New York

Which museums are open today in New York?

Today's museums come first, then the rest of the week. Many museums close on Monday, so check the day below.

Monday Today

  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 09:00–19:00 · $24–$36
    Twin reflecting pools mark the Twin Towers' footprints, and the museum below tells the story of 9/11.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art · Chelsea & Flatiron · 🕗 10:30–18:00 · $30
    Twentieth-century and contemporary American art in Renzo Piano's building, with terraces looking over the High Line.
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso, Warhol and a deep collection of modern design, film and photography.
  • Intrepid Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $38
    A WWII aircraft carrier on the Hudson holding a space shuttle, a Concorde and a submarine.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $30
    Five thousand years of art, from Egyptian temples to Impressionists, in the largest museum in the Americas.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda, with modern and contemporary art along the ramp.
  • American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:30 · $37
    Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale model and the Hayden Planetarium, the museum of the Night at the Museum films.
  • SPYSCAPE · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · undefined
    Interactive spy museum with missions and challenges that test codebreaking and surveillance skills.
  • The Frick Collection · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Old masters in a Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, reopened in 2025 after renovation.
  • Museum of the City of New York · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $23
    Exhibitions on the city's history, photography and design, on Museum Mile at 103rd Street.
  • Tenement Museum · Downtown & the Villages · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · undefined
    Guided tours through restored apartments of immigrant families on the Lower East Side.

Closed this day: Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York Transit Museum, African Burial Ground National Monument, The Morgan Library & Museum

Tuesday Today

  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso, Warhol and a deep collection of modern design, film and photography.
  • Intrepid Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $38
    A WWII aircraft carrier on the Hudson holding a space shuttle, a Concorde and a submarine.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $30
    Five thousand years of art, from Egyptian temples to Impressionists, in the largest museum in the Americas.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda, with modern and contemporary art along the ramp.
  • American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:30 · $37
    Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale model and the Hayden Planetarium, the museum of the Night at the Museum films.
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $18
    Hands-on museum for children up to about 10, on the Upper West Side near the Natural History Museum.
  • SPYSCAPE · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · undefined
    Interactive spy museum with missions and challenges that test codebreaking and surveillance skills.
  • Museum of the City of New York · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $23
    Exhibitions on the city's history, photography and design, on Museum Mile at 103rd Street.
  • Tenement Museum · Downtown & the Villages · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · undefined
    Guided tours through restored apartments of immigrant families on the Lower East Side.
  • The Morgan Library & Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:00 · undefined
    J. P. Morgan's private library with gilded study, manuscripts and rotating exhibitions.

Closed this day: 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Transit Museum, African Burial Ground National Monument, The Frick Collection

Wednesday Today

  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 09:00–19:00 · $24–$36
    Twin reflecting pools mark the Twin Towers' footprints, and the museum below tells the story of 9/11.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art · Chelsea & Flatiron · 🕗 10:30–18:00 · $30
    Twentieth-century and contemporary American art in Renzo Piano's building, with terraces looking over the High Line.
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso, Warhol and a deep collection of modern design, film and photography.
  • Intrepid Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $38
    A WWII aircraft carrier on the Hudson holding a space shuttle, a Concorde and a submarine.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda, with modern and contemporary art along the ramp.
  • American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:30 · $37
    Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale model and the Hayden Planetarium, the museum of the Night at the Museum films.
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $18
    Hands-on museum for children up to about 10, on the Upper West Side near the Natural History Museum.
  • New York Transit Museum · Brooklyn · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · $15
    Museum in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, with vintage subway cars you can walk through.
  • SPYSCAPE · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · undefined
    Interactive spy museum with missions and challenges that test codebreaking and surveillance skills.
  • African Burial Ground National Monument · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · Free
    Memorial and visitor center for the 17th–18th century burial ground of free and enslaved Africans.
  • The Frick Collection · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Old masters in a Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, reopened in 2025 after renovation.
  • Museum of the City of New York · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $23
    Exhibitions on the city's history, photography and design, on Museum Mile at 103rd Street.
  • Tenement Museum · Downtown & the Villages · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · undefined
    Guided tours through restored apartments of immigrant families on the Lower East Side.
  • The Morgan Library & Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:00 · undefined
    J. P. Morgan's private library with gilded study, manuscripts and rotating exhibitions.

Closed this day: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thursday Today

  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 09:00–19:00 · $24–$36
    Twin reflecting pools mark the Twin Towers' footprints, and the museum below tells the story of 9/11.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art · Chelsea & Flatiron · 🕗 10:30–18:00 · $30
    Twentieth-century and contemporary American art in Renzo Piano's building, with terraces looking over the High Line.
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso, Warhol and a deep collection of modern design, film and photography.
  • Intrepid Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $38
    A WWII aircraft carrier on the Hudson holding a space shuttle, a Concorde and a submarine.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $30
    Five thousand years of art, from Egyptian temples to Impressionists, in the largest museum in the Americas.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda, with modern and contemporary art along the ramp.
  • American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:30 · $37
    Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale model and the Hayden Planetarium, the museum of the Night at the Museum films.
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $18
    Hands-on museum for children up to about 10, on the Upper West Side near the Natural History Museum.
  • New York Transit Museum · Brooklyn · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · $15
    Museum in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, with vintage subway cars you can walk through.
  • SPYSCAPE · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · undefined
    Interactive spy museum with missions and challenges that test codebreaking and surveillance skills.
  • African Burial Ground National Monument · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · Free
    Memorial and visitor center for the 17th–18th century burial ground of free and enslaved Africans.
  • The Frick Collection · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Old masters in a Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, reopened in 2025 after renovation.
  • Museum of the City of New York · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $23
    Exhibitions on the city's history, photography and design, on Museum Mile at 103rd Street.
  • Tenement Museum · Downtown & the Villages · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · undefined
    Guided tours through restored apartments of immigrant families on the Lower East Side.
  • The Morgan Library & Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:00 · undefined
    J. P. Morgan's private library with gilded study, manuscripts and rotating exhibitions.

