Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free: All time Brooklyn Bridge Park is a waterfront park stretching 1.3 miles along Brooklyn’s East River shoreline. Besides having one of the best skyline view of Manhattan, the park is jam-packed with public activities especially in the summer. Expect to find seasonal festivals, outdoor yoga, make-shift pool and beach parties, stargazing session, outdoor movie...
Haircut, Styling & Coloring at Bumble & bumble. Model Project
Free: All time At Bumble and bumble. University Model Project, professional hairdressers visit from salons far and wide to hone their craft by offering free haircuts, styles and color. To be qualified, attend their Model Call where you’ll get determined for suitability. Model Call is held twice a month and is on an invitation-only basis....
Every Last Sunday Lower East Side (ELS LES) Gallery Crawl
Free: Every last Sunday of the month (Apr – Oct) 1pm; No tour in August Robotic sculptures, honeycomb hives, and outdoor installments are just some of the artistic treasures that regularly pepper the Lower East Side’s eclectic galleries. From summer to fall, urban art lovers and collectors are invited to explore these inventive works and...
Lower East Side Historic Tour
Free: Sundays (Apr – Nov) 11am Every Sunday, April through November at 11 a.m., meet in front of Katz’s Delicatessen (corner of East Houston and Ludlow Street) for a comprehensive historic tour. Free and open to the public. Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history...
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Free: Thursday 3pm – 5pm; Third Thursday of the month 3pm – 7pm When founded in 1899, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum was the first museum in the United States and some believe, the world, to cater specifically to children. The museum’s collection and exhibitions reflect its long history as well as the changes in children’s...
The Morgan Library & Museum
Free: Fridays 7pm – 9pm A complex of buildings in the heart of New York City, The Morgan Library & Museum began as the private library of financier J.P. Morgan (1837–1913). Today the library is a complex of buildings which serve as a museum and scholarly research center. Morgan’s immense holdings ranged from Egyptian art...
National Academy Museum
Free: All time The National Academy Museum and School, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the “National Academy” – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 “to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition.” The Academy is a professional honorary...
American Folk Art Museum
Free: All time The American Folk Art Museum is the premier institution devoted to the aesthetic appreciation of traditional folk art and creative expressions of contemporary self-taught artists from the United States and abroad. The museum preserves, conserves, and interprets a comprehensive collection of the highest quality, with objects dating from the eighteenth century to...
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
Free: Thursdays & Fridays 6pm – 9pm The Museum of Arts and Design (“MAD”) explores the intersection of art, craft and design today. Accredited by the American Association of Museums since 1991, MAD focuses on contemporary creativity and the ways in which artists and designers from around the world transform materials through processes ranging from...
Rubin Museum of Art
Free: Fridays 6pm – 10pm; First Mondays of each month (Senior only) The Rubin Museum of Art is dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions, especially Tibetan art. The museum originated from a private collection of Himalayan art which Donald and Shelley Rubin had been assembling...
New Museum
Free: Thursday 7pm – 9pm The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world. The museum now has a modest collection of about 1,000 works in many media from the work of newly emerged...
The Frick Collection
Free: Sundays 11am – 1pm The Frick Collection was assembled by the Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and is housed in his former residence on Fifth Avenue. One of New York City’s few remaining Gilded Age mansions, it provides a tranquil environment for visitors to experience masterpieces by artists such as Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer,...
