There are more and more families who try to plan their summer vacations, and other family travel adventures, around activities that can provide educational opportunities as well as fun. Because of this, there are many museums that top the lists of families who are in the midst of making their travel plans. But, families are not the only ones who love what a good museum has to offer, and often couples with shared interests enjoy expanding their shared knowledge at various museum galleries as well.

Some of the most famous and most visited museums in the world are found in New York City. It seems that there is one museum after another, which each has its own claim to fame and that displays collections of priceless art, stunning jewels, and fascinating design and architecture. Not to mention the insights into world history and American history one can gain by strolling through one of the history museum exhibits.

Because there are so many world-class museums to be found in the city of New York, it can bit a bit overwhelming and difficult to decide on which one you should visit first, or how to prioritize your schedule of museum visits. The first thing to do is to decide what particular types of exhibits interest you most, and then look at the amount of time you will have to devote to your museum tours.

The Museum of Modern Art is one of the all-time, most popular in New York City. It is considered to be one of the premier museums in the entire world that is dedicated to showing works of modern art. Established back in 1929, this museum hosts an impressive and varied collection of works by many modern artists, such as Warhol, Picasso, and hundreds of other artists, both well known and relatively obscure.

If you have more interest in visiting a history museum than you do in viewing collections of art, then your top priority might be a tour of the offerings that can be found at the New York Historical Society Museum. The collection that the historical society has put together provides interesting and unique insights into the history of New York. Part of the collection includes items of historic interest, such as furnishings, paintings and decorative objects, including Tiffany lamps.

The Ellis Island Immigration Museum is another popular destination that is on the "must see" list for those who enjoy American history. This is considered to be one of the most interesting of all the museum locations because of the vast number of new Americans who passed through Ellis Island to enter their new homeland. Over 12 million immigrants were processed through the Ellis Island Immigration center; therefore, there are now hundreds of millions of American citizens who can look to Ellis Island knowing that their ancestors entered into the United States there.

Another well-known New York institution in terms of museums in the American Museum of Natural History, which is quite easy to find on the busy street of Central Park West. This museum is one of the most respected anywhere in the world and it holds an amazing array of artifacts that provide historical insights, with regard to mankind and the earth.

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