The Schiele Museum of Natural History involves visitors in the exploration of natural history, as well as human prehistoric history and Native American history. The museum maintains a seasonally-open Catawba Indian village, a recreation of a Stone Age site of human habitation, and a living-history 18th-century backcountry farm.

The museum offers exhibits, living-history demonstrations, programs and guided tours for school groups, planetarium shows, professional development for educators, and other recreational and educational events.

The Staten Island Museum invites visitors to explore the arts, natural sciences, and local history.

The museum offers exhibits, programs for school groups, museum-on-the-go boxes for rent, and other educational and recreational events.

The Staten Island Children's Museum invites children to explore and create in environments linked to nature and culture.

The museum offers exhibits, programs for school groups, and other recreational and educational programs

The Noble Maritime Collection, according to its website, mission "is to preserve and interpret the art, writings, and historical maritime artifacts of the distinguished marine artist, John A. Noble; to continue Noble's legacy of celebrating the people and traditions of the working waterfront of New York Harbor; to preserve and interpret the history of Sailors' Snug Harbor in its collections, exhibitions and programs; and to operate a maritime study center inspired by John A. Noble and the mariners of Sailors' Snug Harbor."

The center offers exhibits, programs for school groups (grades K-7), traveling maritime libraries for loan, camps, and other recreational and educational events

The New York State Museum, according to its website, "is dedicated to promoting inquiry and advancing knowledge in the fields of geology, biology, anthropology, and history, through the investigation of material evidence germane to New York State's past, present and future."

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided tours for school groups, professional development for educators, after-school programs, camps, and other recreational and educational events.

The Museum of Nuclear Science and History, according to its website, is "the nation's only congressionally chartered museum in its field," tracing the history of nuclear research, development, and application.

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided and self-guided tours for school groups, outreach presentations, and professional development for educators.

The Atomic Testing Museum traces and interprets the history of nuclear testing in the U.S. and of the Nevada Test Site.

The museum offers exhibits.

The Strategic Air and Space Museum displays aircraft and introduces visitors to aviation history.

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided and self-guided tours for school groups, flight simulators, camps, and other recreational and educational events.

The Museum of the Rockies, according to its website, "houses one of the world’s largest collections of dinosaurs, permanent exhibits on Western history and American Indians, several changing exhibits each year, and a planetarium." During the summer months, it also operates the Living History Farm, which recreates life in the 1890s.

The museum offers exhibits, planetarium shows, classes, tours for school groups, traveling trunks for rent, professional development opportunities for educators, and other recreational and educational events.

Union Station, built in 1814, today has been restored to house, among other attractions, traveling exhibits, presentations and shows, and a permanent rail exhibit.

The Station offers exhibits, planetarium shows, performances, science demonstrations, big-screen presentations, tours for school groups, and home school days.