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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.
Starts in 7h 45m
Every Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 10 AM–5 PM
59°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 10, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · repeats, so you can go another time · at Museum at Eldridge Street, Manhattan · official listing on eldridgestreet.org · checked Nov 10
Starts in 7h 45m
Daily · 10 AM–5 PM
57°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 10, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Queens County Farm Museum, Queens · official listing on queensfarm.org · checked Nov 10
Queens County Farm Museum grounds
Starts in 8h 45m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–6 PM
58°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx · official listing on bronxmuseum.org · checked Oct 31
Bronx Museum of the Arts (Always Free)
Starts in 9h 45m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–6 PM
62°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Manhattan · official listing on leslielohman.org · checked Nov 1
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Suggested Donation)
Starts in 9h 45m
Every Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 12 PM–4 PM
62°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 10, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Nicholas Roerich Museum, Manhattan · official listing on roerich.org · checked Nov 10
Nicholas Roerich Museum
Starts in 14h 45m
Daily · 5 PM–6 PM
59°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan · official listing on cooperhewitt.org · checked Oct 27
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Starts in 1d 9h
Every Sun, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–5 PM
58°F · Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · repeats, so you can go another time · at Hispanic Society Museum & Library, Manhattan · official listing on hispanicsociety.org · checked Nov 1
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
Starts in 1d 9h
Every Sun, Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–6 PM
59°F · Light Rain Likely
✓ Verified Nov 6, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · repeats, so you can go another time · at MoMA PS1, Queens · official listing on momaps1.org · checked Nov 6
MoMA PS1 (Free Admission)
Starts in 1d 9h
Every Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–5 PM
58°F · Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 10, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan · official listing on jmih.org · checked Nov 10
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Starts in 2d 9h
Every Fri, Sat · 12 PM–4 PM
47°F · Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 10, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · repeats, so you can go another time · at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, Manhattan · official listing on dyckmanfarmhouse.org · checked Nov 10
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Starts in 3d 5h
Every Sat · 8 AM–3 PM
41°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · repeats, so you can go another time · at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens · official listing on grownyc.org · checked Oct 25
Greenmarket at MoMA PS1
Starts in 3d 8h
SAT, NOV 14 · 10:30 AM–4:30 PM
45°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Intrepid Museum, Manhattan · official listing on intrepidmuseum.org · checked Nov 2
Coding Together Mini Hackathon at the Intrepid Museum
Starts in 3d 8h
SAT, NOV 14 · 11 AM–5 PM
46°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at The New York Historical, Smith Gallery, Manhattan · official listing on shop.nyhistory.org · checked Oct 26
Designing Women Market at The New York Historical
Starts in 3d 8h
SAT, NOV 14 · 11 AM–3 PM
47°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Lewis Latimer House Museum, Queens · official listing on lewislatimerhouse.org · checked Nov 2
S.T.E.A.M Saturday: Sewing History at Lewis Latimer House
Starts in 3d 8h
Every Sat · 11 AM–6 PM
46°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at The Jewish Museum, Manhattan · official listing on thejewishmuseum.org · checked Nov 11
Jewish Museum Free Saturdays
Sold out
SAT, NOV 14 · 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
47°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Queens County Farm Museum, Queens · official listing on queensfarm.org · checked Oct 27
Recycling Holiday Scraps at Queens Farm — sold out
Starts in 3d 9h
SAT, NOV 14 · 11:30 AM–1 PM
47°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 3, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Coro, Queens · official listing on queensmuseum.org · checked Nov 3
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Starts in 3d 11h
SAT, NOV 14 · 2 PM–4 PM
49°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 3, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Coro, Queens · official listing on queensmuseum.org · checked Nov 3
ArtAccess Open Studio for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
Starts in 4d 7h
SUN, NOV 15 · 10 AM–1 PM
48°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 7, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at National Museum of Mathematics, Manhattan · official listing on momath.org · checked Nov 7
MoMath Free Play Sunday morning
Starts in 4d 8h
SUN, NOV 15 · 11 AM–4 PM
49°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Queens Museum, New York City Building, Queens · official listing on queensmuseum.org · checked Oct 28
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
Starts in 4d 9h
SUN, NOV 15 · 11:30 AM–1 PM
49°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Queens Museum, New York City Building, Queens · official listing on queensmuseum.org · checked Nov 1
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Starts in 4d 11h
SUN, NOV 15 · 2 PM–4 PM
52°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Queens Museum, New York City Building, Queens · official listing on queensmuseum.org · checked Nov 1
ArtAccess Open Studio for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
Starts in 4d 13h
Every Sun, Tue · 4 PM–5:30 PM
51°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan · official listing on guggenheim.org · checked Oct 31
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
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