The Cloisters
Don’t miss·Inwood, Manhattan
No one does a museum like the Met. This one is spectacular. Built on Rockefeller money; gives you a sense of how unimaginable their wealth was, and underscores how much better the Asia Society should be.
What it is
Branch of the Metropolitan, showcasing medieval art in a French monastery overlooking the Hudson.
Also on the block, if you have time
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (0.5 mi, free).