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Always Free (also known as "Pay-What-You-Wish" NYC Museums and Sometimes Free NYC Museums ALWAYS FREE or "PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH" MUSEUMS and MUSEUMS THAT ARE FREE (or "Pay-What-You-Wish") ON CERTAIN DAYS OR HOURS Notes: Closures: 
1) ALWAYS FREE (or "PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH") • American Museum of Natural History (PayWhatYouWish) • American Folk Art Museum (PayWhatYouWish) • BRIC House (PayWhatYouWish) • The Bronx Museum of the Arts (PayWhatYouWish) • The Cloisters (part of the MET: see their admission policy below) • El Museum del Barrio (PayWhatYouWish) • Federal Hall National Memorial (always free; U.S. National Park)(at Wall Street and Broad) • General Grant National Memorial (always free; U.S. National Park)(aka "Grant's Tomb"; run by the U. S. National Parks Service) • Hamilton Grange (always free; U.S. Gov't) (Alexander Hamilton's former house) • The Harbor Defense Museum (always free; U.S. National Park) • The Hispanic Society of America (PayWhatYouWish) • Irish Hunger Memorial (always free)(raised acre of grass and stone) • Leslie-Lohman Museumof Gay and Lesbian Art (PayWhatYouWish) • The Metropolitan Museum of Art (PayWhatYouWish only for NY State residents and some students. SEE MET ADMISSIONS POLICIES BELOW THIS LIST) • MoMa PS1 (refurbished school as art museum;part of MoMa; see their admission policy) • The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology • National Museum of the American Indian (always free; U.S. National Park) • The New York Public Library (always free)(Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (always free)(part of Lincoln Center) • New York Transit Museum Annex & Store (Brooklyn) • Queens County Farm Museum (Queens) • Schaumberg Center for Resarch and Black Culture (always free)(Harlem) • Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden (Staten Island) • Socrates Sculpture Park(always free) (Astoria, Queens) • Soldiers and Sailors Monument(always free) (Riverside Drive; Upper West Side) • Stonewall National Monument(always free; U.S. National Park) (Historic Site and Market) • Swiss Institute (always free) • Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace (always free; U.S. National Park) (Flatiron District; run by the U. S. National Parks Service) • NOTES ON THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: • THE MET IS FREE (Pay-What-You-Wish) FOR NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS and AND NY/CONN/NJ STUDENTS WITH ID • AS OF 2018 ALL OUT OF STATE or FOREIGN VISITORS MUST PAY THE FULL ADMSSION FEE WHICH IS $25 FOR ADULTS ; $17 for SENIORS and $12 for STUDENTS. • ALL CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE FREE AT ALL TIMES. • A TICKET AT EITHER THE MET, THE CLOISTERS, or PS1 WILL LET YOU INTO ANY OF THEM FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. TYPES OF ID (identification) THAT THE MET ACCEPTS: • New York State driver's license • New York State identification card • IDNYC • Current bill or statement with a NEw York State address • Student ID • New York Library card 2) FREE MONTHLY: MUSEUMS THAT ARE FREE ALL DAY OR FOR CERTAIN HOURS ONE DAY A MONTH FIRST MONDAYS • Rubin Museum of Art (Free the first Monday of the month) FIRST THURSDAYS • Museum of Chinese in America (Free the first Thursday of the Month) FIRST FRIDAYS • Children's Museum of Manhattan (Free the first Friday of the Month from 5:00-8:00 pm) • Frick Collection (Free the First Friday of the Month from 6:00 to 9:00 pm; except September and January)(museum for ages 10 and up only) • Neue Galerie (Free the First Friday of the Month from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.) • The Noguchi Museum (Free the First Friday of the month) FIRST SATURDAYS • Brooklyn Museum (Free the First Saturday of the month from 5:00 to 11:00 pm) THIRD SATURDAYS • El Museum del Barrio (Free the Third Saturday of the month) FIRST SUNDAYS • The Morgan Library and Museum (McKim rooms only arefree from 4:00 to 6:00 pm the 1st Sunday of the Month) • New York Hall of Science (Free the First Sunday of the month from 10:00 to 11:00 am) • Queens Botanical Garden (Free all day Tuesday to Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March.) • Studio Museum in Harlem MUSEUMS THAT ARE FREE IN CERTAIN SEASONS • Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Free on weekdays from November through February) • Queens Botanical Garden (Free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March; also free 3-6pm and Sundays 9-11 am all other months) 2) FREE WEEKLY: MUSEUMS THAT ARE FREE ON CERTAIN DAYS OR HOURS EACH WEEK (i.e. These museums usually have an admission charge or a "suggested admission." , but are free to everyone on certain days or during certain hours each week) FREE ON MONDAY (sometimes free) • The Museum at Eldridge Street (Free all day Mondays) • Rubin Museum of Art* (*FREE ONLY the first Monday of the month) • Yeshiva University