Warm Up Inside NYC’s Best Museums This Fall and Winter

Already feeling the cabin fever? Fear not – it’s easy to still get out and do things without freezing your buns off.

Keep warm (and entertained) in one of the city’s many museums, offered in each of the five boroughs. The best part? Most of them are free, or offer free days and discounts, so you can save those dollars for much-needed hot cocoa. Check out our picks for the best museums to visit this fall and winter.

Bronx

• Bronx Museum: Free
• Derfner Judaica Museum: Free
• Bronx Historical Society: Adults – $5; Students and seniors – $3
• City Island Nautical Museum: $5 per person; Members are free

Manhattan

• Metropolitan Museum of Art: Pay what you wish
• El Museo Del Barrio: Suggested admission for adults – $9; Students and seniors – $5; Free for members and children under 12; Free for seniors on Wednesdays
• The Cloisters, MoMA: Free
• 9/11 Museum: Adults – $24; College students – $18; Seniors – $18; Veterans – $18; Youth (7-17) –$15; Members are free; Free admission Tuesdays 5pm to close, tickets distributed on first-come-first-serve basis at 4pm
• Museum of Chinese in America, MoCA: General admission – $10; Seniors – $5; Students with ID – $5; Kids 2 and up – $5, Members are free; free first Thursday of the month

Queens

• Queens Botanical Garden: Free November through March
• Queens Museum of Art: Suggested admission for adults – $8; Seniors – $4; Kids 18 and under – free; College students with ID – free; NYC Dept. of Education employees with ID – free
• Socrates Sculpture Park: Free or sliding scale
• MoMA PS 1: Suggested admission for adults – $10; Seniors – $5; Students with ID – $5; Kids 16 and under – free
• Godwin-Turnbach Museum at Queens College: Free

Brooklyn

• Brooklyn Children’s Museum: General admission – $11; Members and infants under 1 year – free; Pay as you wish every Thursday from 2pm – 6pm
• Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts: Free
• Brooklyn Museum: Suggested admission for adults – $16; Students with ID – $10; Seniors – $10; 19 and under – free, members are free; Does not include special ticketed exhibitions; Free hours every first Saturday from 5pm – 11pm
• The Wyckoff House Museum: Suggested admission for adult – $5; Youth (10-18) – $3, Students with ID – $3, Seniors – $3; Kids under 10 – free; Members are free
• Waterfront Museum: Free

Staten Island

• Staten Island Museum: Suggested admission for adults – $8, Students with ID – $5; Seniors – $5; Kids (2-12) – $2; Members are free