal kitchen at Christiansborg Palace, showing court cuisine and gleaming copperware. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1033/christiansborg-palace-royal-kitchen ### Christiansborg Palace - Royal Stables Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Ticket shared with other Christiansborg" About: Working royal stables at Christiansborg Palace, with historic carriages and ceremonial harness. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1031/christiansborg-palace-royal-stables ### Christiansborg Palace - The Ruins Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Ticket shared with other Christiansborg" About: Excavated underground ruins of Bishop Absalon's 12th-century castle and the original Copenhagen Castle, beneath today's Christiansborg. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1036/christiansborg-palace-the-ruins ### Church of our Savior Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $10.35 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Baroque, 17th-century place of worship with a carillon & steps around the outside of the spire. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1037/church-of-our-savior ### Copenhagen Amber Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $3.75 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Small Copenhagen museum and shop dedicated to Baltic amber, jewelry, and natural history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1032/copenhagen-amber-museum ### Danish Jewish Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Miraculous story" About: 17th-century house with striking, contemporary interior, for displays tracing Danish Jewish history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1009/danish-jewish-museum ### Designmuseum Denmark Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $19.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum in 18th-century rococo building tracing history of Danish & international industrial design. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1022/designmuseum-denmark ### Medical Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $16.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Medical museum in 18th-century royal academy with instruments & exhibits from up to 400 years ago. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1025/medical-museum ### Museum of Copenhagen Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 18th-century mansion with collections and exhibitions on Denmark's history, people and culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1016/museum-of-copenhagen ### Museum of Danish Resistance Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $18 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Contemporary structure with subterranean exhibitions on the Danish resistance movement during WWII. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1021/museum-of-danish-resistance ### Museum of Natural Histroy Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $17.25 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Compact natural history museum with dinosaurs, minerals, taxidermy, and Denmark's largest meteorite collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1023/museum-of-natural-histroy ### National Museum of Denmark Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $19.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Denmark's national history museum, spanning prehistoric finds (including the Egtved Girl), Viking-era objects, and worldwide ethnographic collections. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1029/national-museum-of-denmark ### Royal Guard Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $14 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum on the history, uniforms, and traditions of the Royal Life Guards, beside Rosenborg Castle. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1026/royal-guard-museum ### The David Collection Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Museum featuring a collection of Islamic, European & Danish early modern paintings & decorative art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1028/the-david-collection ### The Round Tower Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 17th-century tower with an observatory, planetarium, event hall & spiral ramp instead of stairs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1014/the-round-tower ### Tivoli Gardens Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $24 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 19th-century amusement park with antique roller coaster & live entertainment program. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1035/tivoli-gardens ### MACA Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $24 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Copenhagen contemporary art space presenting rotating exhibitions by emerging and established artists. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1019/maca-museum ### Workers Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Copenhagen, Denmark · Cost: $18.63 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Working culture museum with a 1915 apartment & industrial & labour conditions history exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1034/workers-museum ## Helsinki, Finland (24) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/helsinki ### Amos Rex Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Probably best museum in Helsinki" About: 20th-century & contemporary art collections & exhibitions in businessman/collector's former home. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1115/amos-rex ### Art Museum Ateneum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Grand 19th-century art museum with Finnish works from the 1700s onwards, plus international pieces. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1110/art-museum-ateneum ### Didrichsen Art Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $17.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Small Finnish & international art & sculpture gallery in a converted family villa open since 1965. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1122/didrichsen-art-museum ### Finnish Museum of Natural History Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Botanical/zoological/geological/paleontological specimens from round the world, including minerals. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1111/finnish-museum-of-natural-history ### Kirpilä Art Collection Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Helsinki collection of Finnish art displayed in the preserved apartment of physician Juhani Kirpilä. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1141/kirpil-art-collection ### Sinebrychoff Art Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Mansion left to the nation in 1921 containing an important collection of Old Masters & furniture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1119/sinebrychoff-art-museum ### Design Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Long-standing design museum with an extensive permanent collection, plus a cafe & gift shop. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1121/design-museum ### Finnish Museum of Theater Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $17.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Almost no english" About: Museum on Finnish theatrical history, costumes, sets, and stagecraft. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1118/finnish-museum-of-theater ### HAM Helsinki Art Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $19.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Functionalist space, built as a tennis venue, hosting temporary art exhibitions of varying styles. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1113/ham-helsinki-art-museum ### Helsinki Tram Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Museum on Helsinki's tram and public transit history, with restored vintage cars. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1130/helsinki-tram-museum ### Helsinki University Museum - Exhibition Centre Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: University of Helsinki exhibition center on the history of academic disciplines and student life. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1127/helsinki-university-museum-exhibition-centre ### Helsinki University Museum - Observatory Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 19th-century Helsinki observatory, now a museum on astronomy and the history of science. