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BEAT THE HEATWAVE THIS WEEKEND….HERE ARE SOME NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS THAT ARE FREE OR PAY WHAT YOU WISH
**FREE**
American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square-Columbus Avenue at 66th Street
folkartmuseum.org
Tel: 212-595-9533
Hours:
Friday-Saturday 12pm–7:30 pm
Sunday 12pm–6:00 pm
Directions:
Subway 1 to 66th St
A, B, C, or D to 59th St
Bus
M5, M7, M66, M104
Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street
Bronx
bronxmuseum.org
Tel: 718- 681-6000
Hours:
Saturday-Sunday: 11:00am-6pm
Friday: 11:00am-8pm
Directions:
Subway
B or D to 167/Grand Concourse Station
4 to 161 Street/ Yankee Stadium Station
Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
www.fitnyc.edu/museum
Tel: 212-217-4558
Fri 12pm- 8pm
Saturday 10am – 5pm
Directions:
Subway
1, N, R,to 28th Street
A, C, E, F, M to 23rd Street
Bus
M7, M20, M23, M34
National Museum of the American Indian
1 Bowling Green- Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
nmai.si.edu
Tel: 212-668-NMAI [6624]
Hours:
10am to 5pm daily
Directions:
Subway
4, 5 to Bowling Green
N, R to Whitehall Street
1 to South Ferry
J and Z trains to Broad Street.
Bus
M5, M15, and M20
**SUGGESTED ADMISSION** (Pay Whatever You’d Like)
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
amnh.org
Tel: 212-769-5100
Hours:
Daily 10am-5:45pm
Directions:
Subway
B, C to 81st Street
1 to 79th Street
Bus
M7, M10, M11, M79, M86, M104
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
Tel: 718-638-5000
Hours:
Fri – Sun: 11 am – 6 pm
Directions:
Subway
2, 3 to Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum
El Museo Del Barrio
1230 5th Ave -at 104th St
elmuseo.org
Tel: 212-831-7272
Hours:
Fri-Sat 11am-6pm
Sun 1-5pm
Directions:
Subway
6 train to 103rd St
2, 3 train to 110th St
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue- between 80th and 84th Sts
metmuseum.org
Tel: 212-535-7710
Hours:
Friday-Saturday 9:30am-9pm
Sunday 9:30am-5:30pm
Directions:
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4, M79, M86
MoMA PS 1
22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave.
Long Island City
momaps1.org
Tel: 718- 784-2084
Hours:
Friday-Sunday 12pm-6pm
Directions:
Subway
E, M to Court Sq-23rd st
7 to Hunters Point Ave (until April 2012, then Court Sq)
G to 21st St
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St
www.mcny.org
Tel: 212-534-1672
Hours:
Open 7 days a week 10am-6pm
Directions:
Subway
6 to 103rd St
3 to Central Park North/110th St
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4, M106
Queens Museum of Art
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
queensmuseum.org
Tel: 718-592-9700
Hours:
Fri-Sunday 12pm – 6pm
Directions:
Subway
7 to Mets/Willets Point
FRIDAY NIGHT FREE/PAY WHAT YOU WISH
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave. & 70th St.
asiasociety.org
Tel: 212-288-6400
Hours:
Friday 11am-9pm
Saturday-Sunday 11am-6pm
Directions:
Subway
6 to 68th Street/Hunter College
F to 63rd Street/Lexington Avenue
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4, M30, M66 M101, M102
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street
www.icp.org
Tel: 212-857-0000
Hours:
Friday: 10 am–8 pm
Saturday–Sunday: 10 am–6 pm
Directions:
Subway
B, D, F, M, 7 to 42nd Street/Bryant Park
1, 2, 3, N, Q, R, S to Times Square
A, C, E to 42nd Street/Port Authority
Bus
M5, M7, M42, M104
The Morgan Library
225 Madison Avenue-between 36th and 37th Streets
http://www.themorgan.org/home.asp
Tel: 212-685-0008
Hours:
Fri: 10:30 am – 9 pm
Sat: 10 am – 6 pm
Sun: 11 am – 6 pm
Directions:
Subway:
6 to 33rd Street
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4, M34, M42
Admission:
FREE on Fridays from 7-9 p.m.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
11 West 53 Street
Phone: 212-708-9400
moma.org
Hours:
Saturday-Sunday 10:30am-5:30pm
Friday-Free 4pm-8pm
Directions:
Subway
E, M to 53rd St
B, D, or F train to 47-50 Street Rockefeller Center
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M50
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
whitney.org
Phone: 212-570-3676
Hours:
Friday pay what you wish 6pm-9pm
Saturday-Sunday 11am-6pm
Directions:
Subway
6 Train to 77th Street
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St-between 6th Ave and 7th Ave
http://www.rmanyc.org/
Tel: 212-620-5000
Hours:
Friday: 11am-10pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11am– 6 pm
Directions:
Subway
A, C, E, 2, 3, F, L, M, N, Q, R, 4, 5, 6 to 14th St
Bus
M5,M6, M7, M20
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street)
nyhistory.org
Tel: 212- 873-3400
Pay what you wish 6-8pm on Friday’s.
Hours:
Friday 10am-8pm
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 11am-5pm
Directions:
Subway
B, C to 81st St
Bus
M7, M10, M79, M11
PAY WHAT YOU WISH/FREE SATURDAY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue-between 88th and 89th Streets
http://www.guggenheim.org/
Tel: 212-423-3500
Hours:
Friday- Sunday: 10 am – 5:45 pm
Sataturday: 10 am – 7:45 pm
Directions:
Subway
4, 5, 6 to 86th Street
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4
Pay what you wish on Saturdays 5:45-7:45 pm.
Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Ave at 92nd St
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org
Tel: 212-423-3200
Hours:
Saturday-Sunday 11am-5:45pm
Directions:
Subway
4, 5, 6 to 86th/Lexington Ave
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4, M86, M96
*FREE* ALL Saturday
SUNDAY PAY WHAT YOU WISH
Frick Collection
One East 70th Street-between Fifth and Madison Avenues
http://www.frick.org/
Tel: 212-288-0700
Directions:
Subway
6 to 68th Street/Hunter College
Bus
M1, M3, M4, M72, M106
On Sundays, pay what you wish from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.