New York history museums

Name: Top 20 History museums in New York
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There are 261 history museums in New York. Combined, these New Yorker history museums employ 3,345 people, earn more than $340 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.

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History museums by major New York cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
New York City	87	1,604	$213,995,757	$1,080,108,303
Albany, NY	24	145	$11,989,577	$59,346,978
Rochester, NY	21	647	$49,729,638	$288,883,156
Buffalo	20	215	$13,759,583	$106,965,386
Syracuse	18	57	$3,926,901	$31,514,949
Poughkeepsie	11	44	$3,089,554	$8,935,972
Kingston	10	43	$2,196,554	$10,972,681
Glens Falls	6	104	$8,125,330	$27,617,887
Utica	4	0	$377,265	$1,043,097
Watertown	3	1	$709,962	$1,846,227

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Job trends for New York history museums

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	49
1-10	55
11-25	18
26-100	16
101 to 1,000	9
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in New York history museums is driven by large organizations like National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, New York Historical Society, Strong National Museum of Play, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and Genesee Country Village and Museum.

Sizes of history museums in New York

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	103
$250k to $1M	45
$1M to $5M	25
$5M to $25M	6
$25M to $100M	3
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, New York Historical Society, Strong National Museum of Play, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial To the Holocaust earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in New York history museums.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 9.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in New York history museums with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of history museums in New York

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Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial To the Holocaust

The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is committed to the crucial mission of educating diverse visitors about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust.

Revenue

$12.9m

Assets

$51.7m

Employees

EIN

13-3376265

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center

National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center honors 9/11 victims, offers educational programs, and fosters reflection on their enduring legacy.

Revenue

$90.3m

Assets

$569.1m

Employees

415

EIN

61-1745872

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Tenement Museum

The Tenement Museum preserves and interprets the history of immigration through the personal experiences of the generations of newcomers who settled in and built lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Revenue

$10.5m

Assets

$43.3m

Employees

153

EIN

13-3475390

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Farmers Museum

The Farmers Museum in New York cultivates rural heritage education through historic recreations and New York history studies.

Revenue

$10.6m

Assets

$73.3m

Employees

147

EIN

15-0547367

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New York Historical Society

New York Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets American history with a premier collection of artifacts in NYC, offering education and public programs.

Revenue

$54.0m

Assets

$222.2m

Employees

390

EIN

13-1624124

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Strong National Museum of Play

As an educational institution focused on American cultural history, strong museum explores play in order to encourage learning, creativity, and discovery.

Revenue

$41.5m

Assets

$251.3m

Employees

380

EIN

16-0954168

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Sephardic Heritage Museum

The Sephardic Heritage Museum preserves and showcases artifacts, documents, and oral histories of Jewish communities from Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt, fostering cultural identity.

Revenue

$3.7m

Assets

$15.3m

Employees

EIN

20-3249437

IRS type

501(c)(3)

WEB Du Bois Museum Foundation

The WEB Du Bois Museum Foundation develops a museum complex in Accra, Ghana, honoring Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois's life and legacy.

Revenue

$2.2m

Assets

$2.0m

Employees

EIN

84-4028962

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Fort Ticonderoga Association

Preserving and interpreting history of Fort Ticonderoga through education, exhibitions, research, and horticulture to provoke discussion and foster dialogue.

Revenue

$7.7m

Assets

$25.8m

Employees

101

EIN

14-1440924

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Museum of Chinese in America

MOCA preserves and interprets the history and culture of Chinese Americans, engages audiences, and disseminates historical and current information.

Revenue

$3.2m

Assets

$21.0m

Employees

EIN

11-2517055

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an independent, non-profit educational institution dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of baseball and its impact on the culture.

Revenue

$16.6m

Assets

$65.9m

Employees

252

EIN

15-0572877

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Adirondack Experience - The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake

Museum promoting historical study of Adirondack Park, collecting and preserving related documents, located in Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Revenue

$5.3m

Assets

$77.0m

Employees

EIN

13-5635801

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

The "Museum" maintains a mansion, Museum, planetarium, and park for the benefit of the surrounding community. Maintains a Museum, planetarium and a historic mansion for the benefit of the surrounding community.

Revenue

$3.7m

Assets

$16.8m

Employees

108

EIN

11-6037002

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Queens County Farmhouse Museum

Working historical farm in Queens, NY with educational programs and events to showcase the area's agricultural and horticultural past.

Revenue

$3.3m

Assets

$4.0m

Employees

EIN

11-2508369

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The Museum fosters education and understanding of Thoroughbred racing by providing public access to equine art, artifacts, memorabilia, film, video, books and historical archives.

Revenue

$4.6m

Assets

$31.3m

Employees

EIN

14-1421321

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum

Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum educates the public about aviation from 1903-1939 through its collection of antique cars, aircraft, and memorabilia. The museum provides airshows and bi-plane rides using vintage aircraft.

Revenue

$2.3m

Assets

$6.3m

Employees

EIN

22-2831174

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Stirling Harbor Foundation

Preserving classical nautical skills and eastern seaboard maritime history through educational events, workshops, and seminars in New York.

Revenue

$4.3m

Assets

$4.3m

Employees

EIN

86-2741614

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Corporation

Preserves/interprets Wright's masterpiece in Buffalo, NY. Offers tours/education on architecture/design and restores/maintains the Martin House.

Revenue

$2.3m

Assets

$49.4m

Employees

EIN

16-1426693

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Albany Institute of History and Art

The Albany Institute of History & Art is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and promoting interest in the history, art and culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley Region.

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$12.0m

Employees

EIN

14-1343061

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Buffalo Naval Park Committee

The Buffalo Naval Park Committee displays United States Naval vessels and provides exhibits and related services to raise awareness of the Naval Park and its history.

Revenue

$2.6m

Assets

$2.7m

Employees

EIN

16-1133535

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A54: History Museums" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

New York history museums

History museums by major New York cities

Job trends for New York history museums

Sizes of history museums in New York

Directory of history museums in New York

Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial To the Holocaust

National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center

Tenement Museum

The Farmers Museum

New York Historical Society

Strong National Museum of Play

The Sephardic Heritage Museum

WEB Du Bois Museum Foundation

The Fort Ticonderoga Association

Museum of Chinese in America

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Adirondack Experience - The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

Queens County Farmhouse Museum

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum

Stirling Harbor Foundation

Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Corporation

Albany Institute of History and Art

Buffalo Naval Park Committee

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