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1128/helsinki-university-museum-observatory ### Military Museum of Finland Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not a single mention of Nazis" About: Finnish military history museum (Sotamuseo) on Suomenlinna island, with weapons, uniforms, and exhibits on Finland's wars. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1144/military-museum-of-finland ### Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Contemporary art museum & cultural center with thematic annual exhibitions, a theater & events. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1114/museum-of-contemporary-art-kiasma ### Museum of Finnish Architecture Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Multidisciplinary exhibits on Finland's architecture of the 1900s & a temporary exhibitions program. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1120/museum-of-finnish-architecture ### Museum of Photography K1 Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $17.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Helsinki gallery for contemporary photography and visual culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1107/museum-of-photography-k1 ### Sports Culture Center TAHTO Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $17.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Collection of Finnish sporting items & photos, multimedia shows & regular temporary exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1131/sports-culture-center-tahto ### Suomenlinna Sea Fortress Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Really do not understnad why this is a UNESCO site" About: UNESCO-listed 18th-century sea fortress on islands at the entrance to Helsinki harbor. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1142/suomenlinna-sea-fortress ### The Bank of Finland Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Museum on Finnish currency, monetary policy, and the history of the Bank of Finland. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1109/the-bank-of-finland-museum ### The Finnish Museum of Photography Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $17.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: National photography museum tracing Finnish photographic history and contemporary practice. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1116/the-finnish-museum-of-photography ### Helsinki City Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Museum exploring Helsinki's history & culture, with art & photography, plus changing exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1108/helsinki-city-museum ### Hotel and Restaurant Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $17.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Missing a lot of english" About: Helsinki museum on the history of Finnish hotels, restaurants, and hospitality. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1117/hotel-and-restaurant-museum ### Military Museum's Manege Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: A former Russian armory, this building now houses Finnish military history exhibits & weaponry. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1143/military-museum-s-manege ### Temppeliaukio Church Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Helsinki, Finland · Cost: $8.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Unique church popular as a concert venue, with a copper-lined dome & rock/rubble interior walls. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1112/temppeliaukio-church ## Vilnius, Lithuania (20) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/vilnius ### Gediminas Castle Tower Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Views of the city" About: This 3-story brick tower was originally part of a castle constructed in the 15th century. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1207/gediminas-castle-tower ### Money Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Free · Visited: 2024 About: This museum offers interactive exhibits on the history of money & currencies from around the world. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1206/money-museum ### Museum of Culture and Identity of Lithuanian Jews Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Museum Card" About: Vilnius museum on the history, culture, and identity of Litvak Jews. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1224/museum-of-culture-and-identity-of-lithuanian-jews ### Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum featuring a variety of art, archaeology & history exhibits in a reconstructed palace. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1212/palace-of-the-grand-dukes-of-lithuania ### Užupis Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Like Freetown Christiania, but a lot more outdoor art" About: Bohemian self-declared 'republic' across the Vilnia River, known for art studios and a witty constitution. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1225/u-upis ### Vilnius Picture Gallery Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius branch of the Lithuanian Art Museum showing 16th–19th century European paintings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1204/vilnius-picture-gallery ### Vytautas Kasiulis Musuem of Art Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius museum of works by Lithuanian émigré painter Vytautas Kasiulis. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1213/vytautas-kasiulis-musuem-of-art ### Holocaust Exhibition - The Green House Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Museum Card" About: Vilnius Holocaust exhibition at the Vilna Gaon Museum's Green House, on the destruction of Lithuanian Jewry. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1226/holocaust-exhibition-the-green-house ### House of Histories Exhibition Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius exhibition center presenting historical themes from the National Museum of Lithuania. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1215/house-of-histories-exhibition ### Kazys Varnelis House-Musuem Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius museum of artist Kazys Varnelis, displaying his op-art works and antique collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1220/kazys-varnelis-house-musuem ### MO Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius private museum of modern and contemporary Lithuanian art (founded 2018), in a Daniel Libeskind-designed building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1218/mo-museum ### MO Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $12.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not on Museum Card" About: Vilnius private museum of modern and contemporary Lithuanian art (founded 2018), in a Daniel Libeskind-designed building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1221/mo-museum ### Radvila Palace Art Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 17th-century palace, now home to a modest museum showcasing Lithuanian art & culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1205/radvila-palace-art-museum ### Samuel Bak Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Exhibits devoted to Jewish history & artifacts in Lithuania are on display in this small museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1219/samuel-bak-museum ### The Centre for Civil Education Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius civic education center with rotating exhibits on democracy and Lithuanian history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1217/the-centre-for-civil-education ### Vilnius Cathedral Bell Tower Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Medieval bell tower on Cathedral Square with views over Vilnius's old town. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1211/vilnius-cathedral-bell-tower ### Vilnius Musuem Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Novel museum with exhibits involving optical tricks, an upside-down room & illusional artwork. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1214/vilnius-musuem ### Jewish Community Centre of Lithuania Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius cultural center on the history and contemporary life of Lithuania's Jewish community. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1222/jewish-community-centre-of-lithuania ### Menu fabrikas Loftas Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Vilnius former factory turned arts complex with concerts, club nights, and rotating exhibitions. