Most NYC museums and gardens feature a few hours a week that are free or "pay what you wish," and for my own use (and now yours) this season, I compiled the following handy directory of places & times to serve as a guide. All information below is accurate as of February 2008, though you'll definitely want to click to the listed websites for possible scheduling exceptions.
Be forewarned that discounted days are generally more crowded (especially at the bigger museums like MoMA). Most aren't so bad, though -- and you've got nothing to complain about regardless when you get in for free!
American Folk Art Museum
Friday 5:30-7:30pm
www.folkartmuseum.org
Asia Society
Friday 6-9pm (except between July 4 and Labor Day)
www.asiasociety.org
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Tuesday all day, Saturday 10am-noon
www.bbg.org
Brooklyn Museum
1st Saturday of each month 5-11pm
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Fridays noon-8pm
www.bronxmuseum.org
Bronx Zoo
Pay-what-you-wish Wednesdays (suggested $5)
www.bronxzoo.com
Frick Collection
Pay-what-you-wish Sundays 11am-1pm
www.frick.org
Guggenheim Museum
Pay-what-you-wish Fridays 5:45-7:15pm
www.guggenheim.org
International Center of Photography
Pay-what-you-wish Fridays 5-8pm
www.icp.org
Jewish Museum
Saturday 11am-5:45pm
www.thejewishmuseum.org
McKim rooms at Morgan Library & Museum
Tuesday 3-5pm, Friday 7-9pm, Sunday 4-6pm
www.themorgan.org
Morgan Library & Museum
Friday 7-9pm
www.themorgan.org
Museum of Arts & Design
Pay-what-you-wish Thursdays 6-8pm
www.madmuseum.org
Museum of the City of New York
Sunday 10am-noon
www.mcny.org
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Wednesday 4-8pm
www.mjhnyc.org
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Friday 4-8pm
www.moma.org
Museum of the Moving Image
Friday 4-8pm
www.movingimage.us
New York Botanical Garden
Wednesday all day, Saturday 10am-noon
www.nybg.org
New York Hall of Science
Friday 2-5pm & Sunday 10-11am between Sept-June
www.nyscience.org
New York Historical Society
Friday 6-8pm
www.nyhistory.org
The Noguchi Museum
Pay-what-you-wish 1st Fridays of each month 10am-5pm
www.noguchi.org
Rubin Museum of Art
Friday 7-10pm
www.rmanyc.org
Wave Hill
Tuesday all day, Saturday 9am-noon
www.wavehill.org
Whitney Museum of American Art
Pay-what-you-wish Fridays 6-9pm
www.whitney.org
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The Met is pay what you wish all the time, even though they "suggest" a $20 donation. If I didn't find it so boring in there, I would go more often with a handful of change to donate.
February 28, 2008 5:08 PM
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March 2, 2008 9:28 PM
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please check www.mapcidy.com all of my stuff links there, and i am trying to build a large city blog network on the CIDY.
December 9, 2008 8:29 PM