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Odds are if you like comics or video games, you've got an interest in more aspects of the popular arts. And, methinks if you like anime or manga, you've got a fascination with additional elements of Japanese culture. Discover some New York City institutions that fit these bills right here, as well as some other quirky NYC museums worth a peek. Plus, as a bonus, we've got a collection of indie, alternative, arthouse theatres that'll feed your mind as your feed your tummy overly-buttered popcorn (They're kinda cultural.) Submit an institution here.

Institutions and Museums

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
NATURAL HISTORY

200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024

ASIA SOCIETY
725 Park Ave
New York, NY 10021

BROOKLYN BRAINERY
515 Court St
Brooklyn, NY 11231

BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S
MUSEUM

145 Brooklyn Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11213

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
OF MANHATTAN

212 West 83rd St
New York, NY 10024

CHINA INSTITUTE
125 East 65th St
New York, NY 10065

COOPER-HEWITT
NATIONAL DESIGN
MUSEUM

2 East 91st St
New York, NY 10128

DONALD KEENE CENTER
OF JAPANESE CULTURE

507 Kent Hall, MC 3920
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

GROLIER CLUB
47 East 60th St
New York, NY 10022


HARBOR DEFENSE
MUSEUM

230 Sheridan Loop
Brooklyn, NY 11252

INTREPID SEA, AIR
AND SPACE MUSEUM

West 46th St & 12th Ave
New York, NY 10036

JACQUES MARCHAIS
MUSEUM OF TIBETAN
ART

338 Lighthouse Ave
Staten Island, NY 10306

JAPAN SOCIETY
333 East 47th St
New York, NY 10017

MERCHANT'S HOUSE
MUSEUM

29 East 4th St
New York, NY 10003

MUSEUM OF COMIC
AND CARTOON ART

594 Broadway
Suite 401
New York, NY 10012

MUSEUM OF CHINESE
IN AMERICA

215 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

MUSEUM OF MATH
11 East 26th St
New York, NY 10010

MUSEUM OF THE CITY
OF NEW YORK

1220 5th Ave
New York, NY 10029

MUSEUM OF SEX
233 5th Ave
New York, NY 10016

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
THE AMERICAN INDIAN

One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004

NEW YORK CITY
FIRE MUSEUM

278 Spring St
New York, NY 10013

NEW YORK CITY
POLICE MUSEUM

100 Old Slip
New York, NY 10005

NEW YORK HALL
OF SCIENCE

47-01 111th St
Queens, NY 11368

NEW-YORK HISTORICAL
SOCIETY

170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024

NEW YORK TRANSIT
MUSEUM

Boerum Pl &
Schermerhorn St
Brooklyn, NY 11201

NEW YORK TRANSIT
MUSEUM ANNEX

15 Vanderbilt Ave
New York, NY 10017

NYU GAME CENTER
721 Broadway
9th Fl
New York, NY 10003

NOGUCHI MUSEUM
9-01 33rd Rd
Long Island City, NY 11106

PALEY CENTER
FOR MEDIA

25 West 52nd St
New York, NY 10019

RUBIN MUSEUM
OF ART OF THE
HIMALAYAS

150 West 17 St
New York, NY 10011

SOUTH STREET
SEAPORT MUSEUM

12 Fulton St
New York, NY 10038

TENRI CULTURAL
INSTITUTE

43A West 13th St
New York, NY 10011


Arthouses and Independent Movie Theatres

ANGELIKA FILM CENTER
18 West Houston St
New York, NY 10012

BAMCINEMATEK
30 Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217

BEEKMAN THEATRE
1271 2nd Ave
New York, NY 10065

FILM SOCIETY OF
LINCOLN CENTER

165 West 65th St
New York, NY 10023

IFC CENTER
323 Sixth Ave
New York, NY 10012

NITEHAWK CINEMA
136 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211

PARIS THEATRE
4 West 58th St
New York, NY 10019

SPECTACLE THEATER
124 South 3rd Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217

SUNSHINE CINEMA
143 East Houston St
New York, NY 10002

SVA THEATRE
333 West 23 St
New York NY 10011

SYMPHONY SPACE
2537 Broadway
New York, NY

ZIEGFELD THEATRE
141 W 54th St
New York, NY 10019

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