{"id":17491,"date":"2012-04-06T15:27:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T19:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=17491"},"modified":"2012-04-06T15:27:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T19:27:49","slug":"summer-fun-free-museum-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=17491","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fun: Free Museum Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many New York City museums have special days or hours when admission is free or pay-what-you-wish. Who doesn’t love to do something free? Check out these New York City museums and cultural institutions that offer free access every day that they are open — confirm hours\/days that they’re open to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n

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American Folk Art Museum: Free – every Friday 5:30-7:30pm.
\nAmerican Museum of Natural History: Pay What You Wish – always.
\nAsia Society and Museum: Free Admission on Fridays from 6-9 p.m. (does not apply July 1 – Labor Day
\nBrooklyn Botanical Garden\uff1a Free admission on Tuesdays (Admission is free every weekday from mid-November through February)
\nBrooklyn Museum\uff1a Pay What You Wish – always, Free – first Saturday of every month 5-11pm.
\nBronx Museum of the Arts: This contemporary art museum is open late on Fridays (from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.) and visitors can explore the exhibits for free all day long.
\nBronx Zoo: Admission by donation all day on Wednesday
\nChildren’s Museum of Manhattan: Free – first Friday of every month 5-8pm.
\nEl Museo del Barrio: Free – third Saturday of every month.
\nFrick Collection: Pay What You Wish – every Sunday 11am-1pm.
\nGuggenheim Museum: Pay What You Wish – every Saturday 5:45-7:45pm.
\nHispanic Society of America: Free – always.
\nInternational Center for Photography: Admission to the frequently changing exhibitions is available with your voluntary contribution on Fridays from 5-8 p.m
\nJewish Museum: Free – every Saturday.
\nDavid Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center: Free – every Thursday 8:30pm, first Saturday of every month 11am.
\nMetropolitan Museum of Art: Pay What You Wish – always
\nMorgan Library and Museum: Free – every Friday 7-9pm.
\nMuseum of Arts and Design: Pay What You Wish – every Thursday 6-9pm.
\nMuseum of Chinese in America: Free – every Thursday.
\nMuseum of Modern Art: Free – every Friday 4-8pm.
\nMuseum of the City of New York: Pay What You Wish – always.
\nNational Museum of the American Indian: Free – always.
\nNew Museum of Contemporary Art: Free – every Thursday 7-9pm, always ages 18 and under.
\nNew York Botanical Garden: Free admission (covers grounds only) on Wednesdays
\nNoguchi Museum: Pay What You Wish – first Friday of every month.
\nQueens Museum of Art: Pay What You Wish – always.
\nRose Center for Earth and Space: Pay What You Wish – always.
\nRubin Museum of Art: Free – every Friday 6-10pm, first Monday of every month ages 65 and over.
\nStaten Island Museum: Admission is free on Tuesdays from 12 to 2 p.m
\nSouth Street Seaport Museum: Free – third Friday of every month 6-8:45pm.
\nStudio Museum in Harlem: Free every Sunday
\nTibet House: Free, suggested donation $5.00
\nWhitney Museum of American Art: Pay What You Wish – every Friday 6-9pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many New York City museums have special days or hours when admission is free or pay-what-you-wish. Who doesn’t love to do something free? Check out these New York City museums and cultural institutions that offer free access every day that they are open — confirm hours\/days that they’re open to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17495,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17491\/revisions\/17495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}