The Best Niche Museums In NYC
The Paley Center for Media is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

1. The Paley Center for Media

8.3
25 W 52nd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Museo · Midtown East · 31 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: Visitors can select vintage television broadcasts from the Center's collection, take guided tours and participate in programs covering everything from Shark Tank to Presidential Debates. Leggi tutto.

New York City Fire Museum is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

2. New York City Fire Museum

6.1
278 Spring St (btw Hudson and Varick), New York, NY
Museo · Hudson Square · 22 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: Located in an erstwhile firehouse, this fascinating little museum features an extensive collection of vintage firefighting equipment and memorabilia dating all the way back to the 1600s. Leggi tutto.

Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

3. Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)

7.1
11 E 26th St (btwn Madison & 5th Ave), New York, NY
Musei di scienze · NoMad · 61 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: Visitors can ride on trikes with square wheels; take a boat ride over funky shapes; play with robots, and make their own tessellation tiles. Leggi tutto.

Museum of the American Gangster is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

4. Museum of the American Gangster

6.8
80 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Museo · East Village · 12 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: This teeny two-room museum is appropriately located above an old speakeasy that once served as a hangout for famous gangsters like Al Capone and John Gotti. Leggi tutto.

Long Island City Elevator Historical Society is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

5. Long Island City Elevator Historical Society

21-03 44th Ave, Long Island City, NY
Museo di storia · 2 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: The museum features elevator parts dating all the way back to the mid-1800s, along with paintings and photographs of elevators.

Mmuseumm is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

6. Mmuseumm

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4 Cortlandt Alley (btwn Franklin & White St), New York, NY
Museo · Downtown Manhattan · 20 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: The Mmuseumm still takes the cake for most interesting miscellany per square inch. Housed in an abandoned freight elevator in TriBeCa, the museum aims to showcase "contemporary artifacts." Leggi tutto.

Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

7. Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)

8.4
215 Centre St (btwn Howard & Grand St), New York, NY
Museo di storia · SoHo · 30 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: Housed in the heart of Chinatown, the Museum of Chinese in America has been a testament to Chinese-American heritage for over 30 years. Leggi tutto.

The City Reliquary is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

8. The City Reliquary

7.2
370 Metropolitan Ave (Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY
Museo · Williamsburg · 24 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: The City Reliquary looks like the inside of a crazy collector’s apartment. It's not so surprising that it got its start as the window display of founder Dave Herman’s Williamsburg home ten years ago. Leggi tutto.

Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

9. Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD)

62 Bayard St (btw Lorimer & Leonard), Brooklyn, NY
Museo · Williamsburg · 10 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: Evolving from mobile exhibitions blowing up grains to make cereal to a physical lab space, MOFAD is the definition of what the New York Times called "not just hands-on, but tongue-on and nostrils-on." Leggi tutto.

The Noguchi Museum is one of The Best Niche Museums In NYC.

10. The Noguchi Museum

9.2
9-01 33rd Rd (at Vernon Blvd), Long Island City, NY
Museo d'arte · 67 consigli e recensioni

GothamistGothamist: A walk-through gives you the sense of floating on your back in a large, boundless ocean. I credit this feeling to either Zen or some kind of piped-in hallucinatory gas. Leggi tutto.