American Folk Art Museum

212-265-1040

2 Lincoln Square (at 66th St.)

Closed: Monday

admission: $9; seniors/students, $7; under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday after 5:30pm; refreshments and music available

American Museum of Natural History

212-769-5200

Central Park West (at W. 79th St.)

Closed: Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

suggested admission: $19 (suggested); seniors/students, $14.50; children, $10.50 (suggested).

Asia Society and Museum

212-288-6400

725 Park Ave. (at E. 70th St.)

Closed: Monday and federal holidays

admission: $10; seniors, $7; students, $5; under 16, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday from 6 to 9pm (September to June); refreshments available

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

718-681-6000

1040 Grand Concourse

Closed: Monday through Wednesday and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $5; seniors/students, $3; children, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday (excluding groups); refreshments available

Bronx Zoo

718-367-1010

Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road

Closed: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $15; seniors, $13; children 3–12, $11; under 2, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Wednesday (excluding special exhibitions/rides)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

718-623-7200

1000 Washington Ave. (bet. Crown and Montgomery Sts.)

Closed: Monday (except federal holidays)

admission: $8; seniors/students, $4; under 12, free

Free: Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to noon (excluding major public programs)

Brooklyn Children's Museum

718-735-4400

145 Brooklyn Ave. (at St. Marks Ave.)

Closed: Monday (June 29–September 4, 2010); Monday and Tuesday (September 5, 2010–June 28, 2011)

admission: $7.50

Brooklyn Museum

718-638-5000

200 Eastern Pkwy. (at Washington Ave.)

Closed: Monday and Tuesday and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

suggested contribution: $12; seniors/students, $6; under 12, free

Target-sponsored free admission: First Saturday of each month from 5 to 11pm

Children's Museum of Manhattan

212-721-1223

212 W. 83rd St. (bet. Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.)

Closed: Monday

admission: $10; seniors, $7; under 1, free

Target-sponsored free admission: First Friday of each month from 5 to 8pm

The Cloisters Museum & Gardens

212-923-3700

Fort Tryon Park, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive

Closed: Monday and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

suggested admission: $20; seniors, $15; students, $10; under 12, free (admission includes same-day entry to The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

El Museo del Barrio

212-831-7272

1230 Fifth Ave. (bet. E. 104th and E. 105th Sts.)

Closed: Monday and Tuesday and New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $9; seniors/students, $5; members/under 12, free

Free: Wednesday (for seniors)

The Frick Collection

212-288-0700

1 E. 70th St. (at Fifth Ave.)

Closed: Monday

admission: $18; seniors, $12; students, $5; under 10 not admitted

Pay-what-you-wish: Sunday from 11am to 1pm

Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R.

212-423-3500

1071 Fifth Ave. (bet. E. 88th and E. 89th Sts.)

Closed: Thursday

admission: $18; seniors/students, $15; under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Saturday from 5:45 to 7:45pm; refreshments available

International Center of Photography

212-857-0000

1133 Sixth Ave. (at W. 43rd St.)

Closed: Monday and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $12; seniors/students, $8; under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday from 5 to 8pm; refreshments available

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

877-957-SHIP (7447)

Pier 86 (Twelfth Ave. and W. 46th St.)

Closed: Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $24; seniors (62+)/college students (with ID), $20; kids 3–17, $19; veterans, $17; under 2 and active-duty/retired military, free

Japan Society

212-715-1255

333 E. 47th St. (bet. First and Second Aves.)

Closed: Monday

admission: $10; seniors/students, $8; under 16, free

The Jewish Museum

212-423-3200

1109 Fifth Ave. (at E. 92nd St.)

Closed: Wednesday, major Jewish holidays and New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Thanksgiving Day

admission: $12; seniors, $10; students, $7.50; under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Saturday from 11am to 5:45pm

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

212-431-0233

108 Orchard St. (at Delancey St.)

admission: $20; seniors/students, $15; under 5, free; discount rates for combination tours

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

212-535-7710

1000 Fifth Ave. (at E. 82nd St.)

Closed: Monday (except holiday Mondays)

recommended admission: $20; seniors, $15; students, $10; under 12, free (admission includes same-day entry to The Cloisters Museum & Gardens)

Open Friday and Saturday until 9pm with museum admission; rooftop martini bar open until 8pm

The Morgan Library & Museum

212-685-0008

225 Madison Ave. (bet. E. 36th and E. 37th Sts.)

Closed: Monday and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $12; seniors/students/kids 12–16, $8; under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday from 7 to 9pm; refreshments available; McKim rooms free Tuesday from 3 to 5pm and Sunday from 4 to 6pm

Museum of Arts and Design

212-299-7777

2 Columbus Circle (at Eighth Ave.)

Closed: Monday

admission: $15; seniors/students, $12

Pay-what-you-wish: Thursday from 6 to 9pm; refreshments available

Museum of Chinese in America

212-619-4785

215 Centre St. (bet. Grand and Howard Sts.)

Closed: Tuesday and Wednesday (except for pre-scheduled tours)

admission: $7; seniors/students (with ID), $4; under 12 (in groups of less than eight), free

