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Museums in New York City
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New York has over 150 museums. The most fascinating of which are The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA), The Museum of Natural History and the Guggenheim Museum, which all have an international reputation and truly should be visited.
"***The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  The abundance of the collections and the exceptional quality of the presentation of the works, make the Metropolitan Museum of Art a destination that you should not miss.
Address, hours and other information: Visit the museum official website.
Closed on Mondays, January 1st, Thanksgiving and December 25th.
Necessary time: If you are in a hurry, half a day. Art amateurs need a minimum of one day.
 Collections: Founded in 1870, the museum over two million works of art from all over the world: American Decorative Art, American Paintings and Sculptures, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Arms and Armor, Art of Africa, Asian Art, Medieval Europe, Costumes, Drawings and Prints, Egyptian Art, Musical Instruments and much more. The Museum's two-million-square-foot building has vast holdings that represent a series of collections, each of which ranks in its category among the finest in the world.
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***The Frick Collection
 This prestigious collection is found in the house of Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), an important coal and steel businessman. The splendor of the premises, the sumptuous 18th century furniture, the tapestries and the Sèvre porcelains enhance the exceptional collection of great masters works of art.
 Address, hours and other information: Visit the museum official website.
Closed on Mondays, January 1st and 2nd, July 4th, Thanksgiving, December 24th and 25th.
Time needed to visit the collection: At least three hours.
Collections: Paintings from Rembrandt, Velázquez, Vermeer, Fragonard, Holbein, Titian, El Greco, Bellini, Poussin, etc. Drawings, sculptures, ancient furniture, porcelains, tapestries, ancient books.
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** The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa)
 The collection of the Modern Art Museum of New York began with a small donation of eight engravings and one drawing. Today, over 100,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, pictures and contemporary objects adorn the galleries of the MoMa. The library and the film archive of the museum have some 14,000 talking films, four million silent films and over 140,000 books.
 Address, hours and other information Visit the museum official website. Closed on Wednesdays, Thanksgiving and December 25th.
Time needed to visit the museum: Two to three hours.
Collections: Paintings and sculptures, architecture and design, drawings, films and videos, photographies and illustrations. |
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**Guggenheim Museum
 In 1937 Salomon Guggenheim founded this museum and donated the abstract art collection he had accumulated since 1920. In 1976, Justin K. Thannhauser bequeathed his collection, which included masterpieces of Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Edouard Manet, Picasso, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh.
The Guggenheim Museum owns also one of the most important collections of Vasily Kandinsky, major masterpieces of Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Paul Klee, Joan Miró and many more great artists of the 20th century.
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***American Museum of Natural History
One of the most important museums of natural history. It has over 40 rooms. The most spectacular themes are: technology shows about the Earth and Space, African mammals, biodiversity and the dinosaurs.
Address, hours and other information Visit the museum's official website. The museum is open every day except on Thanksgiving and December 25th.
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