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MAYOR BLOOMBERG HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE MANY FREE AND LOW-COST ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE TO NEW YORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
New York City Offers Countless Free Holiday Events, Exhibits, Performances, Outdoor Activities and Family-Oriented Volunteer Opportunities
Call 311 or Visit NYC.gov for More Information on these Events and Activities and Many Others
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today outlined dozens of
examples of free and low-cost, family-friendly cultural activities occurring
throughout the five boroughs in his weekly radio address on 1010 WINS News
Radio. With the ongoing national economic downturn, New Yorkers are taking
advantage of the many free holiday events, exhibits, performances and outdoor
activities offered by the City’s cultural institutions, parks and Business
Improvement Districts. In 2009, the Department of
Cultural Affairs invested more than
$570 million in programming, operations and infrastructure at more than 900 of
New York City’s cultural institutions. Mayor Bloomberg also encouraged New
Yorkers looking to take advantage of NYC Service
opportunities and find an organization that needs
volunteers.
"There is no place like New York City
during the holidays, and just because the economy is in a downturn doesn’t mean
New Yorkers have to stop taking advantage of all the things that make New York
the most vibrant city in the world,” said Mayor Bloomberg. "When the economy
went south, I told the City’s commissioners to find ways to do more with less and
to help New Yorkers do more with less. We’ve invested more than half a
billion dollars in the City cultural institutions this year alone, and there’s no better
time to take advantage of all the free and low-cost activities they have to
offer. At the same time, NYC Service is making New York City the easiest city in the
country in which to serve and helping drive our volunteer resources to the areas
where we need them most. The holidays are a great time to use your blank for
good. Get involved and stay involved.”
"New York City’s cultural organizations are committed to
welcoming all New Yorkers, in every neighborhood, especially during these tough
economic times,” said Cultural Affairs Commissioner Levin D. Levin. "There are
so many ways to participate - visit a museum, see a show, volunteer, or give a
membership or a subscription as a gift. Thanks to a strong public-private
partnership with the cultural sector, people don’t have to sacrifice what makes
living, working and playing in New York City so great.”
"From day hikes in the Bronx to stargazing in Central
Park, we’ve got you covered from morning until night with dozens of free or
low-cost activities happening right in your own backyard,” said Parks & Recreation
Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "This winter, New Yorkers can to stay
active by enjoying a skate at one of our seven ice rinks or jump-starting their
new year’s resolution to get fit by joining one of our 29 recreation centers
throughout the city.”
"There’s no better time to explore New York City than
during the holiday season,” said NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta.
"The City offers a wide range of activities for all ages and interests across
the five boroughs. We remind all New Yorkers that you don’t have to spend big
this holiday season in order to enjoy yourself with so many free and low-cost
holiday events going on.”
"There are a wide variety of holiday events in our
neighborhoods,” said Small Business
Services
Commissioner Robert W. Walsh.
"Local organizations across the city are organizing family-oriented activities
such as tree lighting ceremonies, outdoor musical performances and historical
holiday tours.”
New York City offers hundreds of events, exhibits and
volunteer opportunities that are free or low-cost to the public. Below is a
sampling. Call 311 or visit NYC.gov for more information on these and
other events.
HOLIDAY
ACTIVITIES
Crystal Winter at the New York Hall of
Science
On
the weekends, explore the symmetry of snow crystals at New York Hall of
Science’s winter wonderland events, including a puppet show for preschoolers,
craft activities, and the Giant Winter Globe. 47-01 111th St, Queens. Now through January 3. FREE on Fridays from 2 PM - 5 PM and Sundays from10 AM - 11 AM.
8th
Annual Grand Central Holiday Train Show
Celebrate the holiday season with the New York Transit Museum’s annual Holiday Train Show. On a
two level 34 foot long layout, Lionel trains travel through a miniature
Manhattan to the
North Pole. A new Long Island Railroad train joins Metro-North, New
York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad cars on the
elevated track, while New York City Transit’s R-27 subway cars run below.
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex in Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan. Now through
January 18, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM. FREE.
Harlem for the Holidays Bazaar at the Hip
Hop Culture Center Enjoy a holiday bazaar, with retail and cultural
booths, free trolleys around the neighborhood and five different performances,
including dance and jazz, beginning with the cast of the Broadway musical
Memphis appearing at 12:30pm. 2309
Frederick Douglass Blvd., 2nd fl., Manhattan. Sunday,
December 6. FREE.
