Museum Mile, Carnegie Hill, Central Park Location, Upper East Side New York City

The cultural institutions that make their home along Museum Mile offer some of the City's finest collections of art, history, design, and culture from around the globe. Anchoring the downtown end of the Mile is the world-renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose permanent collection comprises more than 2 million works. On the uptown, the end is El Museo del Barrio, which is devoted to Latino—and particularly Puerto Rican—art and culture. Other stops include The Jewish Museum, the Museum of the City of New York, the National Academy Museum, the Neue Galerie, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum.