New York State Museum

The New York State Museum in Downtown Albany explores the cultural and natural history of New York State. The Museum features approximately 10 new exhibits each year including the Bank of America Great Arts Series. Favorites include a full-sized Iroquois longhouse, a working carousel, and the Cohoes Mastadon. Temporary exhibitions are often developed with our own extensive collections or traveled from renowned museums across the country. Within our main halls, are the popular long-standing favorites including:
- Adirondack Wilderness
- Ancient Life of New York: A Billion Years of Earth History
- Birds of New York
- Beneath the City: Albany Archeology
- Black Capital: Harlem in the 20s
- Cohoes Mastodon
- Fire Engine Hall
- The Governor´s Collection of Contemporary Native American Crafts
- Metropolis Hall
- Minerals of New York
- Native Peoples of New York
- Windows on New York
- The World Trade Center: Rescue Recovery Response
- Historic Working Carousel

Monday-Saturday from 9:30 am - 5:00 pm | Closed Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. Visit us at www.nysm.nysed.gov or call (518) 474-5877 for more information.