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1223/menu-fabrikas-loftas ### The Bastion of Vilnius City Wall Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Vilnius, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Way more interesting from the outside" About: Restored defensive structures originally built in the 16th century, including a tower & tunnels. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1216/the-bastion-of-vilnius-city-wall ## Riga, Latvia (16) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/riga ### Art Museum Riga Bourse Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Foreign art museum in Riga's restored 19th-century stock exchange building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1192/art-museum-riga-bourse ### Latvian National Museum of Art Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: National museum of art housed in an imposing building with a Baroque & classicist-style facade. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1189/latvian-national-museum-of-art ### Latvian War Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Free-admission military history museum in a 14th-c. tower, a remnant of the original city walls. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1193/latvian-war-museum ### The Corner House Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $16.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "One of the weirdest tour guides" About: Previous KGB headquarters, now home to Museum of the Occupation of Latvia displays. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1197/the-corner-house ### 1991 Barricades Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Riga museum on the 1991 barricades that helped secure Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1199/1991-barricades-museum ### Jews in Latvia Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Riga museum on the history of Jewish life and culture in Latvia. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1196/jews-in-latvia-museum ### Kim? Contemporary Art Centre Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Riga contemporary art center showing emerging Latvian and international artists. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1195/kim-contemporary-art-centre ### Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $8.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Educational space focused on the history of the occupation, plus archives & temporary exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1191/museum-of-the-occupation-of-latvia ### Riga Art Nouveau Centre, Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $9.9 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Visitors can tour this historic apartment with art nouveau architecture, art & furnishings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1194/riga-art-nouveau-centre-museum ### Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Outdoor Riga museum on the history of the Riga Ghetto and the Latvian Holocaust. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1190/riga-ghetto-and-latvian-holocaust-museum ### Riga Motor Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Wish I spent more time" About: Founded in 1989, this spacious museum houses a collection of antique automobiles, plus a cafe. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1201/riga-motor-museum ### Romans Suta and Aleksandra Beļcova Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $5.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Riga apartment museum of two Latvian modernist artists, preserved with their art and furnishings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1187/romans-suta-and-aleksandra-be-cova-museum ### Andrejs Upīts Memorial Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $2.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Riga museum on Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts, in his former apartment. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1188/andrejs-up-ts-memorial-museum ### Krišjānis Barons Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Cost: $2.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Riga apartment museum of Krišjānis Barons, the folklorist who collected Latvia's folk songs. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1186/kri-j-nis-barons-museum ### Latvian Museum of Architecture Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Riga museum on Latvia's architectural heritage, from medieval to modernist. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1198/latvian-museum-of-architecture ### National Library of Latvia Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Riga, Latvia · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Striking riverside building with exhibitions on Latvian literature, guided tours & a viewing deck. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1200/national-library-of-latvia ## Warsaw, Poland (12) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/warsaw ### National Museum in Warsaw Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $6.26 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Modernist building housing a museum of Polish & world art & sculpture, from ancient to contemporary. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1246/national-museum-in-warsaw ### Katyń Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Free · Visited: 2024 Review: "Little english, but powerful" About: Warsaw museum on the 1940 massacre of 22,000 Polish officers and intellectuals by Soviet forces. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1241/katy-museum ### Museum of Warsaw Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $6.26 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Thursdays" About: Displays on the city's past from the 14th century to modern times, in 11 restored townhouses. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1243/museum-of-warsaw ### National Museum of Ethnography Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $4.72 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Ethnographic museum, founded in 1888, with folk culture & clothing exhibits & a children's section. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1240/national-museum-of-ethnography ### The Royal Castle Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $15.02 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Reconstructed 14th-century palace with an art collection & guided tours of the royal apartments. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1244/the-royal-castle ### Wilanów Palace and Gardens Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $8.76 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Thursdays" About: Restored 17th-century royal palace with a museum of fine arts, a baroque garden & a landscaped park. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1249/wilan-w-palace-and-gardens ### Polish Army Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $8.76 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not finished yet, Free on Thursdays" About: Imposing military museum with exhibits dating from 10th century, plus aircraft & armored vehicles. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1250/polish-army-museum ### Royal Łazienki Park Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Stanisław August's collections of paintings, drawings, sculpture & coins in lakeside palace. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1248/royal-azienki-park ### Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $3.76 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Thursdays" About: Palatial castle originally constructed in the 13th century & now housing a contemporary art museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1247/ujazdowski-castle-centre-for-contemporary-art ### Zachęta National Gallery of Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $4.97 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Works by major artists from around the world plus young Polish creators, with a busy events program. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1239/zach-ta-national-gallery-of-art ### Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $2.75 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Science museum covering the life & works of a Polish physicist, chemist & 2-time Nobel laureate. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1242/maria-sk-odowska-curie-museum ### The Fryderyk Chopin Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Warsaw, Poland · Cost: $7.51 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Rebuilt 17th-century mansion with musical scores, photographs & recordings of Chopin's work. