Museum Mile is a nickname given to a section of Fifth Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The “mile” is actually about one and a half miles long, stretching from 82nd to 105th Street, and is home to one of the world’s densest concentrations of cultural institutions.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met): The largest art museum in the United States and a major landmark.
Neue Galerie New York: A museum of early 20th-century German and Austrian art and design.
Guggenheim Museum: The iconic spiral building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: The only museum in the U.S. dedicated to historical and contemporary design.
The Jewish Museum: A museum dedicated to art and artifacts of Jewish culture.
Museum of the City of New York: Explores the history and culture of New York City and its people.
Museum Mile Festival
The “Museum Mile” also refers to a popular annual event that takes place in June. During this festival, many of the museums along this stretch of Fifth Avenue offer free admission during special evening hours, and the street is closed to traffic, allowing visitors to walk freely between the institutions and enjoy live music and other street-side entertainment.
