Indulge Your Kids on the Cheap: Take Advantage of these NYC Museums, Places

School is out for the summer. Now, what to do with the kids these next two months that’s not going to break the bank?

New York City may be expensive to live in, but it also has many great places to visit with kids on the cheap. Throughout the five boroughs, you can find museums that offer visitors the opportunity to pay a suggested price or open the doors free to the public.

If you are New York City parent or just visiting with the kids from elsewhere, here’s a list of great places to take this kids this summer that won’t hurt your pocketbook.

Free places to visit

American Folk Art Museum

• 2 Lincoln Square, NY, NY

Bric Rotunda Gallery

• 647 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY

Bronx Museum

• 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York

The Center for Book Arts

• 28 West 27th St, 3rd Flr, New York, NY

Kentler International Drawing Space

• 353 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY

National Museum of the American Indian

• 1 Bowling Green, NY, NY
• My review

Queens County Farm Museum

• 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, New York

Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

• There is a charge for the Newhouse Center and the Chinese Scholar’s Garden
• 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY

Taller Boricua

• 1680 Lexington Ave., New York, NY

Suggested donation places to visit

Alice Austin House:

• $5 Suggested Donation
• 2 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY

American Museum of Natural History

• Pay what you wish
• Central Park West & 79th St, New York, NY

Brooklyn Museum

• $16 suggested (adults)
• 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY

King Manor

• $5 suggested
• 153 ST. and Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY

Lefferts Historic House

• $3 suggested
• 452 Flatbush, Ave., Brooklyn, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art/ The Cloisters

• Pay what you wish (NYC residents only)
• 99 Margaret Corbin Dr., New York, NY

MoMA PS1

• $10 Suggested (adults)
• 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY

El Museo del Barrio

• $9 suggested (adults)
• 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, New York, NY

Museum of the City of New York

• $18 Suggested
• 1220 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Queens Museum of Art

• $8 suggested (adults)
• My review
• New York City Building, Queens, NY

The Sculpture Center

• $5 suggested
• 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City, NY

Staten Island Museum

• $8 Suggested (adults)
• 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, New York

More things to do with kids in NYC (some cheap, some not):

Visiting the 9/11 Memorial with Kids

Visiting the Guggenheim with my Toddler

National Geographic Encounter in Times Square Entertains and Teaches

Visiting Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: Times Square

Visiting the MoMA with Kids

A version of this first ran on One Good Dad.