Holiday Lighting at the Dana Discovery
Center Merry-making
begins with the 13th annual lighting of Central Park's picturesque Charles A. Dana
Discovery Center. The event includes
cookie-decorating, ornament-making, live holiday music, and refreshments for the
entire family. Inside the Park at 110th Street between
Fifth and Lenox Avenues.
Sunday, December 6, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
FREE.
Harlem Opera Theater: Holiday Community Sing at the Studio
Museum in Harlem
Join an interactive performance featuring Harlem Opera Theater with the
St. Mary’s Chamber Players, presenting the music of master composer, Johann
Sebastian Bach, arias with obligato instruments, in celebration of the holiday
season. The program will end with audience and artists joining in traditional
holiday songs. 144 West
125th Street. Sunday, December 6,
2:45 PM - 3:45
PM. FREE.
Madison
Square Holiday
Celebrate
the season in Madison Square Park,
the park that hosted America’s first community holiday
tree. Enjoy live musical performances and a tree lighting countdown. Between 23rd and 26th Streets and Fifth and Madison Avenues.
Tuesday,
December 8, 4:30 PM - 6:00
PM. FREE.
A Christmas Carol at
the New York
Public Library A play presented by the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company
based on Charles Dickens' classic tale of the old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.
Recommended for ages 4 and older. The New York Public Library Stephen A.
Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Tuesday, December
8 at 3:30 PM and Saturday, December 19 at 3:00 PM. FREE.
Grand Illumination Holiday
Kick Off at the
National Historic
Conference House Museum
Enjoy
a
traditional outdoor colonial holiday event with hot mulled cider and cookies at
the national historic landmark. 7455 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island. December 11, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
FREE.
. Hear soloists perform popular selections from opera, operetta and holiday
songs. Brooklyn Public Library - New Utrecht
Library, 1743 86th
Street, Brooklyn.
Friday, December 11, 2:00
PM. FREE.
Caribbean Holiday Celebration
Celebrate winter holidays with refreshments, crafts and music. The first
500 children to arrive will receive a wrapped holiday gift. All attendees will
have a chance to meet Santa Claus. This is held in partnership with the West
Indian American Carnival Association. Brooklyn Public Library Central Library,
Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. Saturday, December 12, 2:00 PM. FREE.
Holiday Concert in Russian
Singer Maksim Grachev will perform opera arias and Russian romances.
Poets Liana Alaverdova, Irina Aks and Yelena Litinskaya will recite humorous
poems. Brooklyn Public Library’s Sheepshead Bay branch, 2636 East 14th Street, Brooklyn. Saturday, Dec 12, 2:00 PM. FREE.
Kwanzaa Festival
Queens
Library at Langston Hughes invites everyone to share in the African American
cultural festival. Enjoy live music, crafts, live performances, dance, food
tastings, lots of fun for all ages. Saturday, December 12, Noon - 6:00 PM. 100-01 Northern Boulevard in
Corona.
FREE
The
Colonial Nutcracker at the Brooklyn Center for Performing
Arts
An annual holiday favorite at
Brooklyn Center, Dance Theatre in Westchester performs an abridged, narrated
version of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet set in wintry colonial
Yorktown.
2900
Campus Road,
Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Brooklyn. December 13, 2:00PM. $6.
Menorah-Making at Belvedere Castle in Central
Park
Let your holiday spirit (and appetite) grow while creating your very own
edible Hanukkah menorah. Belvedere
Castle in Central
Park - Mid park at
79th
Street. Sunday, December 13, 12:00 Noon - 3:00
PM. FREE.
Winter Chiller Movie: Ice Storm Enjoy a free screening of this film at the Brooklyn Public Library’s
Clinton Hill branch, 380 Washington
Avenue. Monday, December 14, 2:00 PM. FREE.
Holiday Arts & Crafts for Kids Brooklyn Public Library’s Homecrest branch, 2525 Coney Island
Avenue, Brooklyn.
Thursday, December 17, 4:00
PM. FREE.
Voices of New York Christmas Concert
Hear
a concert of seasonal favorites and musical jewels that may be new to you.
Thursday, December 17, 6:30
PM. Queens Library at Forest Hills, 108-19 71st
Avenue, Queens.
