This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art centers and galleries.
The following museums are in New York but their lists are maintained separately: List of museums in New York City List of museums on Long Island for museums in Nassau and Suffolk counties List of university art museums and galleries in New York State
Also a list of museum ships in New York includes some ships which are museums on their own, plus individual ships within larger museums.
The list
Museums in New York State besides those in NYC, Long Island, or universities are:
Defunct museums
Balmanno Cottage, Geneva, formerly operated by the Geneva Historical Society, closed in 2013 Boswell Museum, Springfield Center, no longer any physical museum, just a website, preserves music of the 1920s and 1930s Bridgewater Auto Museum, Bridgewater, closed in 1989 after the death of Walt Meyer, its founder Campbell-Whittlesey House Museum, Rochester, closed in 2010 Cudner-Hyatt House, Scarsdale, formerly operated by the Scarsdale Historical Society Deansboro Music Museum, Deansboro Dinosaur Walk Museum, Riverhead, closed in 2008, branches still exist in Branson, Missouri Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science, New Hyde Park, closed in 2006 Greenwood Museum Harwood's Grist Mill Farm, East Hartford Ithaca College Museum of Art Museum of Cartoon Art, Port Chester, became the National Cartoon Museum when the collection moved to Boca Raton, Florida in 1992 Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, formerly operated by Stony Brook University Museum of the Peaceful Arts National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum, Oneonta, museum closed in 2010, inductions will continue Noteworthy Indian Museum, Amsterdam Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, Orchard Park, closed in 2009 Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, Amesterdamn Move to Wichita Falls, TX in 2016 Rail City Historical Museum, Sandy Creek, closed in 2015 Retro Arcade Museum, Beacon, website Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum, Ticonderoga, closed in 2010 Tired Iron Tractor Museum, Cuylerville, collection of vintage farm machinery, tractors, trucks, horse-drawn equipment, farm toys, sold in 2013, photos Toy Town Museum, East Aurora, closed in 2009
Regions
The "Region" column in the sortable table can be used to help locate museums and understand which museums are in the same area. The list uses regions made up of the following counties or boroughs: Adirondack Region (counties all or partly in the Adirondack Park, except counties in the Capital District): Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington counties. Buffalo Niagara Region: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties. Capital District: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene and Saratoga counties. Central Leatherstocking: Broome, Delaware, Chenango, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Oswego, Schoharie counties. Finger Lakes: Onondaga County, Cortland County, Tioga County, Chemung County, Tompkins County, Cayuga County, Seneca County, Wayne County, Monroe County, Livingston County, Ontario County, Yates County, Schuyler County, and Steuben County. Lower Hudson: Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties. Long Island: Nassau and Suffolk counties. Mid-Hudson: Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties. New York City: Boroughs of Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island