NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Gallery of New York School of Interior Design

Manhattan

In addition to the Annual Student Exhibition and the ongoing display of student work throughout the year, this gallery also presents exhibitions related to interior design and architecture of interest to the general public.

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

Staten Island

During the 1850s two remarkable Italians, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Antonio Meucci, shared this house on Staten Island before Garibaldi led the birth of the modern state of Italy.

General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen

Manhattan

This society was founded in 1785 by skilled craftsmen. The library’s main reading room is three stories high and is topped by a magnificent skylight. The Mossman Lock Museum, full of unique locks, is located on a balcony and can be visited with an advance reservation.

George Way Collection

Staten Island

The George Way Collection is gathered mostly from local sources, considered by experts to be the largest collection of 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and English furniture outside the UK. The collection is housed in building C on the ground of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden.

Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College

Queens

The Godwin-Ternbach Museum provides educational programs and visual arts exhibits for Queens College's students, faculty and staff as well as the general public. Its holdings represent the creative output of artists in more than 120 countries and range in date from antiquity to the present.