The Menu Museum

An archive of historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library.

16,525 menus
64,352 scanned pages
1851–2008

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project.

Not affiliated with NYPL.

Uncatalogued scans

Decades

15,935 dated menus · 18512008

  1. 1850s22 menus
  2. 1860s19 menus
  3. 1870s1 menu
  4. 1880s282 menus
  5. 1890s1,476 menus
  6. 1900s6,058 menus
  7. 1910s3,495 menus
  8. 1920s443 menus
  9. 1930s1,181 menus
  10. 1940s727 menus
  11. 1950s777 menus
  12. 1960s734 menus
  13. 1970s314 menus
  14. 1980s293 menus
  15. 1990s81 menus
  16. 2000s32 menus
  17. Undated590 menus