FREE
Caroling at the Morgan Library Museum Enjoy traditional and popular holiday music performed throughout the
Morgan Library Museum by singers from Mannes College, The New School for Music.
225 Madison
Avenue at 36th Street, Manhattan. December 18, 6:30 PM - 8:30PM.
FREE.
Annual Christmas Bird Count in Prospect
Park Join
a tradition over 100 years in the making. Teams of birdwatchers young and
old will spend the morning canvassing Prospect Park, recording the number and species of
birds they observe during this popular annual tradition of ornithological “I
Spy.” The Christmas Bird Count is a nationwide bird census that helps
conservation researchers track the long-term health of bird populations.
Prospect Park Audubon
Center - inside the
Lincoln Road/Ocean
Avenue entrance to the park.
Saturday, December 19, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
FREE.
Create Holiday Nature Crafts at Van Cortlandt Park Nature Center and Blue Heron
Park
Learn
how to use pinecones, evergreens and other natural materials and make your own
holiday crafts and decorations. No experience necessary. Blue Heron Park - Amboy Road,
Barclay Avenue, Hylan Boulevard and Bertram Avenue, Staten Island; and
Van
Cortlandt Park Nature Center - 246th Street
and Broadway,
The Bronx.
Saturday,
December 19,
1:00 PM. FREE.
Nova
Columbo - Vocal and Guitar Duo
Gina
and Frankie DiDonato deliver new and old standards and originals as well as some
holiday classics in this expressive showcase. Brooklyn Public Library’s Bay
Ridge branch - 7223 Ridge
Boulevard, Brooklyn. Saturday,
December 19 1:30 PM.
FREE.
"Gergana" Bulgarian Children's Chorus
The
Chorus, made up of children ages 4-14, sings holiday favorites in English and
Bulgarian. Brooklyn Public Library’s Bushwick branch - 340 Bushwick Avenue,
Brooklyn. Saturday,
December 19, 3:00 PM.
FREE.
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
Enjoy
a one-act solo performance of the timeless holiday classic. Saturday, December
19, 3:00 PM, Queens Library at Sunnyside, 43-06 Greenpoint
Avenue, Queens. FREE
Holiday
Creations for Kids Make postcards, wreathes, snowflakes and more winter crafts. Brooklyn
Public Library’s Red Hook branch - 7 Wolcott Street, Brooklyn. Monday, December 21, 4:00 PM. FREE.
Brass Menagerie
Holiday Brass at the New
York Public
Library Bronx Library
Center Wearing
nutcracker and Santa costumes, the Brass Menagerie Holiday Brass bring holiday
cheer with festive holiday tunes. The New
York Public
Library Bronx Library
Center, 310 East Kingsbridge
Road, Bronx.
Saturday, December 26 at 2:30
PM. FREE.
Three Kings Day Musical Performance with
Harpbeat Experience the rich traditions of the Caribbean as Harpbeat
takes you on a musical tour in celebration of Three Kings Day (Epiphany),
typically celebrated on January 6. The program will include such popular
“Aguinaldos” as Lost Tres Santos Reyes, Alegre Vengo and Saludos. The
New York Public Library Bronx
Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx. Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 2:30 PM. FREE.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
Tear it Up at the Museum of Arts and
Design
Explore
Slash:
Paper Under the Knife,
an exhibition that examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials
and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual
paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and
shredded. Or visit Read
My Pins,
an exhibition on Madeleine Albright’s iconic pin collection, or other
extraordinary works that showcase artists’ innovation in craft, art, and design.
2 Columbus Circle,
Manhattan. Tuesday – Sunday
from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Thursday from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Pay what you wish on
Thursdays.
Explore the Role of Horses in Native American Cultures at the National Museum of the American
Indian
A
Song for the Horse Nation,
a new exhibition,
features exciting works that explore the relationship between Native American
cultures and horses. One Bowling Green,
Manhattan. Open every day, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, and Thursdays
until 8:00 PM. FREE.
Catch
a Birdseye View of New York on Your Own Two Feet at the Queens Museum of
Art
Find your neighborhood and explore others within the Panorama of the City
of New York, a
9,335-square-foot architectural model of the City that includes every single
building constructed before 1992 in all five boroughs – a total of 895,000
individual, miniature structures. Flushing Meadows Corona Park,
Queens. The Museum offers hour-long tours of
the Panorama of the City of New
York every Saturday and Sunday at 4:00 p.m. The Museum is open Wednesday - Friday
from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday from
12:00 NOON to 5:00 PM. Pay what you wish.
