Museum of Broadway
Worth a stop·Times Square, Manhattan
Went thinking it’d be a tourist trap. The price says yes, the curation says no. Lots of artifacts and a real effort to convey Broadway’s history.
What it is
Times Square museum on the history of Broadway theatre, with show-by-show exhibits, costumes, and immersive sets.
Pair it with
Worth a detour or better, within a 15-minute walk. Numbers match the map.
- 1Paley Museum0.4 mi · $20
The archived footage library is the real draw; watched some otherwise lost Andy Warhol show episodes.
- 2MoMA0.4 mi · $28
The other museum you can’t do in a day.
- 3Morgan Library & Museum0.6 mi · $28
Specialty is prints and drawings, so other mediums would help.
- 4Korean Cultural Centre0.7 mi · Free
Part of the South Korean consulate.
Also on the block, if you have time
Mossman Lock Museum (0.2 mi, free), Horological Society of New York (0.2 mi, free), New York Public Library (0.3 mi, free), Korea Society (0.4 mi, free), Grand Central Terminal Tour (0.5 mi).
Skip Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum (0.1 mi), even if you’re passing: “Tourist trap. Bad wax replicas of people you don’t care about.”