MUSEUMS AND CULTURE
Entrance fees to New York’s big museums are normally at least $20 per person, but there are ways to save. Some museums have certain times when you can ‘pay what you wish‘ – like the Guggenheim (5.45pm–7.45pm on Saturdays), the Frick Collection (11am–1pm on Sundays) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (reopening in 2015). There’s also free entry to the Museum of Modern Art and Museum of the Moving Image from 4pm–8pm on Fridays and to the New York Botanical Gardens every Wednesday. Many smaller museums are free all or part of the time too – find a full list here.