This underrated museum is housed in the ornate beaux arts structure where naturalist John James Audubon once lived. Open since 1908, it contains the largest collection of 19th-century Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain – including a substantial selection of works by El Greco, Goya and Velázquez, as well as a library featuring 600,000 rare books and manuscripts.

Greeting visitors at the entrance is Goya’s alluring 1797 masterpiece ‘The Duchess of Alba,’ while a majestic sculpture of El Cid by Anna Hyatt Huntington dominates the exterior courtyard.

At the time of research, the Society was considering a name change to honor its founder, Archer Milton Huntington, so it may be known by a different name when you arrive.