Editing Albany, New York (section)

===Museums and historic sites===
{{Main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York}}

[[File:New York State Cultural Education Center.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The [[Cultural Education Center]] on [[Empire State Plaza]] housing the State [[New York State Museum|Museum]], [[New York State Library|Library]], and [[New York State Archives|Archives]]]]
Because of Albany's historical and political significance, the city has numerous museums, historical buildings, and historic districts. Albany is home to the [[New York State Museum]], the [[New York State Library]] and the [[New York State Archives]]; all three facilities are in the [[Cultural Education Center]] at the south end of [[Empire State Plaza]] and are free to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oce.nysed.gov/visit.html |title=Directions, parking and visitor information for the Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY |work=nysed.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323025952/http://www.oce.nysed.gov/visit.html |archive-date=March 23, 2015 }}</ref> The [[USS Slater|USS ''Slater'' (DE-766)]], a decommissioned [[World War II]] [[destroyer escort]] that was restored in 1998, is a [[museum ship]] docked in the Hudson River at Quay Street. It is the only ship of its kind still afloat.<ref>{{cite web |title=USS Slater History |publisher=Destroyer Escort Historical Museum |date=July 9, 2002 |access-date=July 2, 2010 |url=http://www.ussslater.org/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523234348/http://www.ussslater.org/history.html |archive-date=May 23, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center, at the corner of Clinton Avenue and Broadway at Quackenbush Square, hosts a museum, gift shop, and the Henry Hudson Planetarium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center |publisher=Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=July 12, 2010 |url=http://www.albany.org/VisitorCenter.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404071845/http://www.albany.org/VisitorCenter.aspx |archive-date=April 4, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In early 2012, the [[Irish American Heritage Museum]] opened in downtown Albany. The museum is home to exhibits highlighting the contributions of the Irish people in America.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Irish American Heritage Museum |url=http://www.irishamericanheritagemuseum.org/about-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211201812/http://www.irishamericanheritagemuseum.org/about-us |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |publisher=Irish American Heritage Museum |access-date=September 23, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Albany Institute of History and Art]], on Washington Avenue near the Center Square Neighborhood and State Capitol, is "dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the history, art, culture of Albany and the Upper [[Hudson Valley]] region." The museum's most notable permanent exhibits include an extensive collection of paintings by the [[Hudson River School]] and an exhibit on [[Ancient Egypt]] featuring the institute's "Albany Mummies."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albany Institute of History and Art |url=https://www.tfaoi.org/newsmu/nmus92.htm |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=www.tfaoi.org}}</ref>
[[File:TenBroeckMansionBack.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ten Broeck Mansion]] is home to the Albany County Historical Association.<ref name="acha" />|alt=The rear of a classic, red-brick building with beige trim is shown beyond a driveway.]]
Albany is home to 57 listings on the [[National Register of Historic Places in New York|National Register of Historic Places]]<ref name="nrhp" /> (NRHP) and five [[List of National Historic Landmarks in New York|National Historic Landmarks]].<ref name="nhl" /> The [[Ten Broeck Mansion]], a 1797 [[Federal architecture|Federal-style]] mansion (later renovated in the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek-Revival style]]) built for [[Abraham Ten Broeck]] (mayor of Albany 1779–1783 and 1796–1798)<ref>{{cite web |title=Abraham Ten Broeck |last=Bielinski |first=Stefan |publisher=New York State Museum |date=December 15, 2008 |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url=http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/t/abtbroeck6.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621195431/http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/t/abtbroeck6.html |archive-date=June 21, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a [[historic house museum]] and the headquarters of the Albany County Historical Association;<ref name="acha">{{cite web |title=Historic Ten Broeck Mansion |publisher=Albany County Historical Association |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url=http://sites.google.com/site/tenbroeckmansion/Home}}</ref> it was added to the NRHP in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |last=Liebs |first=Chester H |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ten Broeck Mansion |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=355 |date=August 1970 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429084637/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=355 |archive-date=April 29, 2011  }}</ref> Later known as "Arbor Hill", it gave the [[Arbor Hill, Albany, New York|current neighborhood]] its name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Arbor Hill's Changing Fortunes |author=Keeney, Irene Gardner |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |work=Times Union (Albany) |date=August 3, 1986 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |page=G1 |url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5449215 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430030041/http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5449215 |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>