Things to Do in Albany

Albany Institute of History & Art

Albany's best art museum is the second-oldest museum in the United States -- older even than the Smithsonian...

• Museums

New York State Capitol

This impressive building, seat of New York State government since the 1880s and a jarring contrast with...

• Landmarks

New York State Museum

This massive museum, which from the exterior looks like a giant monolith, is the largest museum of its...

• Museums

Empire State Plaza

This dramatic public plaza is Albany's most distinctive urban feature. Its official name is Governor...

• Landmarks

Palace Theatre

• Culture

Corning Tower Observation Deck

• Adventure

Hudson River Way

This cool pedestrian bridge, opened in 2002, connects downtown to Corning Preserve Park on the banks...

• Landmarks

New York State Executive Mansion

The Governor's Mansion, built in 1856 as a banker's home, was totally remodeled in the 1860s. The first...

• Landmarks

Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site

This large, English-style 1762 estate, the home of Philip Schuyler, one of the first four generals under...

USS Slater

A World War I destroyer escort ship, one of three remaining, sits docked on the banks of the Hudson,...

• Museums

Shaker Heritage Society

America's first Shaker settlement, the 1776 Watervliet Church Community, retains its 1848 Meeting House...

Historic Cherry Hill

This stately home, a big yellow clapboard Georgian Colonial that once looked over gentle lands to the...