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1245/the-fryderyk-chopin-museum ## Kraków, Poland (11) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/krakow ### National Museum of Kraków - Main Building Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $12.46 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: 3 permanent galleries displaying artworks & historical artifacts from Poland & elsewhere in Europe. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1233/national-museum-of-krak-w-main-building ### Wawel Royal Castle-State Art Collection Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $12.21 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: Fortified hilltop castle, initiated in the 14th century & prettified in a variety of later styles. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1229/wawel-royal-castle-state-art-collection ### Galicia Jewish Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $5.97 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: This contemporary museum houses exhibits honoring Holocaust victims & celebrating Jewish culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1227/galicia-jewish-museum ### Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $4.98 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: Japanese ancient art & cultural artifacts, plus concerts & events in a futuristic building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1234/manggha-museum-of-japanese-art-and-technology ### National Museum of Kraków - Czartoryski Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $16.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: Museum founded in 1801, exhibiting artworks & handicrafts, including a painting by Da Vinci. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1228/national-museum-of-krak-w-czartoryski ### National Museum of Kraków - Sukiennice Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $8.72 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: Renaissance-style market arcade with 13th-century origins & a 19th-century Polish art museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1232/national-museum-of-krak-w-sukiennice ### Remuh Synagogue Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $2.49 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Worth to visit cemetary" About: This Jewish house of worship, dating to the 16th century, is one of the city's oldest synagogues. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1238/remuh-synagogue ### Rynek Underground Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $8.95 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: High-tech subterranean museum charting the city's history amid excavated streets and buildings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1236/rynek-underground-museum ### Archdiocesan Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $2.49 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: Museum showcasing an extensive collection of Pope John Paul II memorabilia, plus religious art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1231/archdiocesan-museum ### Old Synagogue Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $4.48 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Not worth it, just look at the outside" About: Restored synagogue dating from the 15th century housing a museum of Krakow Jewish culture & history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1237/old-synagogue ### The Archaeological Museum in Krakow Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Kraków, Poland · Cost: $2.99 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Free on Tuesdays" About: Antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Lesser Poland & the Pacific, plus treasure hunts for kids. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1230/the-archaeological-museum-in-krakow ## Montreal, Canada (11) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/montreal ### Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $20.98 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 · Would revisit About: Modern museum with archaeological digs & interactive exhibits in historical buildings. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1266/montreal-museum-of-archaeology-and-history ### Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $20.98 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 · Would revisit About: Spacious museum showcasing Québec & Canadian visual works, plus international contemporary art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1260/montreal-museum-of-fine-arts ### Arsenal art contemporain Montréal Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $13.03 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Vast contemporary art space in a former Montreal shipyard, with rotating large-scale exhibitions and the Riopelle Foundation collection. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1306/arsenal-art-contemporain-montr-al ### McCord Stewart Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $14.47 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Historical exhibits of costumes, objects & photos on popular subjects from hockey to Inuit art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1262/mccord-stewart-museum ### Château Ramezay - Musée et site historique de Montréal Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $10.49 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Historical home that hosted political leaders, now home to regional history exhibits & workshops. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1267/ch-teau-ramezay-mus-e-et-site-historique-de-montr-al ### Écomusée du fier monde Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $10.13 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Community museum in a 1920s bathhouse, showcasing the area's working-class roots & labour history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1269/comus-e-du-fier-monde ### La Guilde Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Free · Visited: 2025 About: High-quality mixed media crafts by Canadian, Inuit & First Nations artists over the past century. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1261/la-guilde ### MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $11.22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Photos & artifacts tell the story of Montréal & its people in a space once used as a fire station. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1268/mem-centre-des-m-moires-montr-alaises ### Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $7.24 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Galleries featuring Québec visual works & cutting-edge international art, plus a sculpture garden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1264/mus-e-d-art-contemporain-de-montr-al ### Redpath Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Free · Visited: 2025 About: Natural history & world cultures galleries showcasing dinosaur skeletons, extinct species & mummies. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1263/redpath-museum ### Canadian Centre for Architecture Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Montreal, Canada · Cost: $10.85 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: International exhibits on architecture & urban planning, plus a historic mansion & sculpture garden. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1265/canadian-centre-for-architecture ## Turku, Finland (9) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/turku ### Forum Marinum Maritime Centre Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "By far the best maritime museum I've been to" About: Historic tall ships & Finnish naval vessels on display in maritime & naval museums in a shipyard. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1133/forum-marinum-maritime-centre ### Aboa Vetus Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $8.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Underground archaeological museum exposing the medieval stone foundations of Turku's earliest streets and houses. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1134/aboa-vetus ### Turku Art Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $14.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Imposing, 20th-century museum housing notable Nordic, surrealist & pop art collections. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1137/turku-art-museum ### Ars Nova Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $8.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Featuring local contemporary artists" About: Contemporary art museum on Turku's riverbank, sharing a building with Aboa Vetus, with rotating Finnish and international shows. