Free in New York
Just the places with no-fee hours in N.Y.. Here's the text version.
# places
Include:
Museums
Galleries
Vivaria
Parks
Landmarks
Expos
Children
This table includes only regular weekly scheduled free/suggested-fee hours. Monthly times are listed on the right. For a full listing and schedule of places, go to the N.Y. places page
The Fee column (which is rounded – click through to see any fractional dollar/euro) indicates the standard fee or suggested donation.
Hours Chart: Free/Suggested-Fee
Hours Chart: Free/Suggested-Fee
| Name | Category | Fee | Sun. | Mon. | Tue. | Wed. | Thu. | Fri. | Sat. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Folk Art Museum - Lincoln Branch | Museum |
12–6
|
– |
12–7:30
|
12–7:30
|
12–7:30
|
12–7:30
|
12–7:30
|
|
| American Museum of Natural History | Museum |
$16
|
10–5:45
|
10–5:45
|
10–5:45
|
10–5:45
|
10–5:45
|
10–5:45
|
10–5:45
|
| Aperture Gallery | Gallery | – |
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
|
| Art in General | Gallery | – | – |
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
|
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Museum |
$5
|
11–6
|
– | – | – |
11–6
|
11–8
|
11–6
|
| Brooklyn Museum | Museum |
$10
|
11–6
|
– | – |
11–6
|
11–10
|
11–10
|
11–6
|
| Center for Architecture | Museum | – |
9–8
|
9–8
|
9–8
|
9–8
|
9–8
|
11–5
|
|
| City Reliquary | Museum |
$1
|
12–6
|
– | – | – |
7–10
|
– |
12–6
|
| Cloisters Museum and Gardens | Vivarium |
$20
|
9:30–5:15
|
– |
9:30–5:15
|
9:30–5:15
|
9:30–5:15
|
9:30–5:15
|
9:30–5:15
|
| Drawing Center, The | Gallery |
12–6
|
– | – |
12–6
|
12–8
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
|
| El Museo del Barrio | Museum |
$9
|
1–5
|
– |
11–6
|
11–9
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
| Federal Hall National Memorial | Museum | – |
9–5
|
9–5
|
9–5
|
9–5
|
9–5
|
– | |
| Fisher Landau Center | Museum |
12–5
|
12–5
|
– | – |
12–5
|
12–5
|
12–5
|
|
| Forbes Galleries | Museum | – | – |
10–4
|
10–4
|
10–4
|
10–4
|
10–4
|
|
| Gagosian Gallery UES | Gallery | – | – |
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
|
| Gagosian Gallery West 21st Street | Gallery | – | – |
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
|
| Gagosian Gallery West 24th Street | Gallery | – | – |
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
|
| Harbor Defense Museum | Museum |
10–2
|
10–4
|
10–4
|
10–4
|
10–4
|
10–4
|
– | |
| High Line | Park |
7–8
|
7–8
|
7–8
|
7–8
|
7–8
|
7–8
|
7–8
|
|
| Hispanic Society of America | Museum |
1–4
|
10–4:30
|
10–4:30
|
10–4:30
|
10–4:30
|
10–4:30
|
10–4:30
|
|
| International Print Center New York | Museum | – | – |
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
|
| Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge | Park |
8–7
|
8–7
|
8–7
|
8–7
|
8–7
|
8–7
|
8–7
|
|
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Museum |
$20
|
9:30–5:30
|
– |
9:30–5:30
|
9:30–5:30
|
9:30–5:30
|
9:30–9
|
9:30–9
|
| Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology | Museum | – | – |
12–8
|
12–8
|
12–8
|
12–8
|
10–5
|
|
| Museum of Biblical Art | Museum |
$7
|
10–6
|
– |
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–8
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
| Museum of the City of New York | Museum |
$10
|
10–5
|
– |
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
| National Museum of the American Indian | Museum |
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–8
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
|
| New York Public Library | Landmark |
1–5
|
10–6
|
10–8
|
10–8
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
|
| New York Transit Gallery Annex | Museum |
10–6
|
8–8
|
8–8
|
8–8
|
8–8
|
8–8
|
10–6
|
|
| Nicholas Roerich Museum | Museum |
$5
|
2–5
|
– |
2–5
|
2–5
|
2–5
|
2–5
|
2–5
|
| Parsons The New School for Design Galleries | Museum |
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–8
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
|
| PS1 Contemporary Art Center | Museum |
$10
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
– | – |
