New York City

Whether at NYU for a semester or four years, being located in New York City provides students with an unbelievable wealth of opportunity for fun, learning, exploring, and networking. Because of the vast nature of the city, it can also be a challenge to locate events and groups of interest. This page is here to aid in that process, providing helpful and perhaps surprising resources and connections.

Museums

• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Modern Art*
• Rubin Museum*
• Bronx Art Museum
• Brooklyn Museum*
• Frick Collection*
• Grey Art Gallery*
• The Jewish Museum*
• Museum of the City of New York*
• New Museum*
• The New York Historical Society*
• Whitney Museum of American Art*
• Studio Museum in Harlem*
• El Museo del Barrio*
• Queens Museum of Art
• American Museum of Natural History
• Hayden Planetarium
• Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
• The Tenement Museum

*Free to NYU Students, with ID

Films

• Film Society of Lincoln Center
• Museum of the Moving Image*
• Tribeca
• Maysles Institute
• Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
• Museum of Modern Art: Films
• Reel Abilities Film Festival
• Human Rights Film Festival
• Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
• Japan Society

*Free to NYU Students, with ID

Theater

• Noor Theater

Music

• New York Philharmonic

Parks & Attractions

• Prospect Park
• Prospect Park Zoo
• Central Park
• Central Park Zoo
• Greenwood Cemetery
• Bronx Zoo
• New York Aquarium**

**Limited Exhibits Due to Damage from Hurricane Sandy