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1132/ars-nova ### The Sibelius Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum with a collection of instruments, sheet music & recordings, plus a seasonal concert series. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1136/the-sibelius-museum ### Turku Castle Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 13th-century castle housing museum tracing its history from medieval fort to renaissance palace. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1138/turku-castle ### Turku Cathedral Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $2.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum inside Turku Cathedral on its medieval history, treasures, and reliquaries. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1139/turku-cathedral-museum ### Brinkkala Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Turku, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Historic Turku house on the Old Great Square, where Christmas Peace is annually declared from the balcony. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1140/brinkkala ### Pharmacy Museum and The Qwensel House Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Turku, Finland · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 1700s wooden house with displays about the pharmacy that operated here in the 1800s. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1135/pharmacy-museum-and-the-qwensel-house ## Berlin, Germany (7) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/berlin ### Neues Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Berlin, Germany · Cost: $16.39 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: Grand 19th-century museum with collections of Egyptian artwork & prehistoric archaeology. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1284/neues-museum ### Pergamonmuseum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Berlin, Germany · Cost: $14.05 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: Museum complex housing ancient Roman & Greek art collections, plus Babylonian & Persian antiquities. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1286/pergamonmuseum ### Sanssouci Palace Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Berlin, Germany · Cost: $16.39 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: King's summer residence with period 18th century furnishings & iconic terraced vineyards. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1287/sanssouci-palace ### Bode-Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Berlin, Germany · Cost: $16.39 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Riverside museum of sculpture & Byzantine art, with regular exhibitions & events, plus a shop. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1285/bode-museum ### East Side Gallery Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Berlin, Germany · Free · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit Review: "A must when visiting Berlin" About: The East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1303/east-side-gallery ### Jewish Museum Berlin Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Berlin, Germany · Free · Visited: 2023 About: Striking, contemporary building with exhibits tracing German-Jewish history & a Holocaust memorial. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1283/jewish-museum-berlin ### Stasi Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Berlin, Germany · Cost: $14.05 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: Museum with Stasi spying equipment & archives housed in imposing, original HQ of the secret police. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1282/stasi-museum ## Paris, France (7) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/paris ### Louvre Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Paris, France · Cost: $25.76 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: Former historic palace housing huge art collection, from Roman sculptures to da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1274/louvre ### Musée d'Orsay Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Paris, France · Cost: $18.73 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit Review: "Best museum in Paris" About: The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1309/mus-e-d-orsay ### Musée de l'Orangerie Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Paris, France · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 · Would revisit Review: "Stunning Water Lillies" About: Museum with 20th-century European art collection, showcasing 8 of Monet's water lilies murals. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1004/mus-e-de-l-orangerie ### Sainte-Chapelle Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Paris, France · Cost: $22.27 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit Review: "Best thing to do in Paris" About: A royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1307/sainte-chapelle ### Conciergerie Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Paris, France · Cost: $15.22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Gothic, riverside fortress & French Revolution prison, housing Marie Antoinette's former cell. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1273/conciergerie ### Musée National Picasso-Paris Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Paris, France · Cost: $18.73 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: 17th-century building holding 5,000 artworks by Pablo Picasso, his own art collection & archive. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1275/mus-e-national-picasso-paris ### Notre-Dame de Paris Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Paris, France · Free · Visited: 2023 About: Medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (begun 1163), undergoing restoration after the 2019 fire and reopened in 2024. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1308/notre-dame-de-paris ## Vienna, Austria (6) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/vienna ### Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Vienna, Austria · Cost: $24.58 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Imposing 19th-century museum with lavish interiors housing art collections & antiquities. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1295/kunsthistorisches-museum-wien ### Schönbrunn Palace Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Vienna, Austria · Cost: $39.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: 18th-century summer palace with tours of lavish rococo ceremonial rooms, plus gardens with a maze. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1292/sch-nbrunn-palace ### Albertina Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vienna, Austria · Cost: $23.3 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: The ALBERTINA Museum Vienna & the Albertina Modern are the largest museum for modern art in Central Europe with art exhibitions like Monet to Picasso. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1294/albertina ### Hofburg Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vienna, Austria · Cost: $23.41 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Habsburg palace complex with ornate, baroque interiors, imperial apartments & a silver museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1293/hofburg ### Spanish Riding School Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Vienna, Austria · Cost: $28.1 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: The Spanish Riding School is an Austrian institution based in Vienna, dedicated to the preservation of classical dressage and the training of Lipizzaner horses. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1304/spanish-riding-school ### Sisi Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Vienna, Austria · Cost: $23.41 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Extravagant silver, porcelain & crystal-glass tableware, once used for dining in the Imperial court. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1291/sisi-museum ## Budapest, Hungary (5) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/budapest ### Budapest History Museum / Castle Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Budapest, Hungary · Cost: $5.62 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Exhibitions on life in Budapest from Roman times to the present day in splendid palatial rooms. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1296/budapest-history-museum-castle-museum ### Hospital in the Rock Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Budapest, Hungary · Cost: $28.35 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Museum in underground WWII hospital & Cold War nuclear shelter. Visits by tour only. