During Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day Live!, you can get free admission to participating museums in the NYC area and beyond.
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Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island is one of the many participating museums in the NYC area.
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Did you know the best free ticket in town is just a click away? Smithsonian magazine’s 8th annual Museum Day Live! grants FREE admission to participating museums for two people per household on Sept. 29.
Head to smithsonian.com/museumdaylive to download and print tickets to any of the more than 1,400 museums and cultural institutions nationwide that will be emulating the Washington, DC-based Smithsonian Institution’s free admission policy for one day. Please note that tickets do not include parking or special events and exhibits.
Below is a list of participating museums in the NYC area:
Long Island
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Cold Spring Harbor
Cradle of Aviation Museum
Garden City
Garvies Point Museum and Preserve
Glen Cove
Guild Hall of East Hampton
East Hampton
Hofstra University Museum
Hempstead
Long Island Children's Museum
Garden City
Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages
Stony Brook
Northport Historical Society Museum
Northport
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Oyster Bay
Polish American Museum
Port Washington
Sagtikos Manor
West Bay Shore
The Heckscher Museum of Art
Huntington
New York City
Alley Pond Environmental Center, Inc.
Douglaston, Queens
American Folk Art Museum
Manhattan
Asia Society Museum
Manhattan
Bard Graduate Center
Manhattan
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Bronx
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn
El Museo del Barrio
Manhattan
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Manhattan
Historic Richmond Town
Staten Island
International Center of Photography
Manhattan
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Corona, Queens
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
Manhattan
Museum of American Finance
Manhattan
Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators
Manhattan
Museum of Arts and Design
Manhattan
Museum of Chinese in America
Manhattan
New York City Fire Museum
Manhattan
New-York Historical Society
Manhattan
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
Manhattan
Queens Historical Society at the Kingsland Homestead
Flushing, Queens
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the George Gustav Heye Center
Manhattan
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
Staten Island
The Hispanic Society of America, Museum and Library
Manhattan
The Jewish Museum
Manhattan
The Morgan Library & Museum
Manhattan
The Noble Maritime Collection
Staten Island
The Noguchi Museum
Long Island City, Queens
The Skyscraper Museum
Manhattan
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Manhattan
The Ukrainian Museum
Manhattan
The Vilcek Foundation
Manhattan
Westchester/Rockland Counties
Hammond Museum
North Salem
Hudson River Museum
Yonkers
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
Peekskill
Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah
Rye Historical Society - Square Museum & Knapp Archives
Rye
Find more participating museums in Connecticut and New Jersey