Museums
· 23 listingsAmerican Museum of Natural History
Dinosaurs, dioramas, the Rose Center & Hayden Planetarium — the world's largest natural history museum.
Battleship New Jersey
WWII battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62), now a museum & memorial on the Camden waterfront.
Brooklyn Museum
Encyclopedic art museum with a celebrated Egyptian collection and American art; next to the Botanic Garden.
Grounds For Sculpture
42-acre sculpture park, arboretum & museum with 270+ contemporary works; near Princeton.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Aircraft carrier USS Intrepid with warplanes, the submarine Growler, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
Liberty Science Center
Massive interactive science center in Liberty State Park — aquarium, live animals, IMAX dome, and the Western Hemisphere's largest planetarium.
Montclair Art Museum
American art and a renowned Native American art collection; free first Thursdays.
Morris Museum
Art, science & history museum famous for its Guinness Collection of mechanical musical automata.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Iconic modern & contemporary art — Van Gogh's Starry Night, Warhol, Picasso, and more.
Museum of the American Revolution
The story of the Revolution through artifacts, art & immersive galleries — near Independence Hall.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Memorial pools and museum at the World Trade Center site.
New Jersey State Museum
State museum of art, natural history, archaeology & cultural history — plus a planetarium. Free admission.
Newark Museum of Art
New Jersey's largest museum — American & global art, a science wing, and a planetarium.
Penn Museum
University of Pennsylvania's archaeology & anthropology museum — Egyptian, Middle Eastern & world antiquities.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Vast art collection atop the famous "Rocky steps" — Van Gogh, Monet, and more.
Please Touch Museum
Hands-on children's museum in Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park — great for younger kids.
Princeton University Art Museum
World-class university art collection spanning antiquity to contemporary (newly rebuilt, 2025).
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral rotunda; modern & contemporary art (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
The Barnes Foundation
One of the world's great collections of Impressionist & early modern paintings — Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse.
The Franklin Institute
Pennsylvania's most-visited museum — hands-on science, the Giant Heart, and the Fels Planetarium.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
The largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere — 5,000+ years of art across 2M+ works.
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison's actual laboratory complex and Glenmont estate, run by the National Park Service.
Whitney Museum of American Art
Modern & contemporary American art in the Meatpacking District, at the base of the High Line.