Friday Today

  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 09:00–19:00 · $24–$36
    Twin reflecting pools mark the Twin Towers' footprints, and the museum below tells the story of 9/11.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art · Chelsea & Flatiron · 🕗 10:30–22:00 · $30
    Twentieth-century and contemporary American art in Renzo Piano's building, with terraces looking over the High Line.
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–20:30 · $30
    Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso, Warhol and a deep collection of modern design, film and photography.
  • Intrepid Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $38
    A WWII aircraft carrier on the Hudson holding a space shuttle, a Concorde and a submarine.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–21:00 · $30
    Five thousand years of art, from Egyptian temples to Impressionists, in the largest museum in the Americas.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda, with modern and contemporary art along the ramp.
  • American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:30 · $37
    Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale model and the Hayden Planetarium, the museum of the Night at the Museum films.
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $18
    Hands-on museum for children up to about 10, on the Upper West Side near the Natural History Museum.
  • New York Transit Museum · Brooklyn · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · $15
    Museum in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, with vintage subway cars you can walk through.
  • SPYSCAPE · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · undefined
    Interactive spy museum with missions and challenges that test codebreaking and surveillance skills.
  • African Burial Ground National Monument · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · Free
    Memorial and visitor center for the 17th–18th century burial ground of free and enslaved Africans.
  • The Frick Collection · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Old masters in a Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, reopened in 2025 after renovation.
  • Museum of the City of New York · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $23
    Exhibitions on the city's history, photography and design, on Museum Mile at 103rd Street.
  • Tenement Museum · Downtown & the Villages · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · undefined
    Guided tours through restored apartments of immigrant families on the Lower East Side.
  • The Morgan Library & Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:00 · undefined
    J. P. Morgan's private library with gilded study, manuscripts and rotating exhibitions.

Saturday Today

  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 09:00–19:00 · $24–$36
    Twin reflecting pools mark the Twin Towers' footprints, and the museum below tells the story of 9/11.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art · Chelsea & Flatiron · 🕗 10:30–18:00 · $30
    Twentieth-century and contemporary American art in Renzo Piano's building, with terraces looking over the High Line.
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso, Warhol and a deep collection of modern design, film and photography.
  • Intrepid Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $38
    A WWII aircraft carrier on the Hudson holding a space shuttle, a Concorde and a submarine.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–21:00 · $30
    Five thousand years of art, from Egyptian temples to Impressionists, in the largest museum in the Americas.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda, with modern and contemporary art along the ramp.
  • American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:30 · $37
    Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale model and the Hayden Planetarium, the museum of the Night at the Museum films.
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $18
    Hands-on museum for children up to about 10, on the Upper West Side near the Natural History Museum.
  • New York Transit Museum · Brooklyn · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · $15
    Museum in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, with vintage subway cars you can walk through.
  • SPYSCAPE · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · undefined
    Interactive spy museum with missions and challenges that test codebreaking and surveillance skills.
  • African Burial Ground National Monument · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · Free
    Memorial and visitor center for the 17th–18th century burial ground of free and enslaved Africans.
  • The Frick Collection · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Old masters in a Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, reopened in 2025 after renovation.
  • Museum of the City of New York · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · $23
    Exhibitions on the city's history, photography and design, on Museum Mile at 103rd Street.
  • Tenement Museum · Downtown & the Villages · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · undefined
    Guided tours through restored apartments of immigrant families on the Lower East Side.
  • The Morgan Library & Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:00 · undefined
    J. P. Morgan's private library with gilded study, manuscripts and rotating exhibitions.

Sunday Today

  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 09:00–19:00 · $24–$36
    Twin reflecting pools mark the Twin Towers' footprints, and the museum below tells the story of 9/11.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art · Chelsea & Flatiron · 🕗 10:30–18:00 · $30
    Twentieth-century and contemporary American art in Renzo Piano's building, with terraces looking over the High Line.
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso, Warhol and a deep collection of modern design, film and photography.
  • Intrepid Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $38
    A WWII aircraft carrier on the Hudson holding a space shuttle, a Concorde and a submarine.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $30
    Five thousand years of art, from Egyptian temples to Impressionists, in the largest museum in the Americas.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda, with modern and contemporary art along the ramp.
  • American Museum of Natural History · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:30 · $37
    Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale model and the Hayden Planetarium, the museum of the Night at the Museum films.
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan · Upper West Side & Harlem · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · $18
    Hands-on museum for children up to about 10, on the Upper West Side near the Natural History Museum.
  • New York Transit Museum · Brooklyn · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · $15
    Museum in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, with vintage subway cars you can walk through.
  • SPYSCAPE · Midtown · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · undefined
    Interactive spy museum with missions and challenges that test codebreaking and surveillance skills.
  • African Burial Ground National Monument · Lower Manhattan · 🕗 10:00–16:00 · Free
    Memorial and visitor center for the 17th–18th century burial ground of free and enslaved Africans.
  • The Frick Collection · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:30–17:30 · $30
    Old masters in a Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, reopened in 2025 after renovation.
  • Museum of the City of New York · Central Park & Upper East Side · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · $23
    Exhibitions on the city's history, photography and design, on Museum Mile at 103rd Street.
  • Tenement Museum · Downtown & the Villages · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · undefined
    Guided tours through restored apartments of immigrant families on the Lower East Side.
  • The Morgan Library & Museum · Midtown · 🕗 10:30–17:00 · undefined
    J. P. Morgan's private library with gilded study, manuscripts and rotating exhibitions.

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Last updated: 8 October 2026