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,...
El Museo del Barrio
Free: Third Saturday of each month; Wednesday (Seniors only) Founded in 1969, El Museo del Barrio specializes in Latin American and Caribbean art, with an emphasis on works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community in New York City. The museum features an extensive collection of around 8,500[2] pieces composed of pre-Columbian and traditional...
The Hispanic Society of America
Free: All time The Hispanic Society of America is a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Founded in 1904 by Archer M. Huntington, the institution is free and open to the public at its original location in a Beaux Arts building on Audubon...
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Free: All time The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a cultural institution located in the New York City borough of The Bronx. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th century works created by American artists, and it has hosted exhibitions of art and design from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Its permanent collection consists...
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Free: Wednesdays 4pm – 8pm The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located in lower Manhattan, is a living memorial to those who perished in the Holocaust. The Museum’s collection contains more than 25,000 items about modern Jewish history and the Holocaust. Many of these items rotate into the Core Exhibition, while others are featured in temporary...
Museum of American Finance
Free: Saturdays The Museum of American Finance is the nation’s only independent museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Housed in an historic bank building on Wall Street, the Museum’s magnificent grand mezzanine banking hall provides an ideal setting for permanent exhibits on the financial markets, money, banking, and...
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
Free: First Thursday of the month Founded in 1980, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, heritage, culture and diverse experiences of people of Chinese descent in the United States. MOCA is located in the outskirt of NYC’s Chinatown. Despite being a small museum, the exhibition is...
