New York City Tourism & Conventions
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Upper East Side

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo: Kate Glicksberg

Refined culture and shopping are the name of the game up here. Case in point: Museum Mile, whose institutions include big names like The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum alongside gems like Neue Galerie and the Frick Collection. The shopping options offer a chance to get a new wardrobe from luxury boutiques and high-end department stores.

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Inside of the Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, New York City, looking up at the ceiling, with bright light coming through the skylight around the spiral staircase.
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Upper East Side

Guggenheim New York

Housed in one of the most iconic buildings in New York, the Guggenheim is filled with prized pieces.

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Cafe Carlyle
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Upper East Side

Cafe Carlyle

This intimate Upper East Side cabaret venue is a lasting favorite.

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An elegant art gallery room with green walls, classic paintings in ornate frames, wood tables with small sculptures, a green carpet, and a vaulted glass ceiling letting in natural light.
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Upper East Side

The Frick Collection

This beautiful mansion turned art museum, with its collection that includes works by Vermeer and Monet, has reopened after a major renovation.

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Photo: Joe Buglewicz
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Upper East Side

Neue Galerie

This institution pays homage to German and Austrian art from the early 20th century.

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