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
| Queens County Farm Museum | Vivarium |
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
|
| Queens Museum of Art | Museum |
$5
|
12–6
|
– | – |
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
| SculptureCenter | Museum |
$5
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
– | – |
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
| Society of Illustrators | Gallery | – | – |
10–8
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
12–4
|
|
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Museum |
10–8
|
10–8
|
10–8
|
10–8
|
10–8
|
10–8
|
10–8
|
|
| Sony Wonder Technology Lab | Expo |
12–5
|
– |
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
10–5
|
|
| Sperone Westwater | Gallery |
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
10–6
|
– | |
| Storefront for Art and Architecture | Gallery | – | – |
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
11–6
|
|
| Studio Museum in Harlem | Museum |
$7
|
12–6
|
– | – | – |
12–9
|
12–9
|
10–6
|
| Theater for the New City | Gallery |
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
|
| White Columns | Gallery | – | – |
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
12–6
|
|
| Williamsburg Art & Historical Center | Gallery |
12–6
|
– | – |
1–6
|
1–6
|
1–6
|
12–6
|
|
| African Burial Ground National Monument | Landmark | – |
9–5
|
9–5
|
9–5
|
9–5
|
9–5
|
– | |
| American Folk Art Museum | Museum |
$12
|
– | – | – | – | – |
5:30–7:30
|
– |
| Asia Society Museum | Museum |
$10
|
– | – | – | – | – |
6–9
|
– |
| Bronx Zoo | Vivarium |
$16
|
– | – | – |
10–5
|
– | – | – |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Vivarium |
$10
|
– | – |
8–6
|
– | – | – |
10–12
|
| Children's Museum of the Arts | Children |
$10
|
– | – | – | – |
4–6
|
– | – |
| China Institute in America | Museum |
$7
|
– | – |
6–8
|
– |
6–8
|
– | – |
| Frick Collection | Museum |
$18
|
11–1
|
– | – | – | – | – | – |
| International Center of Photography | Museum |
$12
|
– | – | – | – | – |
5–8
|
– |
| Japan Society | Museum |
$15
|
– | – | – | – | – |
6–9
|
– |
| Jewish Museum, The | Museum |
$12
|
– | – | – | – | – | – |
11–5:45
|
| Morgan Museum and Library | Museum |
$15
|
– | – | – | – | – |
7–9
|
– |
| Museum at Eldridge Street | Museum |
$10
|
– |
10–5
|
– | – | – | – | – |
| Museum of Arts & Design | Museum |
$15
|
– | – | – | – |
6–9
|
– | – |
| Museum of Chinese in America | Museum |
$7
|
– | – | – | – |
11–9
|
– | – |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | Museum |
$12
|
– | – | – |
4–8
|
– | – | – |
| Museum of Modern Art | Museum |
$20
|
– | – | – | – | – |
4–8
|
– |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Museum |
$10
|
– | – | – | – | – |
4–8
|
– |
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | Museum |
$12
|
– | – | – | – |
7–9
|
– | – |
| New York Aquarium | Vivarium |
$15
|
– | – | – | – | – |
3–5
|
– |
| New York Botanical Garden | Vivarium |
$6
|
– | – | – |
10–3
|
– | – |
10–12
|
| New York Hall of Science | Museum |
$11
|
10–11
|
– | – | – | – |
2–5
|
– |
| Queens Botanical Garden | Vivarium |
$4
|
4–6
|
– | – |
3–6
|
– | – | – |
| Rubin Museum of Art | Museum |
$10
|
– | – | – | – | – |
6–10
|
– |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | Museum |
$18
|
– | – | – | – | – | – |
5:45–7:45
|
| Staten Island Zoo | Vivarium |
$8
|
– | – | – |
2–4:45
|
– | – | – |
| Wave Hill | Vivarium |
$8
|
– | – |
9–12
|
– | – | – |
9–12
|
| Whitney Museum of American Art | Museum |
$18
|
– | – | – | – | – |
6–9
|
– |
| Yeshiva University Museum | Museum |
$8
|
– |
3:30–8
|
– |
5–8
|
– |
11–2:30
|
– |
The completeness of aGogh's listings for New York are:
25-30% Complete
Monthly Free Days
There are 9 free or suggested-fee times that occur on a monthly basis.
2nd Sunday
2 PM–5 PM (3.0 hrs)
4th Sunday
2 PM–5 PM (3.0 hrs)
3rd Thursday
5 PM–7:30 PM (2.5 hrs)
1st Friday
10 AM–5 PM (7.0 hrs)
5 PM–8 PM (3.0 hrs)
6 PM–8 PM (2.0 hrs)
1st Saturday
11 AM–11 PM (12.0 hrs)
2nd Saturday
2 PM–5 PM (3.0 hrs)
4th Saturday
2 PM–5 PM (3.0 hrs)
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