Albany Museums

A major research and educational institute dedicated to preserving New York's artistic, historical, social, and environmental legacies. Learn why New York is called the Empire State. Offering a vast array of permanent exhibition halls, temporary exhibits, and public programs. Also offering a menu of travelling exhibits available for rent from other institutions. Attracting more than one million visitors per year with the collection of over 5 million artifacts and specimens.

In honor of the original Italian immigrants who made the United States their home, the American Italian Heritage Museum and Cultural Center preserves and promotes the country's Italian heritage and cultural traditions through various historical and artistic exhibitions. Numerous classes, workshops and events are also run through the cultural center.

Discover the Irish Heritage in America through a variety of programs and activities. Exhibits, family presentations, a research library, and lectures are offered. There is also an all Irish gift shop on the premises.

Housed in a traditional Iroquois longhouse, the museum features art from the past and present representing Iroquois culture. Also visit the Children's Iroquois Museum located on the ground floor which has hands-on exhibits showing traditions through a variety of crafts, games, and technologies.

Founded in 1791, one of the oldest museums in America. The exhibits reflect Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley region in American history and art history.