Target-sponsored free admission: Thursday

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art

212-254-3511

594 Broadway, Suite 401 (at Houston St.)

Closed: Monday and major holidays

suggested donation: $5; under 12, free

Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

646-437-4202

36 Battery Place (at 1st Place)

Closed: Saturday, Jewish holidays and Thanksgiving Day

admission: $12; seniors, $10; students, $7; under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Wednesday from 4 to 8pm; refreshments available

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

212-708-9400

11 W. 53rd St. (bet. Fifth and Sixth Aves.)

Closed: Tuesday

suggested admission: $20; seniors, $16; students, $12; 16 and under, free

Target-sponsored free admission: Friday from 4 to 8pm; refreshments available

Museum of the City of New York

212-534-1672

1220 Fifth Ave. (bet. E. 103rd and E. 104th Sts.)

Closed: Monday (except holidays) and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

suggested admission: $10; seniors/students, $6; families (maximum of two adults), $20; under 12, free

National Museum of the American Indian

212-514-3700

1 Bowling Green (at Broadway and Battery Place)

Closed: Christmas Day

admission: free

New Museum

212-219-1222

235 Bowery (bet. Stanton and Prince Sts.)

Closed: Monday and Tuesday

admission: $16; seniors, $14; students, $12; 18 and under, free

Free: Thursday from 7 to 9pm Open Friday until 9pm; refreshments available

New York Aquarium

718-265-4740

602 Surf Ave. (at W. 8th St.)

admission: $13; seniors, $10; kids, $9; under 3, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday after 3pm

The New York Botanical Garden

718-817-8700

Bronx River Parkway (at Fordham Road)

Closed: Monday (except federal holidays)

admission: $20; seniors/students, $18; under 12, $8; under 2, free

Free: All day Wednesday and Saturday from 10am to noon

New York Hall of Science

718-699-0005

47-01 111th St. (at 49th Ave.)

Closed: Monday and Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $11; students/seniors/kids 2–17, $8

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday from 2 to 5pm and Sunday from 10 to 11am from September through June

New-York Historical Society

212-873-3400

170 Central Park West (bet. W. 76th and W. 77th Sts.)

Closed: Monday

admission: $15; seniors/educators, $12; students, $10; kids 7–13, $5; under 7, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday from 6 to 8pm

New York Transit Museum

718-694-1600

Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street

Closed: Monday and major holidays

admission: $5; seniors (62+)/kids 3–17, $3; members, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Wednesday (for seniors)

The Noguchi Museum

718-204-7088

9-01 33rd Road (bet. Vernon Blvd. and 10th St.)

Closed: Monday and Tuesday

admission: $10; seniors/students, $5; under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: First Friday of each month

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

718-784-2084

22-25 Jackson Ave. (at 46th Ave.)

Closed: Tuesday and Wednesday and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $5; seniors/students, $2

Free: With Museum of Modern Art admission ticket dated within 30 days Saturday Warm Up music events until 9pm: admission, $10; refreshments available

Queens Museum of Art

718-592-9700

49th Ave. and 111th St.

Closed: Monday and Tuesday

suggested donation: $5; seniors/students/kids, $2.50; under 5, free

Rubin Museum of Art

212-620-5000

150 W. 17th St. (bet. Sixth and Seventh Aves.)

Closed: Tuesday and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $10 for adults; $5 for students and seniors; Free for 12 and under

Pay-what-you-wish: Fridays 6-10pm

The Skyscraper Museum

212-968-1961

39 Battery Place (at West St.)

Closed: Monday and Tuesday

admission: $5; seniors/students, $2.50

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

718-448-2500

1000 Richmond Terrace (at Tysen St.)

Closed: Monday (December through April)

admission for galleries and garden tours: $6; seniors/students/members, $5; under 12, $3; under 3, free

South Street Seaport Museum

212-748-8725

12 Fulton St. (bet. Front and South Sts.)

Closed: Tuesday through Thursday (January through March); Monday (April through December)

admission: $12; seniors/students, $10; kids 5–12, $8; under 5, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Third Friday of each month from 5 to 9pm; refreshments available

Staten Island Museum

718-727-1135

75 Stuyvesant Place (at Wall St.)

Closed: Monday (on federal holidays) and New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

admission: $2; seniors/students, $1; members/under 12, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Tuesday and Friday from noon to 2pm (lunchtime)

Statue of Liberty National Monument | Ellis Island Immigration Museum

212-363-3180

Liberty Island | Ellis Island

Closed: Christmas Day

admission: free, except ferry fees ($12; seniors, $10; kids 4–12, $5) and an optional $3 crown-access fee

The Studio Museum in Harlem

212-864-4500

144 W. 125th St. (bet. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Malcolm X Blvds.)

Closed: Monday and Tuesday and federal holidays

admission: $7; seniors/students, $3; under 12, free

Target-sponsored free admission: Sunday

Wave Hill

718-549-3200

W. 249th St. (at Independence Ave.)

Closed: Monday (except federal holidays)

admission: $8; seniors/students, $4; kids 6 and older, $2; under 6, free

Free: Tuesday and Saturday from 9am to noon (May through June and September through October); all day Tuesday (off-peak months)

Whitney Museum of American Art

212-570-3600

945 Madison Ave. (at E. 75th St.)

Closed: Monday and Tuesday

admission: $15; seniors/students, $10; under 11, free

Pay-what-you-wish: Friday from 6 to 9pm; refreshments available; occasional live music