I love the Whitney! The Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of 20th-century and contemporary American art. It special focus lays on works by living artists.
It is located at the South end of the High Line. You should include a visit in your plans for a perfect day in the Meatpacking District and West Village.
The Morgan Library and Museum is one of the more overlooked museums in New York City. I checked it and yes, there are a lot of reasons why the visit is worth it.
The museum and independent research library began as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor Pierpont Morgan.
The Merchant’s House was home to a prosperous merchant family and their Irish servants for almost 100 years. Complete with the family’s original furnishings and personal possessions, the house offers a rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life in New York City from 1835-1865.
The Guggenheim Museum in New York is one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century, that you should not miss to visit when you are in the city.
Designed by Andrew Lloyd Wright, this “temple of spirit” – how Hilla Rebay, the first director of the museum, wanted it to be – opened to the public on October 21, 1959.