New York City Museum Evening Specials

• Monday-Friday
  • New York Transit Museum, -8:00 [always free], Grand Central Terminal
• Tuesday-Friday
  • American Folk Art Museum, -7:30 [always free], 2 Lincoln Square (Columbus Ave at 66th St)
  • FIT Museum, -8:00 [always free], Seventh Avenue at 27th St.
• Wednesday-Friday
  • Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery -8:00 [always free, closes between exhibitions], 619 West 125th St.
• Tuesday
  • China Institute, free 4:00-8:00, 125 East 65th Street
  • Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, pay-what-you-wish 6:00-8:00, 2 E 91st St.
• Wednesday
  • Children's Museum of the Arts, pay-what-you-wish 4:00-6:00, 103 Charlton St
  • Museum of Jewish Heritage, free 4:00-8:00, 36 Battery Place
  • Scandinavia House, free 5:30-7:00, 58 Park Avenue
• Thursday
  • Museum of Arts and Design, pay-what-you-wish 6:00-9:00 [American Craft Museum], 2 Columbus Circle
  • China Institute, free 4:00-8:00, 125 East 65th Street
  • International Center of Photography, voluntary contribution 5:00-9:00, 79 Essex St.
  • Museum of Chinese in America, free 11am - 9pm, on first Thursday of the month only. 215 Centre Street
  • New Museum of Contemporary Art, pay what you wish 7:00-9:00, 235 Bowery
  • National Museum of the American Indian, -8:00 [always free], One Bowling Green
• Friday
  • Museum of Arts and Design, pay-what-you-wish 6:00-9:00 [American Craft Museum], 2 Columbus Circle
  • Asia Society, free 6:00-9:00, 725 Park Ave at 70th.
  • Japan Society, free 6:00-9:00 (during exhibition dates), 333 East 47th St.
  • Met, open until 9:00 [always pay-what-you-wish], 1000 5th Ave.
  • MoMA, free 4:00-8:00, 11 W 53rd St.
  • Morgan Library, free 7:00-9:00, 225 Madison Ave.
  • Neue Galerie, free 6:00-8:00 on the first Friday of every month, 1048 Fifth Ave.
  • New York Historical Society, pay-what-you-wish 6:00-8:00, 2 W 77th St.
  • Whitney, pay-what-you-wish 7:00-10:00, 99 Gansevoort Street
• Saturday
  • Guggenheim, pay-what-you-wish 5:00-8:00 (last ticket issued at 7:45), 1071 5th Ave.

Other Manhattan Museums to Visit:

• 9/11 Memorial Museum, Expected to buy tickets in advance, but do not need to. 180 Greenwich St.
• American Museum of Natural History, closes at 5:45 [suggested contribution], Central Park West at 79th St.
• El Museo del Barrio, closes at 6:00 [suggested donation. Free admission every third Saturday of each month.], 1230 5th Ave at 104th St.
• Frick Collection, closes at 6:00 and Sundays at 5:00 [pay-what-you-wish Thurdays 4:00-6:00], 1 E 70th St.
• Intrepid, closes at 5:00, Summer weekends and holidays at 6:00, Pier 86, W 46th St and 12th Ave.
• Jewish Museum, closes at 5:45 and Thursdays at 8:00 [free Saturdays], 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St.
• Museum of the City of New York, closes at 5:00 [suggested contribution], 1220 5th Ave at 103rd.
• National Academy Museum & School, closes at 6:00, but open to 9:00 on evenings with programs, lectures and events. [currently closed. to open at a new location eventually] 1083 5th Ave at 89th St.
• Nicholas Roerich Museum, closes at 5:00. Always free. 319 W. 107th Street.
• New York City Fire Museum, closes at 5:00 and Sundays at 4:00 [suggested contribution], 278 Spring St.
• Seaport Museum. Access to the galleries by appointment or for Education programs only. Some displays in their lobby. 12 Fulton St, South Street Seaport
• Studio Museum in Harlem, open Thursdays & Fridays until 9:00 [free Sundays 12:00-6:00], 144 West 125th St.

Friends

• Owner Time Charters. Provides private sailboat charters, both bareboat and all-inclusive luxury yacht charters.
• Essential Eye is a friend that is a photographer in the Washington, DC area that is available for hire.