NYC Free & Cheap
Here is TheDailyNewYorker’s listings of free events! Please call to confirm days and time. If you would like to add a free event to this list contact us.
American Folk Art Museum
Free Fridays 5:30pm – 7:30pm
45 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019
(212) 265-1040
The American Numismatic Society
Always free
96 Fulton Street New York NY 10038
(212) 571-4470
Artists Space
Free Tuesday to Saturday, 11am – 6pm
38 Greene Street 3rd Floor New York NY 10013
(212) 226-3970
Asia Society Museum
Free Fridays 6pm – 9pm
725 Park Avenue New York NY 10021
(212) 288-6400
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Free Fridays
1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th Street Bronx NY 10456
(718) 681-6000
Brooklyn Museum
Free on first Saturdays of the month, 5pm – 11pm
200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn New York 11238
(718) 638-5000
Center for Book Arts Gallery
Always free
28 West 27th Street,third floor New York, NY 10001
Center for Jewish History
Free tours Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm
15 W16th Street New York NY
(212) 294-8301
China Institute
Free on Tuesdays & Thursdays 6pm – 8pm / Buy 1 admission get one free
125 E 65th Street New York NY 10021
(212) 744-8181
Cooper Union
Free exhibits throughout the year
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street New York NY 10003
(212) 353-4196
DUMBO galleries and artists’ studios
Free first Thursdays 5:30pm – 8:30pm
El Museo del Barrio
Free for Seniors on Thursdays
1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street New York NY 10029
(212) 831-7272
Federal Hall National Memorial
Always free
26 Wall Street New York NY 10005
(212) 825-6888
Federal Reserve Bank
Tours are free, Monday to Friday 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, and 2:30pm
33 Liberty Street, btwn Nassau & William Streets New York NY 10045
(212) 720-6130
The Forbes Galleries
Free Tuesdays to Saturdays (not Thursdays) 10am – 4pm
62 Fifth Avenue, at the corner at 12th Street New York NY10011
(212) 206-5548
Harbor Defense Museum of Fort Hamilton
Always free
230 Sheridan Loop, Fort Hamilton Military Community Brookyln, NY 11252
(718) 630-4349/4306
Hispanic Society of America Museum and Library
Free admission and tours on Saturdays at 2pm
Audubon Terrace
Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets
(212) 926-2234
Haunch of Venison
230 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor (btwn 48th and 49th St) New York, NY 10020
(212) 259-0000
The Jazz Museum in Harlem
Free every Weekday 10am – 4:00pm
104 E. 126th Street • Suite 2D • New York, NY 10035
(212) 348-8300
The Jewish Museum
Free on Saturdays 11am – 5:45pm
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street New York, New York 10128
(212) 423-3200
The Morgan Library & Museum
Free on Fridays 7pm – 9pm
225 Madison Avenue New York NY 10016
(212) 685-0008
Museum of Chinese in America
Free on Fridays
70 Mulberry Street at Bayard Street
(212) 619-4785
Museum of the City of New York
Free on Sundays 10am-noon
1220 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10029
(212) 534-1672
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Always free
Seventh Avenue at 27 Street New York NY 10001
The permanent collection at FIT’s museum include 50,000 garments and accessories (including more than 4,000 pairs of shoes alone), dating from the 18th century and also 30,000 textiles dating back as far as the fifth century.
Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Free Wednesdays 4pm – 8pm
36 Battery Place at 1st Place
(646) 437-4200
Museum of Modern Art
Free on summer Friday nights 4pm – 8pm
11 West 53 Street, btwn Fifth and Sixth Avenues New York NY 10019
(212) 708-9400
Museum of the Moving Image
Free on Fridays 4pm – 8pm
35 Avenue at 36 Street Astoria NY 11106
(718) 784-4520
National Museum of the American Indian
Always free
One Bowling Green New York NY 10004
(212) 514-3700
The National Museum of Catholic Art and History
Always free
443 E115th Street New York NY 10029
(212) 828-5209
New York Historical Society
Fridays 6 – 7pm
170 Central Park West New York NY 10024
(212) 873-3400
New York Transit Museum
Free for Seniors on Wednesdays
NY Transit Museum- 130 Livingston Street, 10th Floor, Brooklyn NY 11201
(718) 694-1600
Nicolas Roerich Museum
Always free
319 W107th Street New York NY 10025
(212) 864-7752
Rose Museum at Carnegie Hall
Always free
154 West 57th Street, 2nd floor New York NY 10019
Rubin Museum of Art
Free on Fridays 7pm – 10pm
150 West 17th Street New York NY 10011
(212) 620-5000
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Always free
515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York NY 10037-1801
(212) 491-2200
The Society of Illustrators
Always free
128 E63rd Street New York NY 10021-7303
(212) 838-2560
Tibet House US
Always free
22 W15th Street New York NY 10011
(212) 807-0563
Van Cortlandt House Museum
Free on Wednesdays
Broadway at West 246th Street Bronx NY 10471
(718) 543-3344
Yeshiva University Museum
Free Mondays 3:30 – 7:30pm
15 West 16th Street New York NY 10011
(212) 294-8330
Waterfront Museum
Free Thursday 4-8pm and Saturdays 1-5pm
290 Conover St. at Pier 44 Brooklyn NY 11231
(718) 624-4719
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