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Free museum days, pay-what-you-wish nights and always-free galleries in New York City, from the big Manhattan institutions to borough favorites. Every listing below is checked against the museum’s own page, and the list refreshes on its own as new free days are announced.

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Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9 AM–4:45 PM
60°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at New Jersey State Museum, New Jersey · official listing on nj.gov · checked Nov 11
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New Jersey State Museum Free Admission

📍 New Jersey State Museum · Trenton, New Jersey
Free
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Every Sun, Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
60°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Washington’s Headquarters Museum, New Jersey · official listing on nps.gov · checked Nov 11
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Washington’s Headquarters Museum in Morristown

📍 Washington’s Headquarters Museum · Morristown, New Jersey
Free
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Every Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
59°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island · official listing on heckscher.org · checked Nov 11
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Heckscher Museum of Art (free admission)

📍 The Heckscher Museum of Art · Huntington, Long Island
Free
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Every Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
60°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey · official listing on zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu · checked Nov 11
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Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers (always free)

📍 Zimmerli Art Museum · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Free
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Every Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
59°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Guild Hall, Long Island · official listing on guildhall.org · checked Nov 11
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Guild Hall Museum Free Admission in East Hampton

📍 Guild Hall · East Hampton, Long Island
Free
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Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–5 PM
56°F · Chance Rain Showers
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Neuberger Museum of Art, Westchester · official listing on purchase.edu · checked Nov 11
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Neuberger Museum of Art

📍 Neuberger Museum of Art · Purchase, Westchester
Free

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