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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