New York City Museum Evening Specials

• All Week
  • New York Transit Museum, -8:00 [always free], Grand Central Terminal
  • Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, pay-what-you-wish 5:00-6:00 pm daily, 2 E 91st St.
  • China Institute, free all the time, 100 Washington Street
  • Scandinavia House, Gallery is closed.Shop is open, 58 Park Avenue
  • Met, pay-what-you-wish for NY residents, 1000 5th Ave.
  • American Folk Art Museum, -7:30 [always free] [closed until April 10th], 2 Lincoln Square (Columbus Ave at 66th St)
  • FIT Museum, -8:00 [always free], Seventh Avenue at 27th St.
• Wednesday-Sunday
  • Wallach Art Gallery -8:00 [always free, closes between exhibitions] [closed until April 29], 619 West 125th St.
• Monday:
  • 9/11 Memorial Museum, Free admission on Mondays, 530-7:00 pm. 180 Greenwich St.
• Wednesday
  • Frick Collection, Pay-what-you-wish on Wednesdays from 1:30-5:30 pm. Timed tickets required. Closed Tuesdays. 1 E 70th St.
• Thursday
  • Museum of Jewish Heritage, free 4:00-8:00, 36 Battery Place
  • Museum of Arts and Design, no longer has pay-what-you-wish hours [American Craft Museum], 2 Columbus Circle
  • International Center of Photography, no longer has voluntary contribution 5:00-9:00, 84 Ludlow Street.
  • Museum of Chinese in America, no longer has 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, Must reserve in advance. 235 Bowery
  • National Museum of the American Indian, -8:00 [always free], One Bowling Green
• Friday
  • Asia Society, free all day on Friday, 725 Park Ave at 70th.
  • Japan Society, Free First Fridays 5:00-7:00 (during exhibition dates), 333 East 47th St.
  • MoMA, is free every Friday from 5:30-8:30 for NYS residents. Must reserve in advance. 11 W 53rd St.
  • Morgan Library, free 5:00-5:00 every Friday. First come, first served 225 Madison Ave.
  • Neue Galerie, free 5:00-8:00 on the first Friday of every month, 1048 Fifth Ave.
  • New York Historical Society, pay-what-you-wish 5:00-8:00 on Fridays, 2 W 77th St.
  • Whitney, free Fridays 5:00-10:00 pm, 99 Gansevoort Street
• Tuesday and Sunday
  • Guggenheim, pay-what-you-wish 4:00-5:30 every Tuesday and Sunday. Advanced reservation are requested. 1071 5th Ave.

Other Manhattan Museums to Visit:

• American Museum of Natural History, has pay-what-you-wish for NYS residents. Central Park West at 79th St.
• El Museo del Barrio is a pay-what-you-can museum, 1230 5th Ave at 104th St.
• Intrepid, closes at 5:00, Summer weekends and holidays at 6:00, Pier 86, W 46th St and 12th Ave.
• Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St.
• Museum of the City of New York, pay-what-you-wish for NYC residents, and free for all on Wednesdays. Only at ticket counter. 1220 5th Ave at 103rd.
• National Academy of Design, 519 West 26th St
• Nicholas Roerich Museum, Always free. 319 W. 107th Street.
• New York City Fire Museum, no longer 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, Free Sundays and prices are suggested on other days. 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.