Museums & Free Museum Hours in NYC
Which museums are free when — pay-what-you-wish hours, free Fridays and community tickets, kept current.
DAILY · 5–6 PMPay What You Wish admission
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Upper Manhattan
Pay what you wish, 5–6 p.m. dailyDetails →
WEDNESDAYS · 5–9 PM · UNTIL 2 SEPLate-Night Summer Wednesdays
Museum of the City of New York · Upper Manhattan
Free until 9 p.m.Details →
FRIDAYS · 10 AM–9 PMFree admission every Friday
Poster House · Lower Manhattan
FreeDetails →
FRIDAYS · 5:30–8:30 PMUNIQLO Friday Nights
MoMA · Midtown
Free for New York State residents (reservation required)Details →3RD SUNDAY · 10 AM–6 PMFree admission on the third Sunday of every month
Poster House · Lower Manhattan
FreeDetails →The good ones sell out.
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