See
Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form at BRIC Rotunda
Gallery
Works by six Brooklyn artists exploring
the spatial, lingual, formal and material qualities that signify a contemplation
of the divine. Derrick Adams, Lindsay Benedict, Russell Frederick, Jason Irwin,
Shane Aslan Selzer, and Jeff Sims. Show continues through December 18.
33 Clinton
Street, Brooklyn. Open Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 6:00
PM. FREE.
PERFORMING ARTS
Concert Continuum Ensemble at the Americas Society
The award-winning ensemble presents arresting new music from Canada.
Focusing on the younger generations, the program offers the unique voices of
native-born and immigrant composers. Continuums signature Retrospective Series
has been a key part of New
York’s musical life for over forty years and has been
praised for introducing New Yorkers to unknown composers from around the world.
680 Park Avenue,
Manhattan. December 8, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
FREE.
Haydn
Celebration at St. Bartholomew’s Church
Soprano Jessica Gould and harpsichordist Audrey Axinn perform regularly
across the United States and
Europe. The duo will collaborate in a
celebration of the works of Joseph Haydn, including the Sonata in F Major and
Arianna a Naxos. December 9, 2009, 1:15 pm - 1:50 pm, Park
Avenue at 51st
Street, Manhattan. FREE.
Family Film Night: Muppet’s From Space
(1999) Family members of all ages will enjoy
the humorous tale of an alien encounter as Tim Henson’ s Muppet characters
return to the screen in Muppet’s From
Space. New York Public Library Huguenot Park
Branch, 830 Huguenot
Avenue, Staten
Island.
Thursday, December 10 at
5:00 PM. FREE.
viBe
Theater Experience at HERE Arts Center
A
new show with dances, songs, poetry & more, including a special preview of
new music performed live by viBeSongMakers. 145 6th Avenue between Spring and Broome
Streets (enter on Dominick
St), Manhattan. Thursday, December 10 though
Saturday, December 12 at 7:00
PM, with a 2:00
matinee on Saturday, December 12. FREE.
Bring
on the Brass! with Queens Symphony Orchestra
Queens Symphony Orchestra and the Queens Library present Symphony 101, a
family-friendly performance and workshop series held at public libraries
throughout Queens that teaches children and
adults about instrument families in the traditional symphonic
orchestra. Bring on the Brass! focuses on the brass family and will feature
musical demonstrations and dialogue. Saturday, December 12, 12:00 PM at Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard,
Jamaica, Queens.
And again at 3:30 PM at the
Jackson Heights Library, 35-51 81 Street, Jackson Heights, Queens.
FREE.
Symphony 101: Bring on the Brass
The Queens Symphony Orchestra uses music and
conversation to demonstrate what makes a traditional symphonic orchestra. This
concert focuses on the brass section. Saturday December 12, Noon at Queens Library-Central, 8911 Merrick
Boulevard in Jamaica and at 3:00 PM at Queens Library at Jackson Heights, 35-51 81 Street, Queens. FREE.
ZEYBRAH’s 10th annual Moment in Time
Festival
The festival will honor
Miriam Makeba, a humanitarian and peace activist acknowledged as one of the
pioneering forces in the movement that ended the apartheid system in South
Africa. ZEYBRAH is collaborating with South
African cast members of the Broadway show The Lion King, including Bongi Duma,
who will spearhead a special band, that will play many of Miriam’s famous and
cherished songs. The festival also includes poems, drawings, a film showing, art
exhibition, and a reception.
The New York Public Library
Schomburg Center for Research in Black History and Culture, 515 Malcolm X
Boulevard between 135th and 136th Streets, Harlem. Monday, December 28th at
7:00 PM. FREE.
Improv Jam at BAX | Brooklyn Arts
Exchange
This Improv Jam is open to dancers, musicians and anybody else who likes
to move or watch people move. Led by dancer and choreographer Kristen Johansen,
the event is designed for the freedom to explore and enjoy movement with your
Brooklyn community. 421 5th Ave,
Brooklyn. December 30, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM.
FREE.
