Free and cheap museums
Keep this list handy and you'll never pay too much again.
Tue Jul 21 2009
Always free | Free at select times | Suggested donation
These museums normally charge admission, but offer free entry at select times:
American Folk Art Museum
Free Music Fridays, 5:30--7:30pm
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Free on Fridays
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Target Free Friday Family Jams, 5pm
Jersey City Museum
Target Free Saturdays, noon-5pm
The Jewish Museum
Free Sat 11am--5:45pm
The Morgan Library and Museum
Fri 7--9pm
Museum of American Finance
Tue--Sat 10--11am (through August)
Museum of Chinese in America
Thu 11am--9pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Wed 4--8pm
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Target Free Friday Nights, 4--8pm
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Thu 7--9pm
New York Hall of Science
Fri 2--5pm, Sun 10--11am (Sept--June)
Rubin Museum of Art
Fri 7--10pm
Studio Museum in Harlem
Target Free Sundays, Sun noon-6pm
Free on Wednesdays
Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge
Open barge tours: Thu 4--8pm, Sat 1--5pm
Yeshiva University Museum
Mon 3:30--7:30pm, Fri 11am--2:30pm
Always free | Free at select times | Suggested donation
