February 25, 2011
NYC's late-night museum hours for 2011
Many museums stay open late at least one night a week, often in conjunction with free admission hours, live music and cocktails.
Here are the New York City museums, exhibitions and skyscraper observation decks with late-closing hours updated for 2011:
Mondays
9/11 Memorial Preview Site - 7 p.m. (always free)
Reopened March 4 with Pompeii exhibition plus Harry Potter from April 5: Discovery Times Square Exposition Center - 8 p.m., last admission 7 p.m. ($25 plus fees and taxes)
Bodies … The Exhibition - 7 p.m. ($32.35 weekdays)
Yeshiva University Museum - 8 p.m. (free 5 to 8 p.m., normally $8)
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Gallery of NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center - 8 p.m. (always free)
Museum of Sex - 8 p.m. ($16.75 plus tax)
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum - last ticket sold at 8 p.m. ($35.50 plus tax)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium - 11 p.m. ($27.72)
Top of the Rock - last elevator goes up at 11 p.m. ($22 plus tax)
Empire State Building - 2 a.m., last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. ($23 for the 86th floor or $38 for 86th and 102nd floor)
Tuesdays
9/11 Memorial Preview Site - 7 p.m. (always free)
Reopens March 4 with Pompeii exhibition plus Harry Potter from April 5: Discovery Times Square Exposition Center - 8 p.m., last admission 7 p.m. ($25 plus fees and taxes)
Bodies … The Exhibition - 7 p.m. ($32.35)
China Institute Gallery - 8 p.m. (free 6 to 8 p.m., normally $7)
Society of Illustrators - 8 p.m. (always free)
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Museum of Sex - 8 p.m. ($16.75 plus tax)
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum - last ticket sold at 8 p.m. ($35.50 plus tax)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium - 11 p.m. ($27.72)
Top of the Rock - last elevator goes up at 11 p.m. ($22 plus tax)
Empire State Building - 2 a.m., last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. ($23 for the 86th floor or $38 for 86th and 102nd floor)
Wednesdays
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art - 7 p.m. ($10)
9/11 Memorial Preview Site - 7 p.m. (always free)
Reopens March 4 with Pompeii exhibition plus Harry Potter from April 5: Discovery Times Square Exposition Center - 8 p.m., last admission 7 p.m. ($25 plus fees and taxes)
Museum of Jewish Heritage - 8 p.m. (free from 4 to 8 p.m., normally $12)
Bodies … The Exhibition - 7 p.m. ($32.35)
Yeshiva University Museum - 8 p.m. (free 5 to 8 p.m., normally $8)
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Museum of Sex - 8 p.m. ($16.75 plus tax)
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum - last ticket sold at 8 p.m. ($35.50 plus tax)
el Museo del Barrio - 9 p.m. with music and special programs ($9 suggested)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium - 11 p.m. ($27.72)
Top of the Rock - last elevator goes up at 11 p.m. ($22 plus tax)
Empire State Building - 2 a.m., last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. ($23 for the 86th floor or $38 for 86th and 102nd floor)
Thursdays
9/11 Memorial Preview Site - 7 p.m. (always free)
Reopens March 4 with Pompeii exhibition plus Harry Potter from April 5: Discovery Times Square Exposition Center - 8 p.m., last admission 7 p.m. ($25 plus fees and taxes)
Bodies … The Exhibition - 7 p.m. ($32.35)
China Institute Gallery - 8 p.m. (free 6 to 8 p.m., normally $7)
National Museum of the American Indian - 8 p.m. (always free)
Gallery of NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center - 8 p.m. (always free)
Waterfront Museum - 8 p.m. (always free, but donations requested)
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Museum of Biblical Art - 8 p.m. (recommended admission of $7)
Paley Center for Media - 8 p.m. ($10 contribution)
Jewish Museum - 8 p.m. ($12)
Museum of Sex - 8 p.m. ($16.75 plus tax)
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum - last ticket sold at 8 p.m. ($35.50 plus tax)
Museum of Chinese in America - 9 p.m. (free 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., normally $7)
New Museum - 9 p.m. (free 7 to 9 p.m., normally $12)
Museum of Arts & Design - 9 p.m. (pay-what-you-wish from 6 to 9 p.m., normally $15)
Studio Museum in Harlem - 9 p.m. ($7 suggested donation)
Brooklyn Museum - 10 p.m. (suggested $10)
Top of the Rock - last elevator goes up at 11 p.m. ($22 plus tax)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium - midnight ($27.72)
Empire State Building - 2 a.m., last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. ($23 for the 86th floor or $38 for 86th and 102nd floor)
First Thursdays, and every Thursday in July and August: Museum of Modern Art - 8:45 p.m. ($20)
Fridays
9/11 Memorial Preview Site - 7 p.m. (always free)
