Update: Culture Pass will resume free admission to these 25 NYC attractions beginning Nov 1.
Why use Culture Pass?
It's like having a free membership to New York City.
The lineup includes everything from the Intrepid, to the recently-expanded MoMA, to the New York Botanical Garden, to the New York Transit Museum to other amazing family attractions. Not only will you find international headliners such as the Museum of Natural History and the Met, you’ll see local gems such as the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning and the Wyckoff House Museum.
Many of the best kids museums in NYC participate, including the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, the Children’s Museum of the Arts and the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling. Others have great family programs, including the Jewish Museum, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Museum of the City of New York, the New-York Historical Society, Wave Hill and the Whitney Museum of American Art. (You'll find a full list below.)
If you haven’t used Culture Pass:
Don’t worry—it’s easy to register and take advantage of the fun things to do with kids in NYC. All you need is a valid library card from the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library or Queens Public Library with an active PIN and to be 13 or older. That’s it.
No library card? No sweat: Go online or visit any branch, and you can get one for free in a couple of minutes. Now you’re ready to take advantage of one of the major perks of living here.
Who participates?
First launched in July of 2018, Culture Pass continues to evolve and improve. Earlier this year, the number of active reservations per Culture Pass holder increased from two to four. The expanding lineup of institutions now includes the Museum of the Moving Image, Second Stage Theater, Kings Theatre, the Bronx Opera Company, the Queens Botanical Garden and the National Lighthouse Museum.
Check out all of the cool spots worth venturing to:
Alice Austen House
Asia Society
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Bronx Opera Company
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Museum
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
Children’s Museum of the Arts
Cooper Hewitt
The Drawing Center
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Hi-ARTS
Historic Richmond Town
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibeten Art
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
Japan Society
The Jewish Museum
King Manor Museum
Kings Theater
Lewis H. Latimer House Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
MoMA PS1
The Morgan Library & Museum
Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of Chinese in America
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Natural History
Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the Moving Image
National Lighthouse Museum
New Museum
New York Botanical Garden
New York Transit Museum
New-York Historical Society
Noble Maritime Collection
The Noguchi Museum
Peoples’ Symphony Concerts
Poster House
Queens Botanical Garden
Queens Historical Society
Queens Museum
The Rubin Museum of Art
SculptureCentner
Second Stage Theater
The Shed
Skyscraper Museum
Society of Illustrators
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling
Swiss Institute
Van Cortlandt House Museum
Wave Hill
Whitney Museum of American Art
Wyckoff House Museum
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