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Seasonal special from $29Happening now
Every Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9:30 AM–6:30 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 The Museum of Broadway · Times Square, Manhattan
Seasonal special from $32Starts in 19m
Every Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–11 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Museum of Sex · Flatiron, Manhattan
18+ only.
Pay what you wish Photo: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Starts in 6h 19m
Every Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 5 PM–6 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Upper East Side, Manhattan
Pay what you wish 5–6 PM daily; 18 & under free anytime
Free Starts in 2d 3h
FRI, OCT 30 · 2 PM–3:30 PM
Painting & crafts
＋ Add to planner 📍 The Long Island Museum · Stony Brook, Long Island
Free · no registration required · bring your own project materials
Free Registration required Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art Starts in 2d 6h
Every Fri · 5 PM–10 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Whitney Museum of American Art · Meatpacking, Manhattan
Free; timed tickets required
Free Registration required Limited spots Starts in 1w 0d
WED, NOV 4 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 The Long Island Museum, Art Museum · Stony Brook, Long Island
Free program for individuals living with dementia and care partners · registration required
Free Photo: The Noguchi Museum Starts in 1w 2d
1st Fri · 10 AM–5 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Rd · Long Island City, Queens
Free admission · no reservation needed
Free Starts in 1w 2d
FRI, NOV 6 · 5 PM–8 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Hudson River Museum, Hudson Room · Yonkers, Westchester
Free admission · optional cash bar
Free Starts in 1w 2d
FRI, NOV 6 · 5:30 PM–7:30 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Hudson River Museum lobby · Yonkers, Westchester
Free · drop-in workshop
Free Registration required Starts in 1w 3d
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–2 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Hudson River Museum, Greene Education Center · Yonkers, Westchester
Free for Westchester teens · registration via WYA
Free Starts in 2w 2d
FRI, NOV 13 · 2 PM–3:30 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 The Long Island Museum Studio · Stony Brook, Long Island
Free program · no registration required · ages 12+
Free Registration required Starts in 2w 3d
SAT, NOV 14 · 12:30 PM–4 PM
Painting & crafts
＋ Add to planner 📍 Fairfield University Art Museum · Fairfield, CT
Free
Free Starts in 2w 4d
SUN, NOV 15 · 11 AM–4 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Queens Museum, New York City Building · Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Free event; optional books and zines cost extra.
Free Registration required Starts in 3w 1d
THU, NOV 19 · 6 PM–9:30 PM
Music & nightlife
＋ Add to planner 📍 Brooklyn Museum Lobby, 1st Floor · Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Free; registration encouraged
Seasonal special Photo: Brooklyn Botanic Garden from $24Starts in 3w 1d
NOV 20 – JAN 3
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Seasonal special Illustration $37 Starts in 3w 5d
MON, NOV 23 · 10 AM–5:30 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side, Manhattan
NY State residents pay what you wish.
