24 New York City Museums Offering Free Admission This Saturday

NEW YORK, NY — Two dozen city museums are offering free admission on Saturday as they take part in Smithsonian Magazine's "Museum Day Live!" festivities.

Museums in three of the five boroughs will be waiving costs as part of the promotion, including 18 in Manhattan. Some of the bigger names included on the list are the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and The Rubin Museum of Art.

Here's how organizers describe the day: "Smithsonian Museum Day Live! is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket."

You'll have to download that ticket before going to the museum. To do so, click here.

The following museums in Manhattan will be free to visitors:

• Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue, Upper East Side
• Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 E. 91st St., Upper East Side
• Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, 4881 Broadway, Inwood
• Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl St., Financial District
• Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Pier 86: West 46th Street and 12th Avenue, Midtown
• Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace, Washington Heights
• Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, 421 E. 61st St., Upper East Side
• Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., Financial District
• Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., Chinatown
• Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, East Harlem
• New York City Fire Museum, 278 Spring St., Hudson Square
• Society of Illustrators, 128 E. 63rd St., Upper East Side
• The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side
• The Hispanic Society of America, 613 W. 155th St., Washington Heights
• The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side
• The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, Murray Hill
• The Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., Chelsea
• Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. 6th St., East Village

The following museums on Staten Island will also be participating:

• Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Boulevard, Rosebank
• Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clark Avenue, Richmondtown
• National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, St. George
• Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, St. George
• The Noble Maritime Collection, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D, Snug Harbor

Van Cortlandt House Museum (6036 Broadway) in the Bronx will also be participating. And if you want to drive just north of the city, the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York is also free.

Photo Credit: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum by m01229 via Flickr/Creative Commons