Best places: History museums in Garden City South, United States

Historic restored synagogue holds orthodox services & hosts tours, community classes & events.

Institution housing paintings, ship models, scrimshaw & more with vintage ships docked outside.

Preserved 19th-century home of a wealthy merchant family, with intact interiors & exteriors.

209-acre living history museum featuring a restored 19th-century village with 18 historic buildings.

Photos, maps & other artifacts trace NYC history from its 16th-century birth to the present day.

1863 preserved tenement building brings Lower East Side immigrant stories to life with guided tours.

Museum in 1842 Customs House on site where Washington was sworn in & the Bill of Rights was written.

👍👍 Great Museum! The family had a great time learning the history of the ship. Took about three hours to explore the ship itself. The wait time for the submarine looked quite long, so we didn't stand in line. If you buy scheduled tickets, they will let you in 30min before ticketed time. Staff was frien...

Elaborate granite & marble tomb (North America’s largest) for President Ulysses S. Grant & his wife.

Museum founded in 1923 offering guided tours of period rooms in historic home of the 26th president.

West Side museum presenting New York City history via artwork, manuscripts, furniture and more.

Small museum focused on the Chinese experience in America through exhibits & public programs.

Featuring the history & innovation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, this museum offer exhibits & a tour.

👍 An enlightening experience about Black people's history on Long Island, around the U.S., and all over the world.

Marlon Suson's candid photos of firefighters & rescue crews at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11.

👍👍 Everybody should visit this museum located in Alphabet City/Manhattan. It tells the history of the struggles in NYC related to the use of the space, like housing, public spaces, transportation. You can buy some zines, bottons, stickers and T-shirts there. It is a good way to know more about the real...

Circa-1652 home built by Netherlands native Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, featuring artifacts & a garden.

This circa 1783 home with a working garden & period rooms depicts Brooklyn family life in the 1820s.

👍👍 A historical building that one might just walk on by, if not for the large historical plaques attached to the side, which harkens in its history. Fraunces Tavern served in many capacities during its history, but the one that made it most famous was when it served as the headquarters for George Washi...

House museum, Victorian garden & bird sanctuary restored to their 1880s state & open for tours.