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New Museum

Worth a stopBowery, Manhattan

Decent contemporary collection. Not my favorite, not a waste.

What it is

Contemporary art museum housed in a sleek white building with a gift shop & cafe in the lobby.

Pair it with

Worth a detour or better, within a 15-minute walk. Numbers match the map.

  1. 1Museum of Street Art0.1 mi · Free

    Take the elevator to the 20th floor of a hotel and walk down 20 flights; the stairwell is the museum.

  2. 2Museum at Eldridge St0.4 mi · Free

    European-style 1800s synagogue in NYC, who knew.

  3. 3Museum of Chinese in America0.4 mi · Free

    Solid permanent exhibit on Chinese immigration to America.

  4. 4Grey Art Museum0.4 mi · Free

    Fantastic and shockingly large modern art collection for a museum no one’s heard of.

  5. 5Drawing Center0.5 mi · Free

    Large collection of drawings, all modern.

  6. 6Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation0.5 mi · $15

    Massive collection of Chaim Gross sculptures plus his collection of art from well-known artists.

Also on the block, if you have time

New York Marble Cemetery (0.2 mi, free), Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue & Museum (0.3 mi, free), Judd Foundation (0.3 mi), Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation (0.3 mi, free), Merchant House Museum (0.4 mi).

Skip Tenement Museum (0.3 mi), even if you’re passing: “Historic-house museum on steroids.”