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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.
85 verified listings right now. Updated automatically.
Why this place: Free · registration required · repeats, so you can go another time · at Queens Botanical Garden Farm, Queens · official listing on queensbotanical.org · checked Oct 29
Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 10 AM–3:30 PM
54°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 5, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn · official listing on bbg.org · checked Nov 5
📍 Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Suggested donation · pay what you wish · Daytime admission pay-what-you-wish through January 15 while Lightscape is installed; evenings are separate paid Lightscape tickets
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 23
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Fairfield University Art Museum, Lower Connecticut · official listing on events.fairfield.edu · checked Oct 26
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan · official listing on cooperhewitt.org · checked Nov 2
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · at Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, Staten Island · official listing on statenislandmuseum.org · checked Nov 2
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in Pelham Bay Park, Westchester · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 7
📍 Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in Pelham Bay Park · Pelham Bay, Bronx, Westchester
Free · registration required
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