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1299/hospital-in-the-rock ### House of Terror Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Budapest, Hungary · Cost: $11.84 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Museum documenting the effect of the Nazi and Soviet regimes in Hungary, and memorial to victims. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1297/house-of-terror-museum ### Labyrinth Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Budapest, Hungary · Cost: $17.76 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 · Would revisit About: Historical labyrinth under Castle Hill where Count Dracula (Vlad Tepes) was once imprisoned. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1298/labyrinth ### Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Budapest, Hungary · Cost: $38.48 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Contemporary museum with exhibitions detailing the history of the Jewish experience in Hungary. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1300/hungarian-jewish-museum-and-archives ## Espoo, Finland (5) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/espoo ### EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Espoo, Finland · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Contemporary art" About: Museum with collections & exhibitions of 20th-century & contemporary, Finnish & international art. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1125/emma-espoo-museum-of-modern-art ### Exhibition Centre WeeGee Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Espoo, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Espoo arts complex housing the EMMA modern art museum and several smaller museums under one roof. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1124/exhibition-centre-weegee ### Finnish Museum of Horology and Jewellery Kruunu Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Espoo, Finland · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Espoo museum dedicated to Finnish watchmaking, clocks, and jewelry craft. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1126/finnish-museum-of-horology-and-jewellery-kruunu ### Museum Leikki Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Espoo, Finland · Cost: $15.4 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "For children" About: Espoo museum dedicated to the history of play, toys, and children's culture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1129/museum-leikki ### KAMU Museum of History of Espoo Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Espoo, Finland · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Local history museum tracing Espoo's development from prehistory to the present. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1123/kamu-museum-of-history-of-espoo ## Rome, Italy (5) — ranked at https://museumlist.org/city/rome ### Colosseum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Rome, Italy · Cost: $14 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2016 · Would revisit Review: "Combined ticket with the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill." About: The largest Roman amphitheater ever built, host to gladiator combats and public spectacles for 2,000 spectators across nearly 400 years. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1317/colosseum ### Great Synagogue of Rome Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Rome, Italy · Cost: $12 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2016 · Would revisit Review: "Not really a museum, but an interesting place" About: The main synagogue of Rome and the attached Jewish Museum, chronicling the 2,000-year-old Jewish community of the city. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1318/great-synagogue-of-rome ### Markets of Trajan Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Rome, Italy · Cost: $13 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2016 · Would revisit Review: "Hidden gem for the true classicist" About: Imperial Roman complex of administrative offices and shops, often described as the world's first shopping mall. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1315/markets-of-trajan ### Pantheon Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Rome, Italy · Free · Visited: 2016 · Would revisit Review: "Admission was free at the time of visit." About: The best-preserved building of ancient Rome, originally a temple to all gods and now a church, famous for its oculus dome. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1314/pantheon ### Roman Forum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Rome, Italy · Cost: $14 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2016 · Would revisit Review: "Combined ticket with the Colosseum and Palatine Hill." About: The political, religious, and commercial heart of ancient Rome, with ruins of temples, basilicas, and triumphal arches. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1316/roman-forum ## Other cities (60) ### Bayeux Tapestry Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Bayeux, France · Cost: $10 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2019 Review: "Everyone needs to see it at least once in their life" About: The 11th-century, 70-meter embroidered cloth depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1311/bayeux-tapestry-museum ### Fondation Claude Monet (Giverny) Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Giverny, France · Cost: $12 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2019 Review: "Monet's House" About: Claude Monet's home and gardens, where he lived and painted from 1883 to 1926, including the iconic water lily pond and Japanese bridge. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1310/fondation-claude-monet-giverny ### Getty Center Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Los Angeles, California · Free · Visited: 2015 Review: "Admission is free; only parking is paid." About: Hilltop museum with European paintings, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts in Richard Meier's modernist campus, with views of LA. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1321/getty-center ### Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Humlebæk, Denmark · Cost: $22 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Stunning museum and views" About: Waterside art museum & sculpture park with international works from 1945 to today & temporary shows. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1011/louisiana-museum-of-modern-art ### National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Dublin, Ireland · Free · Visited: 2025 About: Local archaeological finds from the Bronze Age, Vikings and medieval times with some Egyptian items. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1253/national-museum-of-ireland-archaeology ### Newgrange & Knowth Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Co. Meath, Ireland · Cost: $19.62 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Visitor centre & museum linked to adjacent ancient monuments with tours, exhibits & a cafe. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1251/newgrange-knowth ### Royal Museums of Fine Arts Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Brussels, Belgium · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Stunning. All that blood money makes one hell of a collection." About: Complex of museums with over 20,000 works tracing the history of painting, sculpture & drawing. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1007/royal-museums-of-fine-arts ### Rundāle Palace Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Pilsrundāle, Latvia · Cost: $13.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Restored 18th century baroque castle with ornamental gardens & museum showcasing palace history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1203/rund-le-palace-museum ### Uffizi Galleries Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Florence, Italy · Cost: $13 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2016 About: Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Caravaggio in a 16th-century Medici palace. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1319/uffizi-galleries ### Van Gogh Museum Rating: 3/3 (Don't miss) · Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands · Cost: $19 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2016 About: The world's largest collection of paintings, drawings, and letters by Vincent van Gogh. