New York's top museums with free or reduced entry
A trip to New York is always an expensive pleasure, even if we talk only about food, accommodation and entertainment, let’s not mention such luxuries as taxis or shopping. Admission to New York City museums often hovers around $20, and visiting some of New York's famous museums can make a big difference on your budget. The good news is that many museums offer discounted admission or even free admission on certain days. Life hack: come in the morning if you don’t want to stand in line for a long time.
American Museum of Folk Art. Photo: Depositphotos
Museums, where there is always free admission
Before you come to these museums and cultural institutions that offer daily free admission, make sure you know the exact time of their work. So you can avoid disappointment, stumbled upon closed doors, writes Trip savvy.
Frequently changing expositions are devoted to traditional and early American folk art: these are portraits, quilts, furniture, objects of decorative and applied art, needles, weather vanes and whirlwinds, as well as creative works of self-taught artists.
A leading cultural institution in the Bronx, this museum collects contemporary 20 art from the twentieth century, focusing on artists of African, Asian, and Latin American origin, as well as those associated with the Bronx.
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
There is both a permanent collection and alternating exhibits.
National Museum of American Indians
Located in the Alexander Hamilton customs building, the museum offers exhibitions on indigenous cultures in the Western Hemisphere. Exposure periodically change.
Out of season, admission to the Queens Botanical Garden is free daily from November to March (closed Mondays).
Long Island City's Socrates Sculpture Park is a great place to enjoy an ever-changing outdoor exhibit scene with the city backdrop.
Museums with a proposed admission fee
These New York museums are counting on income from entrance tickets, and in most cases offer a certain amount that will cost the ticket. But at the entrance you can tell the cashier how much they are willing to pay, and they will accept you anyway. But online can not buy tickets for less than the full specified cost.
American Museum of Natural History
Adults can enter the American Museum of Natural History for an estimated donation, but you will have to pay the full cost for shows in the planetarium, IMAX films and special exhibitions.
One of the oldest and largest art museums in the world is located in a beautiful building in the style of Beaux-Arts. Entry for donation allows you to see not only the permanent collection of the museum, but also a number of constantly changing exhibits. The option is not available for shows with special tickets.
The Museum of the Neighborhood
Located in East Harlem, El Museo del Barrio collects and exhibits the art of the Caribbean and Latin America. Entry for the proposed donation provides an opportunity to explore temporary exhibits and exhibits from the museum's permanent collection.
Metropolitan Museum and museum Cloisters
You can pay as much as the budget allows to see one of the greatest art museums in New York and the main art museum in the United States.
Center for Contemporary Art PS1 (MoMA PS1)
PS1 demonstrates contemporary art in a former public school in Long Island City, Queens. The proposed introductory donation offers access to temporary exhibitions as well as long-term exhibits at the museum. Admission is free for MoMA ticket holders for 30 days.
The Museum of the City of New York has a permanent collection and rotating exhibits, all dedicated to the history of one of the world's greatest cities.
The Queens Art Museum collects and exhibits works of art that reflect urban experience, with an emphasis on artists working and living in New York and Queens. The proposed admission fee gives you the opportunity to see the most famous exhibition "Panorama of the City of New York", created by Robert Moses for the 1964 World's Fair of the Year.
Founded in 1928, the Center for Contemporary Sculpture collects and orders modern sculptures and compositions, as well as exhibits created by new and recognized sculptors.
The museum boasts dynamic exhibits that highlight a diverse collection related to natural science, art and history.
Exhibits of the museum-museum are devoted to works of local, national and international artists of African descent.
In the cultural center of the Tibetan house are exhibits of classical and modern Tibetan art, as well as works inspired by the culture of Tibet. Admission is free, but there is an option for donations.
Guggenheim Museum. Photo: Depositphotos
Museums with free days or hours of attendance.
If your schedule coincides with free days or hours at these museums, zoos, and botanical gardens, you're in luck!
Enjoy the beautiful gardens, conservatories, and exhibitions at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden—it's free every Tuesday (admission is also free every weekday from mid-November through February).
By making a donation, you can visit the Bronx Zoo during the day on any Wednesday.
Admission is free on Wednesdays at certain hours. The museum is dedicated to Jewish history, life and culture before, during and after the Holocaust.
Free admission on Wednesdays covers only the territory of the Botanical Garden itself.
Enjoy free entrance on Wednesdays at certain hours.
Visit this zoo at certain hours - and also on Wednesdays. Parking is always free.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MoMA)
Free entry on Fridays at certain hours gives you access to impressive collections and exhibits that are usually shown for money.
Whitney Museum of American Art
Pay any amount on Fridays to visit Whitney, where modern American 20 art is represented.
Pay any amount for admission on Saturdays evenings.
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