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It would take weeks to take in all the treasures of this mammoth, ever-changing museum that includes a collection of more than 3,000 European paintings. The Greek, Roman, Cypriot, and Asian halls have had striking new renovations, and the Howard Gilman Photography Gallery is a growing presence.

Following a $425 million expansion program, MoMA reopened in 2004. The renovation marked the museum’s 75th anniversary and almost doubled the capacity of the original building. MoMA has one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of modern art, including works by Picasso, Van Gogh, and Warhol.

The largest museum of its kind in the world exhibits everything from dinosaurs to Chinese costumes and rare gems. In addition to the planetarium show in the Rose Center, there are nature films in a giant IMAX theater.

The Guggenheim has expanded its collection with several major donations, including Justin Thannhauser’s Impressionist masters, Peggy Guggenheim’s Cubist, Surrealist, and Abstract Expressionist works, a collection of American Minimalist and Conceptual art, and the most extensive collection of Kandinsky’s works in the U.S..

The entire range of 20th-century American art can be seen in the permanent collection housed in this striking Marcel Breuer building, along with changing exhibitions of contemporary art.

The mansion of industrialist Henry Clay Frick, with indoor garden court and reflecting pool, is the setting for his exceptional collection of Old Masters, French furniture, and Limoges enamels. Look for Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals in the West Gallery; Holbein, Titian, and Bellini in the Living Hall.

A world-class museum in a fine Beaux Arts building exhibiting cutting-edge contemporary work alongside permanent collections of Asian, Egyptian, African, and American art. There are also Rodin sculptures, and decorative arts that include period rooms.

This palazzo was designed in 1902 to hold the collection of billionaire J. Pierpont Morgan, an extraordinary assemblage of rare manuscripts, books, and prints, and galleries with changing exhibits. His original opulent study and library are highlights.

New York’s history is illustrated with photographs, paintings, costumes, toys, silver, period rooms, and a large collection of Currier & Ives handcolored lithographs. There is also an exhibition that celebrates the work of Broadway theater composer Richard Rogers.

The first New York museum built from the ground up in 30 years, the eight-level, innovative, skylit structure shows off a great collection of this whimsical, all-American art form. Paintings, sculptures, quilts, weathervanes, samplers and furniture are among the items on show.