1000 5th Ave | UES
Pay-as-you-wish for NY residents and students from NY, NJ & CT.
photo: the met
99 Margaret Corbin Dr | Washington Heights
Pay-as-you-wish for NY residents and students from NY, NJ & CT.
1071 5th Ave | UES
Pay-as-you-wish Mondays & Saturdays. (4–5:30 PM)
1220 5th Ave | East Harlem
Pay-as-you-wish.
11 W 53rd St | Midtown
Free Uniqlo Fridays (5:30–8:30 PM) for NY State residents. Advance reservation required.
225 Madison Ave | Murray Hill
Free Fridays. (5 - 8 PM)
Free First Sundays for college students.
Free admission to the historic rooms of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library on Tuesdays & Sundays. (3–5 PM)
227 W 27th St | Chelsea
Free always.
Photo: museum at FIT
200 Central Park West | UWS
Pay-as-you-wish for NY residents.
2 Lincoln Square (at 66th St) | Lincoln Center
Free always.
1 Bowling Green | Financial District
99 Gansevoort St | Meatpacking District
Free Fridays. (5–10 PM)
Free every second Sunday.
Free daily for visitors 25 and under.
PHOTO: the whitney
1 E 70th St | UES
Pay-as-you-wish Wednesdays. (2–6 PM)
119 W 23rd St | Flatiron
Free Fridays.
180 Greenwich St | Financial District
Free Mondays.
Free first Sunday for New Yorkers. (4 -7 PM)
1109 5th Ave at 92nd St | UES
170 Central Park West at 77th St | UES
Pay-as-you-wish Fridays. (6–8 PM)
215 Centre St | Chinatown
Free first Thursdays.
79 Essex St | LES
Pay-as-you-wish Thursdays. (6–9 PM)
535 W 24 St | Chelsea
Free always.
Pier 86, W 46th St | Hell’s Kitchen
Free Friday & Summer Movie Series - New Dates Coming Soon
39 Battery Place | Battery Park City
Free always.
1048 Fifth Avenue | UES
Free first Fridays.
Photo: Neue Galerie
20 Hudson Yards | Hudson Yards
Free Thursdays for NYC Residents.
Free tickets released last Friday of every month.
1230 5th Ave at 104th St | East Harlem
12 Eldridge St | LES
Pay-as-you-wish Mondays and Fridays.
Free for IDNYC holders, kids under 5, SNAP recipients, active military & more.
3741 Broadway | Washington Heights
Free always.
BROOKLYN
145 Brooklyn Ave | Crown Heights
Free Thursdays. (2 - 5 PM)
602 Surf Ave | Coney Island
290 Conover St | Red Hook
Free always.
200 Eastern Parkway | Prospect Heights
Pay-what-you-can. (Ticketed exhibitions require a separate ticket at a set price.)
Some Free Saturdays. (Next is Feb 2026.)
230 Sheridan Loop | Dyker Heights
Free always.
1655 Flatbush Avenue | Flatlands
Always free.
QUEENS
43-50 Main St | Flushing
Free Wednesdays (3–6 PM) & Sundays (9–11 AM).
Free from December 16 - March.
PHOTO: queens botanical garden
22-25 Jackson Ave | LIC
Free for NYC and NY State residents.
36-01 35th Ave | LIC
Free Thursdays (2-6 PM).
Free for NYC Teachers with ID, active-duty military, veterans, and more.
47-01 111th St | Corona
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park | Corona
44–19 Purves St | LIC
32-01 Vernon Blvd | LIC
Free always.
9-01 33rd Rd (at Vernon Blvd) | LIC
Free first Friday of each month (tickets released 2 weeks prior at 12 PM).
Open until 8 PM on Free First Fridays (May–September)
THE BRONX
1040 Grand Concourse | Concourse
4900 Independence Ave | Riverdale
Free Thursdays.
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Updated February 2025
