Free Admissions

In New York, many museums have certain days and times for voluntary contributions or a free night subsidized by corporate contributions. Below is a list of free admission times or pay-as-you-like donation opportunities in NYC:

   
         
   
Place   Time
American Folk Art Museum   Fridays, 5:30–7:30 pm: no charge
Asia Society   Fridays, 6–9 pm: No charge (except July 4th through Labor Day)
AXA Gallery   No charge
Brooklyn Museum   First Saturdays, 5–11 pm:
Target evenings, no charge
Fashion Institute of Technology Museum   No charge
Ellen Fisher Landau, Astoria   Thursdays–Mondays: no charge
Frick   Sundays from 11 am–1 pm: donation
Guggenheim   Friday evenings 5:45–7:45 pm, donation
Jewish Museum   Saturdays: No charge; Thursday evenings, 5–9 pm: donation
Hispanic Society of America   No charge
Metropolitan Museum   Suggested donation $20 (pay what you like)
Morgan Library and Museum   Fridays, 7–9 pm: no charge
El Museo del Barrio   For seniors all day Thursday, no charge
Museum of Modern Art   Fridays, 4–8 pm: target evenings, no charge
Museum of the City of New York   No charge for neighbors
New York Public Library   No charge
Onassis Cultural Center   No charge
Rubin Museum of Art   Fridays, 7–10 pm: no charge
Whitney Museum   Fridays, 6–9 pm: no charge
   
         
   
  Top: InsideArtnyc with guide Catherine Lawrence showing visitors around exhibits
Left: Franz Marc, Dreaming Horse, 1913, Guggenheim Museum