Sunday Concerts at the Queens Public Library: Sojourner
Strings
Kick off 2010 with this women’s string ensemble in
concert, playing musical stylings from jazz to hip hop. Sunday Concerts at
Central offers world music on the first Sunday of every month. Sunday, January 3, 2010,
3:00 PM, Queens
Library-Central, 8911 Merrick
Boulevard in Jamaica.
FREE.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Solstice Stargazing at Belvedere Castle in Central
Park
Join the Central Park Conservancy, Urban Park Rangers, and Amateur
Astronomers Association at Belvedere Castle for a special stargazing program in
celebration of the Winter Solstice. View the waning moon, winter constellations,
and the city skyline. Mid park at 79th Street. Sunday, December 20, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
FREE.
Swing
with the Lemurs at the Bronx Zoo
Bundle up the kids and head to the Bronx Zoo, where the penguins roam and
the lemurs swing all day long. 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx. Pay what you wish Wednesdays from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Glide
Your Way through Winter at One of the City’s Skating Rinks
The Parks Department oversees seven ice skating rinks, in Brooklyn,
Manhattan, Queens and Staten
Island. In most rinks you can skate for under $10. Call rinks
before your visit to confirm hours, as outdoor skating rink schedules can change
due to weather conditions.
- Coney Island and Prospect
Park in Brooklyn
- Flushing
Meadow Corona Park
in Queens
- Bryant Park and two in Central Park in Manhattan
- Clove
Lakes Park in Staten
Island
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
Below
is a sampling of holiday volunteer opportunities. For information on the
opportunities below or to locate additional opportunities in your neighborhood,
visit nyc.gov/service
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Amigos del Museo del Barrio
The museum will open its doors to the community with its “Super Sabado”
event on December 19. Volunteers are needed to assist story tellers and artists
and help with visitor management.
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration
Corporation
The
community development organization needs volunteers to help with its annual
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Holiday Party on December 12. Volunteers are needed
to lead and assist various
activities with children, including reading/storytelling and roller-skating, as
well as with and general event management, such as registration.
Children for
Children
Children for Children offers many opportunities to volunteer and
help brighten up the holiday season for someone who needs support. Projects
include making fleece scarves – or helping knit a scarf – to be distributed at a
food bank; making a Christmas or Chanukah card to donate with a hot chocolate
packet inside; and helping animals in shelters. Opportunities are available for
children ages 5 – 18 (accompanied by an adult if under 13) on December 12 from
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. at the Parkside Community Center in the Bronx.
Metropolitan Council on Jewish
Poverty
Design greeting cards for birthdays, holidays, and friendly
greetings to be sent to homebound seniors. There are currently 83,000 Jewish
seniors in the New York region that live alone, 25,000 of them have no adult
children living in the area.
BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT EVENTS
Many BIDs have
events in addition to those listed below; call 311 for further
details.
Holiday Music in the Queens Myrtle Ave
BID The Myrtle Avenue BID, Myrtle and 71st
avenues, will kick off the season with a holiday event featuring pictures with
Santa, Rudolph and the elves, plus free candy canes. Live music by NYC Brass
Entourage. December 6 from Noon to 2:00
PM. FREE.
Voices of Gotham
Barbershop Chorus This NYC-based a cappella troupe
will make several appearances at the Manhattan Arts World
Financial Center, the Winter Garden in the Downtown
Alliance BID, performing holiday favorites. 220 Vesey
Street. December 7, 15,
16, 21 & 23 from 1:00 TO
2:00 PM; December 11, 12 and
13 from NOON to 2:00 PM. FREE.
NY Stock Exchange Christmas Tree
Lighting The New York Stock Exchange,
Broad
Street at Wall Street, will host a tree lighting
ceremony and have a line up of musical entertainment in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
December 10 from 3:00 PM to
6:00 PM. FREE.
Celebrating the Holidays on Flatbush
Avenue The Brooklyn
North Flatbush Ave BID, Flatbush
Avenue, from Bergen Street to Plaza Street, will
sponsor holiday activities with Santa, elves and a string quintet performance,
plus hold a blood drive at Kings Pharmacy. December 12 from 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM. FREE.
Holiday Event in the Bed-Stuy Gateway
BID The Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, which was
established in 1964 by Senator Robert F. Kennedy, is hosting an RFK Memorial
Holiday Party. The daylong event’s theme is “child literacy” and each child
attending will receive a bag of books. The celebration is being held at
1368 Fulton
Street, Brooklyn,
and children should be registered in advance. December 12 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. FREE.
