Free Museum Days in New York 2023
ALWAYS FREE
(or pay what you wish)
As a reminder, it’s always good to verify the status of free days before you visit, so be sure to check the official museum websites to verify visiting hours, parking costs, and any other pertinent details.
Keep in mind free admission days may not include specially ticketed exhibitions.
American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
(Columbus Avenue at 66th Street)
New York, N.Y. 10023
American Museum of Natural History (pay what you wish)
Central Park West at 79th Street
(between 77th and 81st Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10024
Bronx Museum (pay what you wish)
1040 Grand Concourse
(at 165th Street)
Bronx, N.Y. 10456
Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcafé live events
Brooklyn Museum (pay what you wish)
200 Eastern Parkway
(at Washington Avenue)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238
The Cloisters (pay what you wish)
Fort Tryon Park
99 Margaret Corbin Drive
New York, N.Y. 10040
El Museo del Barrio (pay what you wish)
1230 Fifth Avenue (between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10029
Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College
65-30 Kissena Boulevard 405 Klapper Hall
Queens, N.Y. 11367
Green-Wood Cemetery
Fifth Avenue and 25th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232
International Print Center
508 West 26th Street, Room 5A (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues)
New York, N.Y. 10001
Metropolitan Museum of Art (pay what you wish)
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
New York, N.Y. 10028
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
27th Street at Seventh Avenue
Shirley Goodman Resource Center
New York, N.Y. 10001
National Museum of the American Indian—Smithsonian Institution
One Bowling Green (between State and Whitehall Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10004
New York City Police Museum (pay what you wish)
100 Old Slip (between Water and South Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10005
P.S.1 MoMA (pay what you wish)
22-25 Jackson Avenue (at 46th Avenue)
Queens, N.Y. 11101
Queens Botanical Garden (free Nov-March)
43-50 Main Street (between Dahlia and Peck Avenues)
Queens, N.Y. 11355
Queens Museum of Art (pay what you wish)
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, N.Y. 11368
SculptureCenter (pay what you wish)
44-19 Purves Street (east of Jackson Avenue)
Queens, N.Y. 11101
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Boulevard (Broadway at Vernon Boulevard)
Long Island City, N.Y. 11106
Staten Island Museum (pay what you wish)
75 Stuyvesant Place (at Wall Street)
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
Storefront for Art & Architecture
97 Kenmare Street (between Mulberry and Lafayette Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10012
Studio Museum in Harlem (pay what you wish)
144 West 125th Street (between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard)
New York, N.Y. 10027
Waterfront Museum
290 Conover Street
Pier 44
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231
MONTHLY FREE HOURS
Bronx Museum (First Friday, 6-10 pm)
200 Eastern Parkway
(at Washington Avenue)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238
Brooklyn Children’s Museum (Second Weekend, before 11 am)
145 Brooklyn Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Brooklyn Museum (First Saturday, 5-11 pm)
200 Eastern Parkway
(at Washington Avenue)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238
El Museo del Barrio (Third Saturday, 11 am-8 pm)
1230 5th Avenue at 104th Street
New York, NY 10029
Neue Gallerie (First Friday, 6-8 pm)
1048 Fifth Avenue (at 86th Street)
New York, N.Y. 10028
Noguchi Museum (First Friday, pay what you wish)
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard)
Queens, N.Y. 11106
WEEKLY FREE DAYS or HOURS
MONDAY
9/11 Memorial Museum 5-8 pm
Liberty St
New York, N.Y. 10006
Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge Street (between Canal and Division Streets)
New York, NY 10002
Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street (between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
Bronx, N.Y. 10011
TUESDAY
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
900 Washington Avenue (at President Street)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225
Staten Island Museum 12-2 pm
75 Stuyvesant Place (at Wall Street)
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
Wave Hill 9 am-noon
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue
Bronx, N.Y. 10471
WEDNESDAY
Bronx Zoo (pay what you wish)
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road (second entrance at Southern Boulevard and East 182nd)
Bronx, N.Y. 10460
Museum of Jewish Heritage 4-8 pm
Edmond J. Safra Plaza
36 Battery Place, Battery Park City (at 1st Place)
New York, N.Y. 10280
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, N.Y. 10458
Queens Botanical Garden April-October, 3-6 pm
43-50 Main Street (between Dahlia and Peck Avenues)
Queens, N.Y. 11355
Van Cortlandt House Museum
Van Cortlandt Park
Broadway at 246th Street
Bronx, N.Y. 10471
Yeshiva University Museum 5-8 pm
15 West 16th Street (between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
Bronx, N.Y. 10011
THURSDAY
Brooklyn Children’s Museum 3-5 pm
145 Brooklyn Avenue (at St. Marks Avenue)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11213
China Institute 6-8 pm
40 Rector Street
New York, NY 10006
International Center of Photography 6-9 pm (pay what you wish)
250 Bowery (at E. Houston St.)
New York, N.Y. 10012
Museum of Arts and Design 6-9 pm (pay what you wish)
Two Columbus Circle (between Eighth Avenue and Broadway)
New York, NY 10019
Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street (between Howard and Grand Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10013
New Museum 7-9 pm
235 Bowery (at Prince Street)
New York, N.Y. 10002
Trinity Church: Concerts at One 1-2 pm (September through May)
Broadway and Wall Street
New York, N.Y. 10006
FRIDAY
Japan Society 6-9 pm
333 East 47th Street (between First and Second Avenues)
New York, N.Y. 10017
Morgan Library & Museum 7-9 pm
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, N.Y. 10016
Museum of Modern Art 4-8 pm
11 West 53rd Street (between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
New York, N.Y. 10019
Neue Galerie 6-8 pm
1048 Fifth Avenue (at 86th Street)
New York, N.Y. 10028
New-York Historical Society 6-8 pm (pay what you wish)
170 Central Park West (at 77th Street)
New York, N.Y. 10024
New York Aquarium 3 pm-closing (pay what you wish)
502 Surf Avenue (at West 8th Street)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11224
New York Hall of Science 2-5 pm (September through June)
47-01 111th Street Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (at 48th Avenue)
Queens, N.Y. 11368
Rubin Museum of Art 7-10 pm
150 West 17th Street (between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue)
New York, N.Y. 10011
Staten Island Museum 12-2 pm
75 Stuyvesant Place (at Wall Street)
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
Whitney Museum of American Art 7-9:30 pm
99 Gansevoort Street
New York, N.Y. 10014
Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street (between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
Bronx, N.Y. 10011
SATURDAY
Brooklyn Botanic Garden 10 am-noon
900 Washington Avenue (at President Street)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225
Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue (at 92nd Street)
New York, N.Y. 10128
New York Botanical Garden 10 am-noon
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, N.Y. 10458
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 5:45-7:45 pm (pay what you wish)
1071 Fifth Avenue (between 88th and 89th Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10128
Wave Hill 9 am-noon
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue
Bronx, N.Y. 10471
SUNDAY
Frick Collection 11 am-1 pm (pay what you wish)
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
New York, N.Y. 10021
New York Hall of Science 10-11 am (September through June)
47-01 111th Street
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (at 48th Avenue)
Queens, N.Y. 11368
Queens Botanical Garden April-October, 4-6 pm
43-50 Main Street (between Dahlia and Peck Avenues)
Queens, N.Y. 11355
Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street (between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard)
New York, N.Y. 10027
