Free or pay what you can days:
•Brooklyn's Children Museum
On the second weekend of the month, early-bird visitors can enjoy free access to the Brooklyn Children's Museum. You need to arrive at the museum before 11 a.m. for free access to the Brooklyn Children's Museum. They also offer free admission on Wednesday afternoons from 2-5 p.m.
145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn.
•Forbes Magazine Galleries
Admission is always free to this interesting museum featuring collectibles such as toy soldiers, Monopoly games and more.
62 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street) / 212-206-5548
•National Museum of the American Indian
Admission to the the sixteenth museum in the Smithsonian Institution is always free.
1 Bowling Green, George Gustave Heye Center Phone: 212-668-6624
•Sony Wonder Technology Lab
Admission is always free to this entertainment
and technology museum located in Midtown.
Sony Plaza Public Arcade at 56th Street and Madison Avenue / Phone:212-833-5414
•Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art
Admission to the exhibitions at the Swiss Institute is always free --
it's open Tuesday through Saturday from 12-6.
495 Broadway 3rd Floor / Phone: 212-925-2035
Museums With Suggested Admission
In order to make museums affordable for all, these museums have "suggested" admissions. That means you can pay the amount of admission
that you can afford and still enjoy access to the museum.
•Metropolitan Museum of Art
Although they raised the "suggested" admission to $20, you can pay what you can afford to see one of the greatest art museums in New York
City. Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue
Phone: 212-535-7710
•American Museum of Natural History
The "suggested" admission at the American Museum of Natural History is $16, you can make whatever contribution you see as appropriate to enter the museum (though you'll have to pay full price for planetarium shows, etc.).
Address: Central Park West at West 79th Street
Phone: 212-769-5000
•Tibet House
The Tibet House Cultural Center features exhibits of classical and contemporary Tibetan art, as well as art inspired by Tibetan culture.
Admission is free, but there is a box to contribute your donation ($5 suggested).
Tuesday Deals
•Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Free admission from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. on Saturdays
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718-623-7200
•First Saturdays at the
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Evening admission (5-11 p.m.) on the first Saturday of every month is free. Includes most exhibits, music and movie screenings.
200 Eastern Pkwy Brooklyn /Phone: 718-638-5000
•The Jewish Museum
Free admission on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5:45.
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street (between Fifth and Madison) / Phone: 212-423-3200
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•Children's Museum of the Arts
Free fun for the kids - from 4 - 6 p.m.
you can pay what you wish on Thursdays.
103 Charlton Street, between Hudson & Greenwich Sts , NYC / Phone: 212-274-0986
•Museum of Arts and Design
Pay What You Wish from 6 - 9 p.m. Friday Deals.
2 Columbus Circle
Phone: 212-299-7777
•American Folk Art Museum
Free Admission on Fridays from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
45 West 53rd Street / Phone: 212-265-1040
Free admission to active military and their families
Memorial Day through Labor Day
•Asia Society and Museum
Free Admission on Fridays from 6-9 p.m. (does not apply July 1 - Labor Day) 725 Park Ave. at 70th St. / Phone: 212-288-6400
•Bronx Museum of the Arts
This contemporary art museum is open late on Fridays (from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.) and visitors can explore the exhibits for free all day long.
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY / Phone: 718-681-6000
•International Center for Photography
Admission to the frequently changing exhibitions is available with
your voluntary contribution on Fridays from 5-8 p.m.
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd St. / Phone: 212-857-0000
•The Morgan Library
Admission is free on Fridays from 7-9 p.m.
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street / Phone: 212-685-0008
•Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Free Admission on Target Fridays from 4 - 8 p.m.
11 West 53 Street / Phone: 212-708-9400
•Museum of the Moving Image
Free to gallery Fridays from 4 - 8 p.m. (does not include film screenings)
35 Avenue at 36 Street in Astoria, NY
Phone: 718-784-0077
•New York Historical Society
Free admission Fridays, 6-8 p.m. courtesy of
American Express Company.
170 Central Park West between 76th & 77th Street
Phone: 212-873-3400
•Whitney Museum of American Art
Pay what you wish on Fridays from 6 - 9 p.m.
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street / Phone: 212-570-3676
Saturday Deals
•Guggenheim Museum
Pay what you wish on Saturdays from 5:45 - 7:45 p.m.
(last ticket issued at 7:15)
1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street / Phone: 212-423-3500
•The Frick Collection
On Sundays, pay what you wish from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
1 East 70th Street / Phone: 212-288-0700
•Staten Island Museum
Admission is free on Tuesdays from 12 to 2 p.m.
75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, NY
Phone: 718-483-7114 / Wednesday Deals |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Oceania: Art of the Pacific Islands. The more than four hundred works on view, dating primarily from the eighteenth century to the present. Manhattan, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, 212-535-7710 |
| Whitney Museum |
Lyonel Feininger, through Oct. 16th! Free gallery tours through the Whitney’s collection and current exhibitions are offered each day. Tours meet in the galleries. No reservations are necessary. |
| Rubin Museum |
Embodying the Holy explores the basic similarities and differences between sacral representations in the Eastern Orthodox Christian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, at 7th Ave. 212-620-5000 $10 per adult and child. Manhattan |
| The Children's Museum of the Arts |
CMA offers afterschool arts classes for children ages 5 to 12. Classes are taught by professional teaching artists in a variety of mediums. 182 Lafayette Street (between Broome & Grand) Manhattan |
| Museum of the American Gangster |
Two room exhibit, focusing on the political and cultural role of mob bosses during Prohibition and beyond. $15.
