A list of museums that are free or offer free entry on certain days.
Free every day
Metropolitan Museum : Free admission with a suggested price of $25 (through March 1)
Natural History Museum - Free entry with suggested price $22
New York Public Library - Free
National Museum of the American Indian - Free
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace - Free
Brooklyn Museum - Free entry with suggested price of $25
The Cloisters - Free entry with suggested price of $25
Barrio Museum - Free entry with suggested price of $9
Federal Hall - Free
Museum of the City of New York - Free entry with a suggested price of $9
Museums that only have a free offer on certain days
Tuesday
McKim Rooms Museum The Morgan Library is open from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Botanical Garden - free
9/11 Memorial - free from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Wednesday
Bronx Zoo - free with suggested donation
The New York Botanical Garden - free
Thursday
New Museum - Free entry from 7pm to 9pm
Museum of Art and Design - Free entry from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m
Friday
MOMA Museum - free from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Whitney Museum - free from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m
The Morgan Library Museum is open from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m
International Center for Photography - free entry from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Museum of the Moving Image - free from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
New Gallery - free on the first Friday of every month from 6pm to 8pm Asia Society - free from 6pm to 9pm
The Noguchi Museum - free on the first Friday of every month
Saturday
Guggenheim Museum - free entry from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m
The New York Botanical Garden - free from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m
Sunday
The Frick Collection Museum - free from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m
McKim Rooms at the Morgan Library Museum - free from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m
Studio Museum Harlem - free