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American Museum of Natural History

Dinosaurs, dioramas, the Rose Center & Hayden Planetarium — the world's largest natural history museum.

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Battleship New Jersey

WWII battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62), now a museum & memorial on the Camden waterfront.

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Brooklyn Museum

Encyclopedic art museum with a celebrated Egyptian collection and American art; next to the Botanic Garden.

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Grounds For Sculpture

42-acre sculpture park, arboretum & museum with 270+ contemporary works; near Princeton.

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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Aircraft carrier USS Intrepid with warplanes, the submarine Growler, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise.

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Liberty Science Center

Massive interactive science center in Liberty State Park — aquarium, live animals, IMAX dome, and the Western Hemisphere's largest planetarium.

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Montclair Art Museum

American art and a renowned Native American art collection; free first Thursdays.

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Morris Museum

Art, science & history museum famous for its Guinness Collection of mechanical musical automata.

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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Iconic modern & contemporary art — Van Gogh's Starry Night, Warhol, Picasso, and more.

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Museum of the American Revolution

The story of the Revolution through artifacts, art & immersive galleries — near Independence Hall.

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National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Memorial pools and museum at the World Trade Center site.

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New Jersey State Museum

State museum of art, natural history, archaeology & cultural history — plus a planetarium. Free admission.

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Newark Museum of Art

New Jersey's largest museum — American & global art, a science wing, and a planetarium.

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Penn Museum

University of Pennsylvania's archaeology & anthropology museum — Egyptian, Middle Eastern & world antiquities.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Vast art collection atop the famous "Rocky steps" — Van Gogh, Monet, and more.

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Please Touch Museum

Hands-on children's museum in Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park — great for younger kids.

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Princeton University Art Museum

World-class university art collection spanning antiquity to contemporary (newly rebuilt, 2025).

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral rotunda; modern & contemporary art (UNESCO World Heritage Site).

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The Barnes Foundation

One of the world's great collections of Impressionist & early modern paintings — Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse.

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The Franklin Institute

Pennsylvania's most-visited museum — hands-on science, the Giant Heart, and the Fels Planetarium.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)

The largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere — 5,000+ years of art across 2M+ works.

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Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Thomas Edison's actual laboratory complex and Glenmont estate, run by the National Park Service.

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Whitney Museum of American Art

Modern & contemporary American art in the Meatpacking District, at the base of the High Line.