Flushing Historic
Holiday House Tour The Queens Flushing BID
will hold a holiday tour, starting at 143-35 37th Avenue, of Flushing historic houses. There will be entertainment and
refreshments. December 13 from 1:00
PM to 5:00 PM.
FREE.
Pictures with Santa in the
Queens Myrtle
Ave
BID The Queens Avenue BID, Myrtle and St. Nicholas Avenues, will
host a holiday event with Santa, Rudolph and the elves. Live Music by NYC Brass
Entourage. December 13 from Noon to 2:00
PM. FREE.
Holiday Silent Auction The
Brooklyn North Flatbush Avenue BID, Flatbush Avenue Corner of Park Place
and 7th
Avenue, will hold a silent auction with bidding on
gift certificates, gift baskets, dinners to restaurants, merchant items, and
more. Proceeds benefit the children’s programming at the community garden.
December 15 from 6:00 PM to
9:00 PM. FREE.
Community Caroling and Tree Lighting in the
Montague Street BID The Brooklyn Montague Street BID, at the Brooklyn
Heights Promenade, will host a community caroling event, featuring the Grace and
Spiritus Chorale, and a tree lighting ceremony sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights
Garden Club. December 16 at 5:30 PM. FREE
Sutphin Boulevard BID's 5th Annual Holiday
Celebration The Queens Sutphin Boulevard District Management
Association, Inc. will host a holiday event at The Harvest Room at the Jamaica
Market, 90-40 160th
Street, with guest Speaker Senator Malcolm Smith.
December 16 from 6:00 PM to
9:00 PM.
FREE
ASE Dance Theatre
Collective The Arts World Financial Center, Winter
Garden, will celebrate Kwanzaa with a performance by The ASE Dance Theatre
Collective, a Brooklyn-based, neo-folkloric performance ensemble that presents a
show of dance, music and recitation exploring the multiculturalism of the
African Diaspora. 220 Vesey
Street. December 28 at
12:30 PM.
FREE
VENUES with FREE or Suggested
Admission
Pay what you
wish for some of the most exciting exhibitions in the
world:
- American Museum of Natural History (permanent
collection)
- BRIC Rotunda Gallery
- Brooklyn Museum
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
- Flushing Town Hall: Gallery by suggested
donation.
- Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning: Gallery is free
at all times.
- Kentler International Drawing Space
- Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- El Museo del Barrio
- Museum of Biblical Art
- Museum of the City of New York
- National Museum of the American Indian
- P.S.1: Contemporary Art Center
- Queens Museum of Art
- Sculpture Center
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Staten Island Museum
Free hours at Cultural Venues
- Alice Austen House Museum: Free Thursdays to Sundays
from Noon - 5:00PM.
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Free all day Tuesdays and
Saturdays from 10:00AM - Noon.
- Brooklyn Children’s Museum: Free before 11:00 AM on
the second weekend of each month, and Wednesdays from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
- Bronx Zoo: Every Wednesday is free.
- Guggenheim Museum: Pay what you wish on Saturdays,
5:45 PM -7:45 PM.
- International Center of Photography: Voluntary
contribution Fridays, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM.
- Jewish Museum: Free every Saturday.
- Lincoln Center David Rubenstein Atrium: Free
performances every Thursday at 8:30 PM
- Museum of Arts and Design: Pay what you wish
Thursdays 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
- Museum of Chinese in America: Free every Thursday,
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM.
- Museum of Modern Art: Free Friday Nights, 4:00 PM –
8:00 PM.
- New Museum: Free Thursday Evenings, 7:00 PM – 9:00
PM.
- New York Aquarium: Suggested donation Fridays after
3:00 PM.
- New York Botanical Garden: Free Wednesdays and
Saturdays from 10:00 AM - Noon.
- New York Hall of Science: Free Fridays 2:00 - 5:00 PM
and Sundays 10:00 - 11:00 AM.
- Noguchi Museum: Pay what you wish the first Friday of
every month.
- Staten Island Zoo: Free Wednesdays 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM.
- Museum of Jewish Heritage: Free every Wednesday 4:00
PM – 8:00 PM.
- Wave Hill Cultural Center: Free Saturdays and
Tuesdays, 9:00 AM - Noon.
- Whitney Museum: Pay what you wish Fridays
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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