Reopens March 4 with Pompeii exhibition plus Harry Potter from April 5: Discovery Times Square Exposition Center - 8 p.m., last admission 7 p.m. ($25 plus fees and taxes)
Bronx Museum - 8 p.m. (free 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., normally $5 suggested)
American Folk Art Museum - 7:30 p.m. with free music (free 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., normally $12)
Museum of the Moving Image - 8 p.m. (free 4 to 8 p.m., normally $10)
First Fridays only: Children’s Museum of Manhattan - 8 p.m. (free 5 to 8 p.m., normally $10)
Museum of Modern Art - 8 p.m. (free 4 to 8 p.m., normally $20)
International Center of Photography - 8 p.m. (voluntary contribution from 5 to 8 p.m., normally $12)
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Morgan Library & Museum - 9 p.m. (free 7 to 9 p.m., normally $15)
Japan Society gallery - 9 p.m. (free 6 to 9 p.m.; normally $15)
Whitney Museum of American Art - 9 p.m. (pay-what-you-wish 6 to 9 p.m., normally $18)
Studio Museum in Harlem - 9 p.m. ($7 suggested donation)
Suspended July 1 through Labor Day: Asia Society - 9 p.m. (free 6 to 9 p.m., normally $10)
Met Museum - 9 p.m. ($20 suggested admission)
Museum of Sex - 9 p.m. ($16.75 plus tax)
Bodies … The Exhibition - 9 p.m. ($32.35)
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art - 10 p.m. (free 6 to 10 p.m., normally $10)
Brooklyn Museum - 10 p.m. (suggested $10)
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum - last ticket sold at 10 p.m. ($35.50 plus tax)
Top of the Rock - last elevator goes up at 11 p.m. ($22 plus tax)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium - midnight ($27.72)
Empire State Building - 2 a.m., last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. ($23 for the 86th floor or $38 for 86th and 102nd floor)
First Fridays only: Neue Galerie - 8 p.m. (free 6 to 8 p.m., normally $15)
First Fridays, April through December only: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - 8:30 p.m. ($5)
Third Fridays only: Seaport Museum - 8 p.m. (free 6 to 8 p.m., normally $15)
July and August only: Queens Museum of Art - 8 p.m. ($5 suggested)
Saturdays
Museum of the Moving Image - 7 p.m. ($10)
Through May 8: Children’s Museum of Manhattan - 7 p.m. ($10)
Reopens March 4 with Pompeii exhibition plus Harry Potter from April 5: Discovery Times Square Exposition Center - 8 p.m., last admission 7 p.m. ($25 plus fees and taxes)
9/11 Memorial Preview Site - 7 p.m. (always free)
Guggenheim Museum - 7:45 p.m. (pay-what-you-wish admission 5:45 to 7:45 p.m., normally $18)
Met Museum - 9 p.m. ($20 suggested admission)
Museum of Sex - 9 p.m. ($16.75 plus tax)
Bodies … The Exhibition - 9 p.m. ($33.44 on weekends)
Top of the Rock - last elevator goes up at 11 p.m. ($22 plus tax)
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum - last ticket sold at 10 p.m. ($35.50 plus tax)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium - midnight ($27.72)
Empire State Building - 2 a.m., last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. ($23 for the 86th floor or $38 for 86th and 102nd floor)
First Saturdays only: Brooklyn Museum - 11 p.m. on the first Saturday of most months with music and special events (free 5 to 11 p.m., normally $10 suggested)
Third Saturdays only: el Museo del Barrio - 8:30 p.m. with music and special programs (free 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., normally $9 suggested)
Sundays
Museum of the Moving Image - 7 p.m. ($10)
Reopens March 4 with Pompeii exhibition plus Harry Potter from April 5: Discovery Times Square Exposition Center - 8 p.m., last admission 7 p.m. ($25 plus fees and taxes)
Bodies … The Exhibition - 7 p.m. ($33.44 on weekends)
Museum of Sex - 8 p.m. ($16.75 plus tax)
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum - last ticket sold at 8 p.m. ($35.50 plus tax)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium - 11 p.m. ($27.72)
Top of the Rock - last elevator goes up at 11 p.m. ($22 plus tax)
Empire State Building - 2 a.m., last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. ($23 for the 86th floor or $38 for 86th and 102nd floor)
(Editor’s note: If you wish to republish a portion of this list, please use no more than one day and link back to this post, which NewYorkology.com will update as museums modify their hours.)
Update as of March 18: Added Japan Society’s free, late Friday hours.
Update as of April 3: Added Studio Museum’s late Thursday and Friday hours.
Earlier: NYC free museum hours, day-by-day for fall/winter
Always-free museums in New York City
Suggested-donation museums in New York City
February 25, 2011 10:25 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Kids, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Romance, Sightsology, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
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