Museum of New York City

Museum of the City of New York

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The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world’s most influential metropolis. It …

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Apr 21, 2025
This museum is fantastic and not to be missed! I suggest starting on the bottom floor with the very entertaining and informational half hour history video, then going all the way to the third floor a…Full review by LexiV
Mar 13, 2025
If you love New York and her vibrant history, that’s the place for you. The Museum wasn’t busy at all when I visited and I enjoyed the first floor displays almost alone. The entrance is free for NARM…Full review by Noraatc
Feb 2, 2025
Some of the museum was great. Some is very woke. It is always like that. This time, the older lady with wavy blond (maybe graying hair) was spouting her derogatory/ untrue political views for all to …Full review by Sharon G
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Following a comprehensive renovation in 2016, this museum, which has been in operation for nearly a century since its establishment in 19…
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The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY), a history and art museum located at 1220-1227 Fifth Avenue from East 103rd to 104th Streets…
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From its colonization by the Dutch up to the present day, the evolution of New York City is explained at this impressive Manhattan muse…
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The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown in 1923 to pr…
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About how long does it take to go through he museum?
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I would give yourself about two hours. That should be enough time to see the main exhibitions and see the movie "Timescapes" which you do not want to miss. Two hours …
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I would give yourself about two hours. That should be enough time to see the main exhibitions and see the movie "Timescapes" which you do not want to miss. Two hours should be enough time. Don't forget to visit the Central Park Conservatory Gardens across the street as well. Have fun!
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Answer by Justin W · Jan 17, 2023
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Does the museum have a free day or a pay as you wish day?
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Depend of where you go .. which museum you are going. Metropolitan Museum of Art (pay what you wish) Museum ... Brooklyn Children's Museum (Second Weekend, before …
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Depend of where you go .. which museum you are going. Metropolitan Museum of Art (pay what you wish) Museum ... Brooklyn Children's Museum (Second Weekend, before 11 am) ... WEEKLY FREE DAYS or HOURS: 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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