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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