Free Nights at Museums in NYC
Whether or not you are a starving artist, you can see art for FREE at museums that are always free, museums that have suggested contributions, and museums that have special free hours. Note: Many museums support themselves on the donations received by visitors; if you can't afford to pay the suggested contribution, a smaller donation can still make a difference.
Suggested Contribution Museums
- American Museum of Natural History
- The Brooklyn Children's Museum
- The Brooklyn Museum of Art
- The Cloisters
- Dia Center for the Arts
- Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
- El Museo del Barrio
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Museum of the City of New York
- New York City Fire Museum
- New-York Historical Society
- P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
- Pierpont Morgan Library
- Queens Museum of Art
- Seaman's Church Institute
- Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
Pay as you wish times
Tuesdays
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden all day
- Cooper-Hewitt from 5-9pm
- Jewish Museum from 5-8pm
- Wave Hill all day
Wednesdays
- Bronx Museum of the Arts all day
- Children's Museum of the Arts from 5-7pm
Thursdays
- New Museum of Contemporary Art from 6-8pm
Fridays
- Asia Society from 6-9pm
- ICP from 5-8pm
- MOMA from 4:30-8:15pm
Saturdays
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden from 10am-noon
- Studio Museum in Harlem first Sat. of each month
Free Every Day:
- American Numismatic Society
- Artists Space
- Carnegie Hall/Rose Museum
- Dahesh Museum
- The Drawing Center
- Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
- Goethe House German Cultural Center
- Guggenheim Museum Soho
- The Hispanic Society of America
- The Municipal Art Society
- Museum of American Folk Art
- National Museum of the American Indian
- New York City Police Museum
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- Taipei Gallery
- Whitney Museum at Philip Morris