The museums in New York are as varied as the inhabitants of the city. Some locations ooze fancy molding and expensive lunch. Others are blue-haired and tenacious, clenching at their rest-controlled space with a death grip normally reserved for would-be victims of defenestration. Above all, this list is reserved for the elbow-patch wearing, history-obsessed professor set. These museums in New York are off-the-beaten-track. Instead of world class art or cinema displays, they focus on the more obscure aspects of the history of the city. For example, if you are curious about turn-of-the-century religious construction on the Lower East Side or the early life of Theodore Roosevelt, you will delight in…