You asked, and we answered! We’re now selling discounted tickets to one of the most beloved museums in New York – the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Residents in this community live in such close proximity to New York City, one of the largest cultural meccas in the world, and can affordably take advantage of this with our help!
The discounted tickets to AMNH cost $10 each (same price for adults, children, students, and seniors) and provide admission to the Museum, plus one temporary exhibition, Le Frak Theater film, Space Show, or Seasonal Live Animal Exhibit (normal admission for this level ticket is $28 for adults, $22.50 for students and seniors, and $16.50 for children ages 2 – 12). Emma Clark Library cardholders may purchase the tickets using cash or check (made out to Emma S. Clark Memorial Library) at the Circulation Desk, and tickets are non-refundable. Families may purchase up to four tickets per month.
The combination of the Museum and the Library can lead to new discoveries and knowledge for both young and old alike. We’re thrilled to bring this benefit to Three Village!
These discounted tickets are an extension of the Library’s Museum Pass program, which includes free admission to over 20 museums and cultural institutions throughout Long Island and New York City. For more information on the museum pass program, visit emmaclark.org/museum-passes.
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The Metropolitan Museum. Photo by Ariel Min
New York is known as an expensive city, but you can count the ways it is generous to New Yorkers and tourists. Many of the city’s premier attractions, museums, galleries and performances offer free entry or pay-what-you-wish options, be it for a select day of the month or evening hours every week. Those seeking a bargain can use the no-cost or low-cost admittance to take a chance on the unknown or to return to a favorite art work, exhibit or gallery again and again. Below is a just a selection; there are other free places, such as the galleries and museums of area colleges and universities.
ALWAYS FREE (or pay what you
wish):
American Folk Art Museum
American Museum of Natural History (pay what you wish)
Bronx Museum (pay what you wish)
Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcafé live events
Brooklyn Museum (pay what you
wish)
The Cloisters (pay what you wish)
El Museo del Barrio (pay what you wish)
Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College
Green-Wood Cemetery
International Print Center
Metropolitan Museum of Art (pay what you wish)
Museum at the
Fashion Institute of Technology
National Museum of the American Indian—Smithsonian Institution
New York City Police Museum (pay what you
wish)
P.S.1 MoMA (pay what you wish)
Queens
Botanical Garden (free Nov-March)
Queens Museum of Art (pay what you wish)
SculptureCenter (pay what you
wish)
Socrates Sculpture Park
Staten Island Museum (pay what you wish)
Storefront for Art & Architecture
Studio Museum in Harlem (pay what you wish)
Waterfront Museum
MONTHLY FREE HOURS:
Bronx Museum (First Friday, 6-10 pm)
Brooklyn
Children’s Museum (Second Weekend, before 11 am)
Brooklyn Museum (First Saturday, 5-11 pm)
El Museo del Barrio (Third
Saturday, 11 am-8 pm)
Neue Gallerie (First Friday, 6-8 pm)
Noguchi Museum (First Friday, pay what you wish)
WEEKLY FREE DAYS or HOURS:
MONDAY
Museum at Eldridge Street
Yeshiva University Museum
TUESDAY
9/11 Memorial Museum 5-8 pm
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Staten Island Museum 12-2 pm
Wave Hill 9 am-noon
WEDNESDAY
Bronx Zoo (pay what you wish)
Museum of Jewish Heritage 4-8 pm
New York Botanical Garden
Queens Botanical Garden April-October, 3-6 pm
Van Cortlandt House
Museum
Yeshiva University Museum 5-8 pm
THURSDAY
Brooklyn Children’s Museum 3-5 pm
China
Institute 6-8 pm
International Center of Photography 6-9 pm (pay what you wish)
Museum of Arts and Design 6-9 pm (pay what you wish)
Museum of Chinese in America
New Museum 7-9 pm
Trinity Church: Concerts at One 1-2 pm (September through May)
FRIDAY
Japan Society 6-9 pm
Morgan Library & Museum 7-9 pm
Museum of Modern Art 4-8
pm
Neue Galerie 6-8 pm
New-York Historical
Society 6-8 pm (pay what you wish)
New York Aquarium 3 pm-closing (pay what you wish)
New York Hall of Science 2-5 pm (September through June)
Rubin Museum of Art 7-10 pm
Staten Island Museum 12-2 pm
Whitney Museum of American Art 7-9:30
pm
Yeshiva University Museum
SATURDAY
Brooklyn Botanic Garden 10 am-noon
Jewish Museum
New York Botanical Garden 10 am-noon
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 5:45-7:45 pm (pay what you wish)
Wave Hill 9 am-noon
SUNDAY
Frick Collection 11 am-1 pm (pay what you wish)
New York Hall of Science 10-11 am (September
through June)
Queens Botanical Garden April-October, 4-6 pm
Studio Museum in Harlem
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