History Museum
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Museum of the City of New York
Manhattan
Among the city’s major museums, there is only one with the words “New,” “York,” and “City” in its name, and this is precisely what gives the Museum of the City of New York its unique mandate: to explore the past, present, and future of New York City and to celebrate its heritage.
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Lefferts Homestead Historic House Museum
Brooklyn
The original Lefferts home, built before the American Revolution in the farming village of Flatbush, was burned down during the Battle of Long Island in 1776. The structure that now stands is a circa-1783 replacement, moved to its present location in 1918.
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Manhattan
Leo Baeck Institute is a research library that holds the preeminent collection of materials on the history of German-speaking Jews. Its collections, exhibitions and other public programs document the unique culture that produced luminaries such Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka and Martin Buber.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Manhattan
For 19th- and early 20th century immigrants, the Lower East Side was the gateway to America. On guided tours, visitors explore restored apartments in 97 Orchard Street, an 1863 tenement building, and learn about real families who once lived there.