Photo: Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Upper East Side · Manhattan
Free for everyone. Open when an exhibition is on view.
15 E 84th St, New York, NY 10028
NYU's gallery of ancient-world art in an Upper East Side mansion.
Photo: Hugo Schneider / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0Pay What You Wish
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Upper East Side · Manhattan
Five thousand years of art from around the world on Museum Mile.
Admission
Who gets in for what they wish to pay: NY State residents + NY/NJ/CT students
NY State residents + NY/NJ/CT students: pay what you wish. Minimum $0.01 per ticket; bring ID. Ticket includes same-day entry to The Met Cloisters.
Pay what you wish means any amount is accepted. The posted price is only a suggestion.
Hours
| Monday | 10am–5pm |
| Tuesday | 10am–5pm |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 10am–5pm |
| Friday | 10am–9pm |
| Saturday | 10am–9pm |
| Sunday | 10am–5pm |
Getting there
1000 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10028
Nearest subway lines
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