80 St. Marks Place between First and Second Ave. |
| New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex |
Where New York Began: Archeology at the South Ferry Terminal. Located at the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Heights. |
| South Street Seaport Museum |
Photogrpher: New York’s Alfred Stieglitz focuses exclusively on the famed photographer’s images of New York / Tues. - Sunday 10 am - 6 pm. Manhattan |
| The Staten Island Children's Museum |
Appeals to the intrepid explorer in every child. Interactive exhibitions and creative workshops offer plenty of opportunities for hands-on, first hand experiences that nurture children's natural curiosity and creativity. Manhattan |
| Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art |
In Staten Island. Established in 1945, the museum presents the art and culture of Tibet and the Himalayas to a world audience in order to educate and inspire others in the value of this significant cultural heritage. |
| Tibet House |
Tibet House aims to promote and preserve Tibetan culture by serving as both a cultural center in New York City and an online global resource for those interested in Tibetan civilization. 22 West 15th Street, Manhattan |
| Ground Zero Museum Workshop |
The mission of The Ground Zero Museum Workshop is vast, to name just a few...
to raise awareness of the heroic efforts of the Ground Zero Recovery workers, to educate students about the true impact of terrorism by viewing the collection, and to provide an emotionally safe place for the children of 9/11 victims to come, in their own time, to view the collection & summarily understand exactly what went on during the Recovery Period at Ground Zero. |
| NYC Fire Museum |
“Selections from 'On The Job',” a photographic exhibition by Lilli M. Albin. Houses one of the nation's most prominent collections of fire related art and artifacts from the late 18th Century to the present. 278 Spring Street (between Hudson St & Varick St) Manhattan |
| Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |
Spectacular aviation fun.
West 46th St & 12th Ave, Pier 86 \ Manhattan |
| Cloisters Museum |
Allows you to travel back to medieval Europe without ever leaving Manhattan! |
| Museum of Modern Art - MOMA |
On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century
November 21, 2010–February 7, 2011 |
| Frick Museum |
Exceptional works of Western European art from the Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century that industrialist Henry Clay Frick generously bequeathed to the public. |
Brooklyn Museum
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Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera. November 19, 2010–April 10, 2011. The Mummy Chamber
Egyptian Galleries. Body Parts: Ancient Egyptian Fragments and Amulets. |
| Guggenheim Museum |
Kandinsky at the Bauhaus, 1922–193., located on a section of Fifth Avenue known as Museum Mile, is housed in one of the most unique buildings in New York City. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| American Folk Museum |
“Perspectives: Forming the Figure”. Chartered as the Museum of Early American Folk Arts when it was founded in 1961, the Museum originally focused on the vernacular arts of 18th and 19th century America, especially of the northeast. Free admission for active military between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day |
| American Museum of Natural History |
World's preeminent science and research institutions, renowned for its collections and exhibitions that illuminate millions of years of the earth's evolution, from the birth of the planet through the present day. |
| Museum for African Art |
New Premises: Three Decades at the Museum for African Art. Dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture. Located in Long Island City. |
| PS1 Museum |
Saturday Sessions, a program of events designed to introduce wide-ranging directions in performance, is structured on collaboration and focuses on engaging MoMA PS1 visitors in a unique, two-hour-long experience. Saturday, January 15, 2011. 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Bronx Museum |
Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1958 - 1968. Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) marks The Bronx Museum of the Arts' ongoing commitment to provide professional development opportunities to emerging artists in the greater New York metropolitan area. |
| The Jewish Museum |
Houdini: Art and Magic
October 29, 2010 - March 27, 2011 |
| The National Museum of the American Indian |
Films and programs for kids. One Bowling Green adjacent to the northeast corner of Battery Park.
10 AM–5 PM daily; Thursdays until 8 PM. Admission is free and the building is fully accessible. |
| Tenement Museum |
A New York City Museum that tells the stories of immigrants who lived in 97 Orchard Street, a tenement built in 1863 on Manhattan's Lower East Side. |
| Japan Society |
"The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligrapny by Zen Master Hakuin". 333 East 47th Street (betwn 1st & 2nd Ave) |
| Socrates Sculpture Park |
An outdoor exhibition space for sculpture. It is located at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in the neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens, NYC. |
| Queens Musem of Art, QMA |
Free Target Fridays! A major art museum and educational center in the Queens, NYC. Celebrating diversity and art. |
| New Museum |
The Last Newspaper: At the turn of the twentieth century, in the dawn of the machine age, newspapers were everywhere and wire services were feeding their hunger for the latest information. In their rush to embrace the future, the Cubists discovered a rich artistic medium: the newspaper. - 235 Bowery, NYC |
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