Whitney Museum of American Art is free fridays 5pm–10pm. Admission is free every Friday night from 5 to 10pm, and free all day on the second Sunday of every month. Visitors 25 and under are always free, and the ground floor (Floor 1 galleries, lobby, shop) is free every day. Recommended — advance tickets encouraged to expedite entry Verified on Whitney Museum of American Art's own page, last checked 2026-09-14.
| Free day | Fridays 5pm–10pm |
|---|---|
| Who qualifies | Everyone |
| Reservation | Recommended — advance tickets encouraged to expedite entry |
| What's included | Museum admission |
| Regular adult price | $30 adult |
| Source | whitney.org · checked 2026-09-14 |
Regular adult admission at Whitney is $30, so timing the visit to the free window keeps $60 in a couple's pocket and up to $120 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 ($30 adult) are on whitney.org — book direct, there's no markup. Making a New York trip of it? CityPASS New York bundles several of the city's top attractions at a discount — check whether Whitney is in the current lineup before buying.
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)) · Museum of the Moving Image (thursdays 2pm–6pm) · 9/11 Memorial & Museum (mondays 5:30pm–7pm) — or see the full free museum days in New York guide.
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Admission is free every Friday night from 5 to 10pm, and free all day on the second Sunday of every month. Visitors 25 and under are always free, and the ground floor (Floor 1 galleries, lobby, shop) is free every day.
Recommended — advance tickets encouraged to expedite entry
Museum admission
$30 adult. That's what a well-timed visit saves you.
At $30 per adult, two adults keep $60 and a group of four paying adult prices keeps up to $120 per visit — before parking and extras.