9/11 Memorial & Museum is free mondays 5:30pm–7pm. The Museum is free on Monday evenings from 5:30 to 7pm: free tickets go up on the website each Monday at 7am ET, first come first served. On the first Sunday of each month, 4-7pm, admission is also free for those who live, work, or study in the New York area (ID required). The outdoor Memorial plaza is always free. Required — free Monday tickets released online each Monday at 7am ET, first come first served Verified on 9/11 Memorial & Museum's own page, last checked 2026-09-14.
| Free day | Mondays 5:30pm–7pm |
|---|---|
| Who qualifies | Everyone (Monday evenings); NY-area residents/workers/students for First Sundays 4-7pm |
| Reservation | Required — free Monday tickets released online each Monday at 7am ET, first come first served |
| What's included | Museum admission |
| Regular adult price | $36 adult (18-64) |
| Source | 911memorial.org · checked 2026-09-14 |
Regular adult admission at 9/11 Museum is $36, so timing the visit to the free window keeps $72 in a couple's pocket and up to $144 for a family of four — every qualifying week. And since this free day is open to everyone, it's the cheapest possible way through the door. The catch is capacity, not money: free slots are reserved in advance and the popular dates go first, so the reservation is the real currency here.
Regular tickets ($36 adult (18-64)) are on 911memorial.org; buying direct means no reseller markup. Multi-attraction visitors can compare CityPASS New York, which packages top New York sights below walk-up prices; whether 9/11 Museum appears in the lineup changes year to year, so verify before you buy.
American Museum of Natural History (pay-what-you-wish daily (residents)) · Bronx Zoo (no regular free day) · MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) (fridays 5:30pm–8:30pm) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art (pay-what-you-wish daily (residents)) · Brooklyn Museum (pay-what-you-wish daily) · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (sun/tue 4pm–5:30pm (pwyw)) · Whitney Museum of American Art (fridays 5pm–10pm) · Museum of the Moving Image (thursdays 2pm–6pm) — or see the full free museum days in New York guide.
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The Museum is free on Monday evenings from 5:30 to 7pm: free tickets go up on the website each Monday at 7am ET, first come first served. On the first Sunday of each month, 4-7pm, admission is also free for those who live, work, or study in the New York area (ID required). The outdoor Memorial plaza is always free.
Required — free Monday tickets released online each Monday at 7am ET, first come first served
Museum admission
$36 adult (18-64). A free-day visit puts that back in your pocket.
At $36 per adult, two adults keep $72 and a group of four paying adult prices keeps up to $144 per visit — before parking and extras.