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Not an LD'er, but very familiar with New York (FI is a New Yorker).  What are your personalities/interests?  Tell us your hobbies, the sort of stuff you're interested in and do for fun and we might be able to give you better advice.

Just a suggestion about visiting museums, if you go to the Met, pretty much everything is included in your admission fee (or lack thereof), but at the AMNH, the entrance fee (or lack thereof...sometimes the workers there give you an attitude about giving less than the full amount, which is unfair, and doesn't happen at the Met) gets you only into the regular exhibits.  The IMAXs, planetarium, etc.--all the cool stuff--is extra, and I'm pretty sure those fees are mandatory.

This is going to be some unorthodox advice.  Unless you guys are both really into art, I might skip the Met.  I'm an Art History minor who wants to go into museum work and honestly, every time I've gone to an art museum with somebody, we've ended up talking very little, wandering around at different paces or feeling guilty because we didn't want to linger over a piece for the same amount of time as the other, and, if it's the Met, being suffocated by the masses of people there at most times of the day (and screaming children...so many screaming children).  Worse is going with someone who has no interest in art (and that is totally fine!).  Everyone feels pressure to seem 'cultured' and show some interest in art, but frankly, art isn't for everyone, and every type of art certainly isn't for everyone.  People uninterested in art tend to feel dragged around, bored, listless...so not romantic.  This can even happen to people who ARE interested in art but just aren't feeling up for museum-going that day.

The Met and the AMNH are very near and dear to my heart and I'm actually working at both this summer, but I would never recommend them to a couple with a short period of time to spend together, looking for some romantic ideas! I just don't think they tend to be romantic.  The museums are such hot tourist spots in New York, but I think it's mostly because they're so important, not necessarily tourist-friendly (especially art museums; the AMNH tends to be a lot more engaging and interactive for a wider variety of people and has a much better chance of sparking awesome conversation, imo, unless you already have an interest in art).

In short, before committing to go to an art museum, consider whether it will sustain the interest of you and your man, and be honest with yourselves; it's totally a drag to feel pressured to spend several hours in a place you don't want to.  If you do decide to go, the Met is huge and can't be seen in just a few hours, so read about what's featured in each gallery and I would strongly suggest selecting a max of maybe four that the two of you would be interested in.  Much more than that tends to be overkill.
 

Just my two cents.  Maybe my experiences are dramatically different from others'.