Metropolitan Museum of Art Free Days
While The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) doesn’t have any specific Free Days, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is free for all New York City public school students, along with students from Bard Graduate Center, Barnard College, Columbia University, and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. Please check with your school administrator to see if your student I.D. allows free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is open Tues–Thur: 9:30am to 5:30pm; Fri-Sat: 9:30am to 9:00pm; Sun: 9:30am to 5:30pm; Closed Mondays except for holidays.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Free Days
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, USA. It has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, often referred to simply as “the Met,” is one of the world’s largest art galleries, and has a much smaller second location in Upper Manhattan, at “The Cloisters,” which features medieval art.
Represented in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art also maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanic, Byzantine and Islamic art. The museum is also home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes and accessories, and antique weapons and armor from around the world. A number of notable interiors, ranging from 1st century Rome through modern American design, are permanently installed in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s galleries.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Free Days are on our list of New York Museum Free Days.