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 offer select suggested donation (hey, pay a penny!):
American Museum of Natural History
Suggested adult admission $16
The Cloisters
Suggested adult admission $20
Children's Museum of the Arts
Pay-what-you-wish Thu 4--6pm
Grey Art Gallery NYU
Suggested adult admission $3
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Pay-what-you-wish Sat 5:45--7:45pm
International Center of Photography
Voluntary contribution Fri 5--8pm
King Manor Museum
Suggested adult admission $5
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Suggested adult donation $20
Museum of Arts and Design
Pay-what-you-wish Thu 6--9pm
Museum of Biblical Art
Suggested adult admission $7
Museum of the City of New York
Suggested adult admission $10; if you live or work in East Harlem, visit the Museum free of charge. Simply walk in the entrance, say "I'm a neighbor," and the suggested admission charge will be waived.
Museum of the Moving Image
Suggested adult admission $7
Newark Museum
Suggested adult admission $10
New York City Fire Museum
Suggested adult admission $5
New-York Historical Society
Pay-what-you-wish Fri 6--8pm
The Noguchi Museum
Pay-what-you-wish on the first Friday of every month
MoMA PS1
Suggested adult admission $5
Queens Museum of Art
Suggested adult admission $5
Staten Island Museum
Suggested adult admission $2
Whitney Museum of American Art
Pay-what-you-wish Fri 6--9pm
Always free | Free at select times | Suggested donation
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