December 20, 2006

Late nights at New York museums, and holiday hours

The upcoming opening of the "Night at the Museum" movie seemed an opportune time to update the list of New York museums and attractions with special nighttime hours.

Currently none tops the American Museum of Natural History's sleepover program ($79 for kids.) Although the Bronx Zoo does host birthday party sleepovers, but those start at $4,500 per group.

More common are the late evening museum hours, which often coincide with free admission or special musical performances. NewYorkology has listed them by day of the week. Further down, you'll find a list of museums and attractions that plan to open on Christmas or New Year's Day.

Tuesdays
Society of Illustrators - 8 p.m.

Wednesdays
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art - 7 p.m.
Museum of Jewish Heritage - 8 p.m.

Thursdays
Czech Center - 7 p.m.
Jewish Museum - 8 p.m.
Museum of Arts & Design - 8 p.m.
National Museum of the American Indian - 8 p.m.
Museum of Biblical Art - 8 p.m.
New Museum - 8 p.m.
Dahesh Museum of Art 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month

Fridays
American Folk Art Museum - 7:30 p.m.
Guggenheim 7:45 p.m.
International Center of Photography - 8 p.m.
Museum of Modern Art - 8 p.m.
Bronx Museum - 8 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image - 8 p.m.
New-York Historical Society - 8 p.m.
Rose Center for Earth and Space - 8:45 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.
Asia Society - 9 p.m.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum - 9 p.m.
Met Museum - 9 p.m.
Morgan Library & Museum - 9 p.m.
Whitney Museum of American Art - 9 p.m.
Neue Galerie - 9 p.m.
South Street Seaport Museum - 9 p.m. on the third Friday of each month
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art 10 p.m.

Saturdays
Museum of Sex - 8 p.m.
Met Museum - 9 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum - 11 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month

Special holiday hours
Empire State Building - Open until 2 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until January 6; open Christmas Day and New Year's Day from 11 a.m. to midnight
Top of the Rock - Open 8 a.m. to midnight every day, including Christmas and New Year’s Day
Jewish Children's Museum - Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 25 and New Year's Day
Jewish Museum - Open Dec. 25
Museum of Jewish Heritage - Open Dec. 25 and New Year’s Day
Guggenheim - open New Year's Day 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
American Museum of Natural History - open until 6:45 p.m. from Tuesday, December 26 to Saturday, December 30.
Liberty and Ellis Islands - Open New Year’s Day
Special ferry schedule for Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island from Dec. 22 to Jan. 1
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum - Open Christmas and New Year’s Day
Merchant's House Museum - Open New Year's Day
Museum of Modern Art - Normally closed on Tuesdays, MoMA will open Dec. 26 and Jan. 2
Museum of Sex - Open New Year's Day
Museum of the Moving Image - Open New Year's Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
NY Hall of Science - Open New Year’s Day from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
New-York Historical Society - Open New Year’s Day
New York Botanical Garden - Open New Year’s Day for Holiday Train Show
Circle Line downtown Harbor Cruises - Open New Year’s Day
Bronx Zoo - Open to 9 p.m. for Holiday Lights viewing every night through Jan. 1 except Dec. 24 and 25; plus Jan. 5 through 7

Extra stuff
Brooklyn Museum - 8 p.m. on January 13, 14, 20 and 21 (all Saturdays and Sundays) for the final days of the Annie Leibovitz exhibition

Correction: Brooklyn Children's Museum is not open for Christmas or New Year's.

Image credit: Edward Hopper, "Railroad Sunset," 1929, oil on canvas, Whitney Museum of American Art, Josephine N. Hopper bequest

Earlier: Free museum hours for fall/winter in New York City
'Night at the Museum' scarier than the insect room?
Sleepovers at the Natural History Museum, oh my!

December 20, 2006 11:10 AM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Museums

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