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Museums & Exhibitions in New York

Exhibitions, museum days and gallery events in all five boroughs, each checked against the venue’s own listing.

23 exhibitions and museum events in New York

Before-Hours Tours With an Art Historian at MoMASATURDAYS & SUNDAYS · 9:30 AM

Before-Hours Tours With an Art Historian

MoMA · Midtown

Recurring

Museum admission included in the cost of the tour

Pay What You Wish admission at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumDAILY · 5–6 PM

Pay What You Wish admission

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Upper Manhattan

Recurring

Pay what you wish, 5–6 p.m. daily

Illuminated Mausoleums Evening Walking Tour at Woodlawn CemeterySUN, OCT 25

Illuminated Mausoleums Evening Walking Tour

Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx

One-time

Not published on the listing

Late-Night Summer Wednesdays at Museum of the City of New YorkWEDNESDAYS · 5–9 PM · UNTIL 2 SEP

Late-Night Summer Wednesdays

Museum of the City of New York · Upper Manhattan

Recurring

Free until 9 p.m.

Public Gallery Tour at Glyndor Gallery at Wave HillTHU & SAT · 2 PM

Public Gallery Tour at Glyndor Gallery

Wave Hill · The Bronx

Recurring

Free with admission to the grounds

Free admission every Friday at Poster HouseFRIDAYS · 10 AM–9 PM

Free admission every Friday

Poster House · Lower Manhattan

Recurring

Free

UNIQLO Friday Nights at MoMAFRIDAYS · 5:30–8:30 PM

UNIQLO Friday Nights

MoMA · Midtown

Recurring

Free for New York State residents (reservation required)

Where Harlem Rests Trolley Tour at Woodlawn Cemetery and ConservancySAT, OCT 31

Where Harlem Rests Trolley Tour

Woodlawn Cemetery and Conservancy · The Bronx

One-time

Complimentary, reservations required

At the Hearth: A Close Look at Helena Hernmarck's Tapestry at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumWED, NOV 4

At the Hearth: A Close Look at Helena Hernmarck's Tapestry

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Upper Manhattan · 1 h

One-time

Pay What You Wish

Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour at Museum of the City of New YorkWED, NOV 4

Raise Your Voice: Curator-Led Tour

Museum of the City of New York · Upper Manhattan

One-time

Free | Limited Space | Registration Recommended

World War I Veterans of Woodlawn Walking Tour at Woodlawn Cemetery and ConservancySUN, NOV 8

World War I Veterans of Woodlawn Walking Tour

Woodlawn Cemetery and Conservancy · The Bronx

One-time

See listing

Free admission on the third Sunday of every month at Poster House3RD SUNDAY · 10 AM–6 PM

Free admission on the third Sunday of every month

Poster House · Lower Manhattan

Recurring

Free

Tactile Tour and Workshop: Design Across Time at Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book LibraryTHU, NOV 19

Tactile Tour and Workshop: Design Across Time

Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library · Lower Manhattan · 1.5 h

One-time

Free

Discover Design: Design Across Time Tactile Tour at Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book LibraryTHU, NOV 19

Discover Design: Design Across Time Tactile Tour

Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library · Midtown · 1.5 h

One-time

Free

Design Night: Sketching from Nature at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumFRI, NOV 20

Design Night: Sketching from Nature

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Upper Manhattan · 2 h

One-time

Free for Visitors with Disabilities and their companions

Raise Your Voice Curator Tour: Gloria Steinem's Activism at Museum of the City of New YorkWED, DEC 9

Raise Your Voice Curator Tour: Gloria Steinem's Activism

Museum of the City of New York · Upper Manhattan

One-time

Free | Limited Space | Registration Recommended

Candlelight Tours at Historic Richmond TownFRI, DEC 11

Candlelight Tours

Historic Richmond Town · Staten Island

Runs over several days

See listing

Fall Participant Exhibition at Bronx River Art CenterSAT, DEC 12

Fall Participant Exhibition

Bronx River Art Center · The Bronx

One-time

See listing

Primers for a Handmade Utopia at The Cooper UnionTHRU THU, OCT 29

Primers for a Handmade Utopia

The Cooper Union · Lower Manhattan

Runs over several days

Open to the general public

Guild & Greyshkul at The Cooper UnionTHRU SAT, OCT 31

Guild & Greyshkul

The Cooper Union · Lower Manhattan

Runs over several days

Not published on the listing

Ten Years of Brooklyn Lace Guild at Textile Arts Center GalleryTHRU SUN, NOV 1

Ten Years of Brooklyn Lace Guild

Textile Arts Center Gallery · Brownstone Brooklyn

Runs over several days

See listing

GHP Artists Exhibition 2026 at Greenwich House PotteryTHU, NOV 19

GHP Artists Exhibition 2026

Greenwich House Pottery · Lower Manhattan

Runs over several days

Not published on the listing

New Work by Karina Yanes at Greenwich House PotteryTHU, JAN 7

New Work by Karina Yanes

Greenwich House Pottery · Lower Manhattan

Runs over several days

Not published on the listing

Questions people ask

How many exhibitions and museum events are there in New York right now?+
23 on our calendar at the moment, from 13 venues. The busiest are Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (3), Museum of the City of New York (3) and MoMA (2).
Are there free exhibitions and museum events in New York?+
13 are free.
What can I do on a weekend or an evening?+
8 of these fall on a Saturday or Sunday and 15 start at 5pm or later. The filters at the top of the page narrow the list.
Where do these listings come from?+
From the venues themselves. A person reads each listing on the venue or organizer's own page and enters the date, time and printed price; nothing is scraped from ticket resellers. If something has changed, the "Fix a detail" box on the event page reaches us.

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