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1313/van-gogh-museum ### Airborne Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Sainte-Mère-Église, France · Cost: $9 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2019 About: Memorial to the American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions on D-Day, located near the Normandy drop zones. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1312/airborne-museum ### Deutsches Hafenmuseum - Standort Schuppen 50A Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Hamburg, Germany · Cost: $8.19 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Quayside museum focused on port history, featuring historic ships & expert docents. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1279/deutsches-hafenmuseum-standort-schuppen-50a ### Doolin Cave Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Co. Clare, Ireland · Cost: $20.17 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Tours of conserved limestone caves housing a record-breaking 7.3 metre long stalactite. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1254/doolin-cave ### Drottningholm Palace Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Drottningholm, Sweden · Cost: $16 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Well-preserved 1600s royal residence, with a Chinese Pavilion pleasure palace, theater & gardens. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1072/drottningholm-palace ### Duftmuseum im Farina Haus Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Cologne, Germany · Cost: $11.71 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Guided tours offered in a fragrance museum dating from 1709 where Eau de Cologne was invented. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1276/duftmuseum-im-farina-haus ### EL-DE Haus Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Cologne, Germany · Cost: $5.27 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Nazi-victim memorial center in a former Gestapo headquarters with exhibits & a basement jail. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1277/el-de-haus ### Gripsholm Castle Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Mariefred, Sweden · Cost: $16 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Look up the Gripsholm Lion..." About: Lakeside castle housing ornate, 16th-century interiors, state portrait collection & lavish theater. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1084/gripsholm-castle ### Jewish Museum in Prague Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Prague, Czech Republic · Cost: $28.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Network of sites across Prague's Jewish Quarter — the Pinkas, Klausen, Maisel, and Spanish Synagogues plus the Old Jewish Cemetery — on Czech Jewish history. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1305/jewish-museum-in-prague ### Kronborg Castle Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsingør, Denmark · Cost: $21 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: 16th-century castle with banqueting hall & royal chambers, the model for Elsinore in Hamlet. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1012/kronborg-castle ### M/S Maritime Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Helsingør, Denmark · Cost: $20 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Exhibits on the history of Danish seafaring & trade in a unique, modern building underground. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1013/m-s-maritime-museum ### Prague Castle Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Prague, Czech Republic · Cost: $21.53 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Vast hilltop castle complex above the Vltava — seat of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman emperors, and today the residence of the Czech president. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1288/prague-castle ### Rock of Dunamase Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Co. Laois, Ireland · Free · Visited: 2025 About: Sweeping views are offered from these ruins of a historical castle in a serene country setting. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1257/rock-of-dunamase ### The Blue Church Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Bratislava, Slovakia · Free · Visited: 2023 About: Bratislava's Art Nouveau Church of St. Elizabeth — painted entirely in pale blue, designed by Ödön Lechner in 1913. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1302/the-blue-church ### The Book of Kells Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Dublin, Ireland · Cost: $27.25 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 Review: "Includes Trinity College Library Long Room" About: Trinity College Library's display of the illuminated 9th-century Gospel manuscript, alongside the barrel-vaulted Long Room. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1252/the-book-of-kells ### Trakai Island Castle Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Trakai, Lithuania · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Too much construction" About: Turreted castle on a tranquil island connected by footbridge with a Lithuanian culture museum. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1208/trakai-island-castle ### Troll Museum Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Tromsø, Norway · Cost: $17.16 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Fun museum, mainly geared towards children" About: Tromsø museum exploring Norwegian troll folklore through art and storytelling. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1064/troll-museum ### Turaida Castle Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Sigulda, Latvia · Cost: $8.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Would skip unless it's a beautiful day" About: 42ha museum park about Latvian history & culture, with sculpture park, folk song events & a castle. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1185/turaida-castle ### Wieliczka Salt Mine Rating: 2/3 (Worth a stop) · Location: Wieliczka, Poland · Cost: $29.84 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Underground tunnels & mine with chapels, chambers & saline lakes, plus themed tours for all ages. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1235/wieliczka-salt-mine ### Atomium Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Brussels, Belgium · Cost: $18 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "It's no Eiffel Tower" About: Giant stainless steel atom, particles connected by escalators, with exhibitions & views from 92m. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1005/atomium ### Bauska Castle Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bauska, Latvia · Cost: $9.9 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Great views" About: Ruins of a Livonian Order castle built in stages from 1443 & a later palace above the river. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1202/bauska-castle-museum ### Cologne Cathedral Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Cologne, Germany · Cost: $9.37 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Landmark Gothic cathedral with a huge facade, plus guided tours & Rhine views. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1278/cologne-cathedral ### Cong Abbey Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Co. Mayo, Ireland · Free · Visited: 2025 About: Remains of a 12th-century abbey with elaborate stonework in the cloister & around the doorways. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1256/cong-abbey ### Czech Museum of Cubism Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Prague, Czech Republic · Cost: $7.19 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague's permanent Czech Cubism exhibition presents it as a style that extends across fine art, applied art and architecture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1289/czech-museum-of-cubism ### Design Museum Brussels Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Brussels, Belgium · Cost: $11 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Large, modern museum housing a permanent collection of plastic objects along with rotating exhibits. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1006/design-museum-brussels ### Gamla Uppsala Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Uppsala, Sweden · Cost: $5.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum at the royal burial mounds of Gamla Uppsala, with finds from Sweden's pre-Christian era. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1070/gamla-uppsala-museum ### German Customs Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Hamburg, Germany · Free · Visited: 2023 About: Museum in waterside customs house with exhibits on taxation from Roman times to the present day. