Attractions & Tours
Things to Do in New York City
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17 attractions
Museums
New York City Museums
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the world's great encyclopedic museums — Egyptian, Greek, Roman, European masters, American wing, modern art, Asian art, Islamic art, costume institute, all under one roof on Fifth Avenue.
Museum of Modern Art
The world's most important modern art museum — Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh's "Starry Night", Warhol, the canonical 20th-century collection plus a serious contemporary program.
American Museum of Natural History
The 28-building complex on the Upper West Side with dinosaur halls, the Rose Center planetarium, the blue whale, and the new Gilder Center — one of NYC's great family museums and a classic since 1869.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
The aircraft carrier USS Intrepid permanently moored at Pier 86 on the Hudson — plus the space shuttle Enterprise, the supersonic Concorde, and the Growler submarine. A working naval museum that fills three exhibit spaces.
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Renzo Piano-designed museum at the foot of the High Line in the Meatpacking District — focused on 20th- and 21st-century American art, with a sculpture garden and outdoor decks at every floor.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral building on Fifth Avenue — a museum where the architecture is the experience as much as the art, with rotating contemporary exhibitions and a strong permanent modern collection.
Observation Decks
New York City Observation Decks
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Empire State Building
The 1931 art deco icon that defined the New York skyline — 86th-floor outdoor observation deck and 102nd-floor enclosed observatory, with King Kong references everywhere.
Top of the Rock
The 70th-floor observation deck at Rockefeller Center — the only place to see the Empire State Building IN your skyline photo. Three levels of open-air viewing.
One World Observatory
The observation deck at the top of One World Trade Center — the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, with the most emotionally weighted view in the city.
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
The newest observation experience in NYC — a mirrored immersive art installation across multiple floors at the top of One Vanderbilt, including glass-floor ledges and an outdoor terrace.
Edge at Hudson Yards
The Western Hemisphere's highest outdoor sky deck — a triangular cantilever 1,131 feet above the Hudson, with a glass floor section and an angled-out glass wall.
Tours
New York City Tours
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New York Harbor Sightseeing Cruise
Circle the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline, and Brooklyn Bridge by boat — the original NYC sightseeing experience, with several operators (Circle Line, Hornblower, and others) running 60-180 minute loops.
NYC Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour
Open-top double-decker bus tours covering Manhattan, with hop-on/hop-off stops at major attractions. A useful first-day orientation; less useful for subway-confident travelers.
New York City Helicopter Tour
Manhattan from the air — 12 to 30 minute helicopter loops past the Statue of Liberty, Manhattan skyline, Central Park, and the Brooklyn Bridge. The fastest splurge experience in NYC.
Historic Sites
New York City Historic Sites
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Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
The defining symbol of New York and one of the most-photographed monuments in the world — ferry-only access from Battery Park, with Ellis Island and the Immigration Museum on the same ticket.
9/11 Memorial & Museum
The memorial pools and underground museum at the World Trade Center site — one of the most important historical sites in modern American history, and one of the heaviest visiting experiences in NYC.
Entertainment
New York City Entertainment
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