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New York City museums

There are 378museums in the greater New York Citymetro area, including the cities of New York, Jersey City, Lakewood, Newark, New Brunswick, and White Plains within the states of New York and New Jersey. Combined, these New York City metro museumsemploy 14,402 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $13 billion.
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Types of museums in New York City

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Museums
378
$1,634,967,433
History museums
173
$165,384,315
Art museums
74
$1,160,934,606
Natural history and sciences museums
14
$209,884,019
Children's museums
13
$25,149,160
Science and technology museums
12
$51,827,958
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Job trends for New York City museums

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
46
1-10
55
11-25
27
26-100
31
101 to 1,000
27
1,000+
3
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Sizes of museums in New York City

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
107
$250k to $1M
53
$1M to $5M
41
$5M to $25M
22
$25M to $100M
6
$100M+
4
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Directory of museums in New York City

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Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City. The museum is New York City's third largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.
Revenue
$40.6m
Assets
$323.3m
Employees
574
EIN
11-1672743
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (SRGF)

Committed to innovation, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation collects, preserves, and interprets modern and contemporary art, and explores ideas across cultures through dynamic curatorial and educational initiatives and collaborations.
Revenue
$52.8m
Assets
$236.3m
Employees
504
EIN
13-5562233
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art establishes, preserves, and documents a permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, presents exhibitions and educational programs, sustains a library, archives, and conservation laboratory and supports scholarship and pub...
Revenue
$262.1m
Assets
$2.3b
Employees
1,365
EIN
13-1624100
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The mission of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of Art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of qual...
Revenue
$414.7m
Assets
$4.5b
Employees
2,458
EIN
13-1624086
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Museum of Natural History

The Museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the Natural world, and the universe.". Nat History Museum, exhibitions, library, collections, conse...
Revenue
$198.1m
Assets
$1.5b
Employees
1,547
EIN
13-6162659
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Morgan Library & Museum

The mission of the Morgan Library & Museum is to preserve, build, study, present, and interpret a collection of extraordinary quality, in order to stimulate enjoyment, excite the imagination, advance learning, and nurture creativity.
Revenue
$30.7m
Assets
$345.6m
Employees
269
EIN
13-1624146
IRS type
501(c)(3)

El Museo Del Barrio

El Museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin Americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities. El museo's mission is to pr...
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$8.4m
Employees
94
EIN
23-7156720
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Brooklyn Children's Museum promotes cultural literacy through experimentation and exploration. We believe in the power of culture to help children and families find comfort, resilience and stimulation.
Revenue
$5.8m
Assets
$5.1m
Employees
136
EIN
11-2495664
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Studio Museum in Harlem

The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. It is a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society.
Revenue
$14.9m
Assets
$115.4m
Employees
134
EIN
13-2590805
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New York Hall of Science (NYSCI)

New York Hall of Science's (NYSCI) mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers and active citizens through an approach they call Design-Make-Play.
Revenue
$20.5m
Assets
$54.9m
Employees
346
EIN
11-2104059
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

As an educational and cultural nonprofit institution, the mission of the Intrepid Museum is to promote the awareness and understanding of history, science and service through its collections, exhibitions and programming, in order to honor our heroes, educ...
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$94.7m
Employees
361
EIN
13-3062419
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image is a history museum in Astoria, NY whose mission is: Museum of the Moving Image is the only U.S. museum devoted to film, television, and digital media.
Revenue
$6.0m
Assets
$5.6m
Employees
114
EIN
11-2730714
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum is a museum at the intersection of art and Jewish culture for people of all backgrounds. Founded in 1904, the Museum was the first institution of its kind in the United States and one of the oldest Jewish museums in the world.
Revenue
$16.8m
Assets
$144.5m
Employees
235
EIN
13-6146854
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Museum of Chinese in America

The Museum of Chinese in America aims to engage audiences in an ongoing and historical dialogue, in which people of all backgrounds are able to see American history through a critical perspective, to reflect on their own experiences, and to make meaningfu....
Revenue
$14.6m
Assets
$12.0m
Employees
22
EIN
11-2517055
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)

The Museum of the City of New York celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation.
Revenue
$13.8m
Assets
$57.1m
Employees
186
EIN
13-1624098
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM)

The Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) is New York City's leading cultural institution dedicated solely to children and families and is the vibrant home to 350,000 visitors a year.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$76.0m
Employees
162
EIN
13-2761376
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Africa Center

The Africa Center will operate locally and globally to transform our understanding of the continent by promoting partnership and collaboration between Africa and the United States.
Revenue
$10.0m
Assets
$86.6m
Employees
10
EIN
13-3137461
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation

To restore and preserve the Statue of Liberty National Monument, which includes, in addition to the Statue itself, Ellis Island and its Museum of Immigration; custody and control of records and other things of historic interest related to the Statue of Li...
Revenue
$20.6m
Assets
$55.9m
Employees
35
EIN
13-3118415
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rubin Museum of Art

The Rubin Museum of Art is a dynamic environment that stimulates learning, promotes understanding, and inspires personal connections to the ideas, cultures, and art of Himalayan Asia.
Revenue
$10.5m
Assets
$203.4m
Employees
86
EIN
22-6799567
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Parrish Art Museum

Inspired by The natural setting and artistic life of long island's east end, The Parrish Art Museum illuminates The creative process and how Art and artists transform our experiences and understanding of The world and how we live in it. The Museum fosters...
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$41.9m
Employees
71
EIN
11-1782495
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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