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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.
86 verified listings right now. Updated automatically.
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✓ 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 · repeats, so you can go another time · at Queens County Farm Museum, Queens · official listing on queensfarm.org · checked Nov 10
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Trailside Nature Museum, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestercountyny.gov · checked Nov 11
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 · repeats, so you can go another time · at New Museum, Manhattan · official listing on newmuseum.org · checked Nov 3
Suggested donation · pay what you wish · Pay what you wish Thursdays 7–9 PM; advance online reservation required; limited onsite tickets not guaranteed.
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
📍 Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor · Snug Harbor, Staten Island
Suggested donation; pay what you wish
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