Museum (16th Street west of 5th Avenue, Manhattan) (Free all day Mondays) FREE ON TUESDAY • 9/11 Memorial & Museum (Free from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm closing on Tuesdays; but get there early, at least by 3:00, to line up for tickets which usually get sold out. Once you have a ticket, you can come back later to get in) • Brooklyn Botanic Garden (free all day Tuesdays in Dec., Jan. and Feb.) • China Institute (photo ID needed for entrance) ???? • Morgan Library and Museum (The McKim Rooms only are free 3:00-5:00 pm on Tuesdays) • Queens Botanical Garden (free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March.) • Society of Illustrators (free from 5:00-8:00 pm Tuesdays) • Wave Hill (free 9:00 am untill 12:00 noon Tuesdays) FREE ON WEDNESDAY • Bronx Zoo (free all day Wednesdays for zoo grounds only; not for special exhibits like Jungle World) • Brooklyn Botanical Garden (free all day Wednesdays in Dec., Jan. and Feb) • Frick Collection (pay-what-you-wish from 2:00-5:00 pm Wednesdays; galleries close at 5:45) • Museum of Jewish Heritage (free from 4:00-8:00 pm) • New York Botanical Garden (free all day for ground access only, not for special exhibits like the Haupt Conservancy) • Queens Botanical Garden (free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March; also free 3-6pm and Sundays 9-11 am all other months) • Staten Island Zoo (free admission from 2:00 to 4:45 Wednesdays)(Note: The zoo's groundhog named Staten Island Chuck is New York's answer to Pixatawney Phil, the groundhog who "determines" spring) • Van Cortlandt House Museum(PayWhatYouWish all day Wednesday) • Yeshiva University Museum FREE ON THURSDAY • Brooklyn Children's Museum (free from2:00 to 6:00 pm) • International Center of Photography (pay-what-you-wish from 6:00 to 9:00 pm) • Museum of Arts and Design (pay-what-you-wish from 6:00 to 9:00 pm) • Museum of Chinese in America* (*Free ONLY on the first Thursday of the month) • New Museum (pay-what-you-wish from 6:00 to 9:00 pm) • Queens Botanical Garden (free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March.) FREE ON FRIDAY • Asia Society (free September through June from 6:00 to 9:00 pm • Historic Richmond Town (free from 1:00 to 5:00) • Japan Sociaety (free from 6:00 to 9:00 pm • Morgan Library and Museum (free from 7:00 to 9:00 pm) • Museum of Modern Art (free from 4:00 to 8:00 pm) • Museum of the Moving Image (free from 4:00 to 8:00 pm) • New York Aquarium (pay-what-you-wish from 3:00 pm until closing "Admission on fall/winter/spring Fridays from 3:00 to 3:30 pm is free; and on SUmmer Fridasys from 4:00 to 5:00 pm there is a pay-what-you-wish donation" The Aquarium Hours: are from September 5th 2017 - May 25, 2018 from 10:am to 4:30 (closing); last tickets sold at 3:30. Then, from May 26, 2018 - September 1, 20128 the Aquarium is open from 1):00 top 6:00 pm with the last tickets sold at 5:00." • New York Hall of Science (free from 2:00 - 5:00) • New York Historical Society (pay-what-you-wish from 6:00 to 8:00 pm) • Rubin Museum of Art (free from 6:00 to 10:00 pm) • Queens Botanical Garden (free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March.) • Whitney Museum (pay-what-you-wish from 7:00 to 9:30 pm) FREE ONLY THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH • Children's Museum of Manhattan*(*FREE ONLY THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH from 5:00 to 8:00 pm) • Frick Collection* (*FREE ONLY THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH from 6:00 to 9:00 pm; except September and January)(museum for ages 10 and up only) • Neue Galerie*(*FREE ONLY THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH from 6:00 to 8:00 pm) • The Noguchi Museum (FREE ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH - ALL DAY) FREE ON SATURDAYS • The BrooKlyn Botanic Garden (free from 10:00 to Noon) • Brooklyn Museum (free ONLY THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH from 5:00 to 11:00 pm) • El Museum del Barrio* (*FREE ONLY THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH) • The Jewish Museum • New York Botanical Garden (grounds are free if you enter from 9:00 to 10:00) • Solomon R Guggenheim Museum (pay-what-you-wish from 5:45 to 7:45) • Wave Hill (free from 9:00 to Noon) • Queens Botanical Garden (free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March; .) FREE ON SUNDAYS • The Morgan Library and Museum (McKim rooms only free from 4:00 to 6:00 pm) • New York Hall of Science(free from 10:00 to 11:00 am) • Queens Botanical Garden (free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March.) • Studio Museum in Harlem FREE IN CERTAIN SEASONS (sometimes free) • Brooklyn Botanic Garden (free November through February on weekdays) • Queens Botanical Garden (free all day Tues-Sunday in Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, and March; also free 3-6pm and Sundays 9-11 am all other months) SOURCES • NYCGo.com• NYC & Company • tripsavy.com 
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