Summer in the city is a magical time! Make the most of it with this list of free and unique activities:

WEBSITES FOR SUMMER ACTIVITIES

Growing Up NYC: https://growingupnyc.cityofnewyork.us

NYC Go: https://www.nycgo.com/articles/free-for-kids

Mommy Poppins: https://mommypoppins.com/family/free-activities/free-fun-for-nyc-kids 

New York Parenting: www.nyparenting.com

Park Events: https://www.nycgovparks.org/ 

NY Public Library Events and Story Time: https://www.nypl.org/events/calendar

MUSEUMS:

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-Tembach 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 November – March)

·         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 – 10PM)

·         Brooklyn Children’s Museum  (Second weekend, before 11AM)

·         Brooklyn Museum (First Saturday, 5 – 11PM)

·         El Museo del Barrio (Third Saturday, 6 – 8PM)

·         Neue Gallerie (First Friday, 6 – 8PM)

·         Noguchi Museum (First Friday, pay what you wish)