Museums

Museums Harlem picks, from the Studio Museum in Harlem and the African Art Museum to the best new museum shows. Discover museums in Harlem with our essential picks

One of the best cultural institutions and structures in Harlem and in the United States the Morris Jumel Mansion is a classic design in the Palladian style built around the 1700′s. Where can you take a tour where George Washington slept during the American Revolution and where John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton dined. Great tours, talks and family programming. Tip: they still have one of the only Colonial Gardens in America.

The Hispanic Society of America Museum And Library is a Harlem neo-Classical secret treasure! Check out live restorations underway, the map room, and pieces going back to the 16th century. Tip: the museum crammed full of Spanish masters such as El Greco and Velazquez.

The Studio Museum in Harlem do a great job of showing older artists work, but they do an even better job of showcasing the best of contemporary African-American artists and their work in Harlem and the world. Curator Thelma Golden has done a great job of bringing the museum to the national stage. Tip: the Target Free Sundays rock.

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