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.
Note that these days even FREE admission days require advance reservations.
The motto of NYC on the Cheap is Get More NYC for Less Money.
FREE museum admission is a great way to do that.
Although we update this free museum admission schedule regularly, be sure to check the museum website before you head out, since times and dates can change.
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Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
- Upper East Side,
- 6 to 9pm
The Jewish Museum
- Upper East Side
Museum of American Finance
- Lower Manhattan
New York Botanical Garden
- Bronx Park, Bronx
- Free grounds pass, 9 to 10am
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Upper East Side
- Pay what you wish, 4pm to 6pm
- Reservations required
Wave Hill
- Riverdale, Bronx,
- 9am to noonPages: Page 1 Page 2
Please, put it all on one page. And the format of pages 5, 6 and 7 is different than 1 – 4.
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The free museum information has been on a single page for more than one year, and was switched recently the one-a-day format to make it more mobile-friendly.