MuseumNerd: Check out the Andalusian items loaned by the Hispanic Society of America (155th & Broadway) in the Met's Islamic Galleries. They will knock your socks off.
MuseumNerd: There are some wonderful surprises in the Luce Center for American Art, such as an array of Latin American Spanish Colonial paintings, silverwork, polychrome sculpture, and furniture. Don't miss it!
MuseumNerd: Pester El Museo staff about joining twitter. They are literally the last holdout in a city where all the museums (even @HSAmuseum!) are on twitter.