Want to become the most cultured New Yorker ever? Unemployed and looking for ways to spend these cold February days while your friends are at work? Think it is highway robbery that museums have admission prices of $20? Oh wait, this is ME!!! Here is a shameless pick-up straight from about.com on everyday deals, free days, and discounted rates to the city's top museums. I guess you now have your Friday night planned out 'till after the thaw.
Enjoy, and huge thanks to Heather's NYC Travel Blog!
Everyday Deals
In order to make museums affordable for all, these museums have "suggested" admissions. That means you can pay the amount of admission that you can afford and still enjoy access to the museum.
- Forbes Magazine Galleries
Admission is always free to this interesting museum featuring collectibles such as toy soldiers, Monopoly games and more.
62 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street)
212-206-5548 - Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology
Admission to the museum displaying articles from the permanent collection, as well as changing exhibits on fashion, is always free.
Seventh Avenue at 27 Street
Phone: 212-217-5970 - National Museum of the American Indian
Admission to the the sixteenth museum in the Smithsonian Institution is always free.
1 Bowling Green, George Gustave Heye Center
Phone: 212-668-6624 - Goethe Institut
Weekdays you can experience German language and culture exhibits for free at the Goethe Institut, which is conveniently located across from the Met.
1014 Fifth Ave
Phone: 212-439-8700 - Sony Wonder Technology Lab
Admission is always free to this entertainment and technology museum located in Midtown.
Sony Plaza Public Arcade at 56th Street and Madison Avenue
Phone:212-833-5414
In order to make museums affordable for all, these museums have "suggested" admissions. That means you can pay the amount of admission that you can afford and still enjoy access to the museum.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Although they raised the "suggested" admission to $20, you can pay what you can afford to see one of the greatest art museums in New York City.
Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue
Phone: 212-535-7710 - American Museum of Natural History
The "suggested" admission at the American Museum of Natural History is $15, you can make whatever contribution you see as appropriate to enter the museum (though you'll have to pay full price for planetarium shows, etc.).
Address: Central Park West at West 79th Street
Phone: 212-769-5000
- Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Free admission on Tuesdays (Admission is free every weekday from mid-November through February)
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718-623-7200 - Staten Island Museum
Admission is free on Tuesdays from 12 to 2 p.m.
75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, NY
Phone: 718-483-7114
- Bronx Zoo
Admission by donation all day on Wednesday
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY
Phone: 718-367-1010 - New York Botanical Garden
Free admission (covers grounds only) on Wednesdays
Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, Bronx, NY
Phone: 718-817-8700
- Children's Museum of the Arts
Free fun for the kids--from 4 - 6 p.m. you can pay what you wish on Thursdays.
182 Lafayette Street
Phone: 212-274-0986 - Museum of Arts and Design
Pay What You Wish from 6 - 9 p.m.
2 Columbus Circle
Phone: 212-299-7777
- American Folk Art Museum
Free Admission on Fridays from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
45 West 53rd Street
Phone: 212-265-1040 - Asia Society and Museum
Free Admission on Fridays from 6-9 p.m.
725 Park Ave. at 70th St.
Phone: 212-288-6400 - Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Free admission for Seniors on Fridays
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718-623-7200 - Bronx Museum of the Arts
This contemporary art museum is open late on Fridays (from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.) and visitors can explore the exhibits for free all day long.
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY
Phone: 718-681-6000 - International Center for Photography
Admission to the frequently changing exhibitions is available with your voluntary contribution on Fridays from 5-8 p.m.
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd St.
Phone: 212-857-0000 - The Morgan Library
Admission is free on Fridays from 7-9 p.m.
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
Phone: 212-685-0008 - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Free Admission on Target Fridays from 4 - 8 p.m.
11 West 53 Street
Phone: 212-708-9400 - Museum of the Moving Image
Free to gallery Fridays from 4 - 8 p.m. (does not include film screenings)
35 Avenue at 36 Street in Astoria, NY
Phone: 718-784-0077 - New York Historical Society
Free admission Fridays, 6-8 p.m. courtesy of American Express Company.
170 Central Park West between 76th & 77th Street
Phone: 212-873-3400 - Whitney Museum of American Art
Pay what you wish on Fridays from 6 - 9 p.m.
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
Phone: 212-570-3676
- Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Free admission from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. on Saturdays
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718-623-7200 - First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Evening admission (5-11 p.m.) on the first Saturday of every month is free. Includes most exhibits, music and movie screenings.
200 Eastern Pkwy Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052
Phone: 718-638-5000 - Guggenheim Museum
Pay what you wish on Saturdays from 5:15 - 7:45 p.m. (last ticket issued at 7:15)
1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street
Phone: 212-423-3500 - The Jewish Museum
Free admission on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5:45.
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street (between Fifth and Madison)
Phone: 212-423-3200 - New York Botanical Garden
Free admission to the grounds from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. on Saturdays
Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, Bronx, NY
Phone: 718-817-8700
- The Frick Collection
On Sundays, pay what you wish from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
1 East 70th Street
Phone: 212-288-0700
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