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1281/german-customs-museum ### Greenville County Museum of Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Greenville, South Carolina · Free · Visited: 2024 About: Collection of art with Southern ties that range from 18th-century portraits to contemporary pieces. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1003/greenville-county-museum-of-art ### Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bærum, Norway · Cost: $15.2 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Center for the production of arts & collection of mainly modern European works in striking building. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1067/henie-onstad-kunstsenter ### Karaite Ethnografic Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Trakai, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "interesting" About: Trakai museum on the Karaim, a small Turkic Jewish community settled in Lithuania since the 1390s. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1210/karaite-ethnografic-museum ### Kylemore Abbey Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Co. Galway, Ireland · Cost: $19.62 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 Review: "Meh interior, beautiful exterior. Got discounted ticket. Would still reccomend taking a tour of Connemara" About: Waterside, Gothic Benedictine nunnery with restored Victorian rooms and free garden tours. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1255/kylemore-abbey ### Medieval Underground Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Prague, Czech Republic · Cost: $31.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Subterranean museum showing 13th-century medieval streets and foundations buried beneath Prague when the old town was raised against floods. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1290/medieval-underground-museum ### Musée Royal 22e Régiment Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Quebec City, Canada · Cost: $15.92 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Military museum in the Citadelle of Quebec featuring exhibits on the Royal 22nd Regiment. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1271/mus-e-royal-22e-r-giment ### Museum of Art and Industry Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Hamburg, Germany · Cost: $16.39 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Applied arts museum with ancient & modern artifacts, from Japanese pottery to Bauhaus furniture. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1280/museum-of-art-and-industry ### Museum of New Art Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Pärnu, Estonia · Cost: $7.7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Pärnu contemporary art museum founded by artist Mark Kalev Kostabi's circle. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1183/museum-of-new-art ### Red Tower Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Pärnu, Estonia · Cost: $9.9 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Pärnu's last surviving medieval defensive tower, a remnant of the city's fortifications. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1184/red-tower ### Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Yorba Linda, California · Cost: $15 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2015 Review: "Extremely weird. They have one little exhibit on Watergate tucked away in a shadowy corner" About: Presidential library at Nixon's birthplace, including his childhood home, the helicopter Army One, and exhibits on Watergate and his presidency. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1322/richard-nixon-presidential-library-and-museum ### Rock of Cashel Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Co. Tipperary, Ireland · Cost: $8.72 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Limestone outcrop with Medieval edifices, including a 12th-century tower & a Gothic cathedral. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1258/rock-of-cashel ### Rouen Cathedral Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Rouen, France · Free · Visited: 2018 Review: "Inspiration for Monet's series. Free admission as an active cathedral." About: Gothic cathedral whose west façade Monet famously painted in over thirty studies of changing light, completed across centuries from 1145. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1324/rouen-cathedral ### Saint Caomhan's Church Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Co. Galway, Ireland · Free · Visited: 2025 About: Small early Christian church on Inisheer in the Aran Islands, dedicated to the local saint Caomhán. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1259/saint-caomhan-s-church ### Sigal Music Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Greenville, South Carolina · Cost: $10 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum of Music with many historical instruments on display. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1001/sigal-music-museum ### Sigtuna Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Sigtuna, Sweden · Cost: $5.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Local history museum in Sweden's oldest town, tracing Sigtuna's Viking and medieval past. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1069/sigtuna-museum ### SNM – Museum of History in Bratislava Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Bratislava, Slovakia · Cost: $16.39 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2023 About: Slovak National Museum's history branch in Bratislava Castle, with exhibits on Slovak culture and statehood. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1301/snm-museum-of-history-in-bratislava ### The Citadelle of Québec Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Quebec City, Canada · Free · Visited: 2025 About: Complex featuring a long-standing active fort, plus a museum & changing of the guard ceremonies. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1272/the-citadelle-of-qu-bec ### The Plains of Abraham Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Quebec City, Canada · Cost: $9.95 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2025 About: Historical artifacts & exhibits on this well-known park, particularly the 1759 & 1760 battles here. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1270/the-plains-of-abraham-museum ### The Polar Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Tromsø, Norway · Cost: $10.5 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 Review: "Fun" About: University museum with scientific, cultural & archaeological exhibits related to the Tromsø area. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1063/the-polar-museum ### Upcounty History Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Greenville, South Carolina · Cost: $12 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Changing exhibits devoted to the long history of South Carolina's upstate counties. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1002/upcounty-history-museum ### Uppsala Cathedral Museum Rating: 1/3 (Interesting) · Location: Uppsala, Sweden · Cost: $5.8 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Gothic-style place of Lutheran worship, consecrated in 1435, with royal tombs & regular concerts. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1071/uppsala-cathedral-museum ### Mozart's Birthplace Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Salzburg, Austria · Cost: $13 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2012 Review: "Not good at all, blatant tourist trap" About: The Getreidegasse 9 apartment where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756, with original instruments, family portraits, and letters. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1323/mozart-s-birthplace ### Synagogue and Jewish Museum of Florence Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Florence, Italy · Cost: $7 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2016 Review: "Very meh" About: A Moorish revival synagogue with a museum on the history of the Florentine Jewish community. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1320/synagogue-and-jewish-museum-of-florence ### Trakai History Museum Rating: 0/3 (Skip) · Location: Trakai, Lithuania · Cost: $6.6 (USD at time of visit) · Visited: 2024 About: Museum within Trakai Island Castle offering various history exhibits & educational activities. URL: https://museumlist.org/museums/1209/trakai-history-museum