NYC Free: Museum Admission by Day of Week

With admission to some NYC museums now up to $25 per person, be smart – and cheap – and visit when these must-see destinations are FREE. 

The caveat, of course, is that free means crowded with others enjoying NYC culture on the cheap.

These are the FREE days and times at New York City museum, listed by day of the week.

The motto of NYC on the Cheap is Get More NYC for Less Money. 

FREE museum admission is a great way to do that.

Be sure to check the museum website before you head out, since times and dates can change.

FREE museum admission days, by borough.

FREE museum admission & more with the IDNYC card

NYC museums with no admission fee ever

Monday – NYC Free Museum Admission

Museum at Eldridge Street

• Lower Manhattan
• 10am to noon

Tuesday – NYC Free Museum Admission

9/11 Memorial & Museum

• Lower Manhattan
• 5pm to close

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden

• Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn

China Institute 

• Upper East Side
• 6pm to 8pm

Morgan Library and Museum

• Midtown Manhattan, McKim Rooms only,
• 3pm to 5pm

Wave Hill

• Riverdale, Bronx
• 9am to noon

See next page for Wednesday,

rest of week, and monthly

FREE museum admission