Bay Area & NYC Museums — Free Pass Guide

NYC & Bay Area Museums — Free Pass Guide

NYC (~2h radius) + Bay Area. Filter by metro, region, and pass type. Tap a pin or row for hours, admission, and student/reciprocity details.

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Walker Travelers includes NARM/ROAM/MARP/Mod/Co (1,200+ museums). FAMSF Contributor NARM covers ~25 NYC NARM museums including Frick. ICOM at museum discretion; student ID benefits vary. Hours and reciprocity compiled Aug 2026 — verify before you go. NYC 2-hr radius includes Manhattan, outer boroughs, Hudson Valley, Long Island, Connecticut, and NJ/Philly edge (Princeton/Philadelphia ~1.5hr).

Reciprocity & student ID cheat sheet (NYC & Bay Area)

Best single card for NYC: Walker Travelers $125 — free at Guggenheim + Brooklyn (MARP), Frick (ROAM/NARM), New Museum/Dia Beacon/American Folk Art/Noguchi (Mod/Co/NARM). FAMSF Contributor $399 works at Frick + ~25 NARM museums but not Guggenheim/Brooklyn.

  • NARM (~1,560 museums): Frick, Noguchi, MAD, El Museo, Asia Society, Studio Museum, Drawing Center, New-York Historical Society, MCNY, Poster House, Merchant's House, Queens Museum, Heckscher, Nassau, Parrish, Neuberger, Dia Beacon, Aldrich, Wadsworth Atheneum, Bruce, Newark Museum, Montclair, Grounds For Sculpture, PAFA — cheapest NARM via small museum $60–75 works citywide.
  • MARP/Mod/Co: Guggenheim + Brooklyn (MARP); New Museum, Dia, Noguchi, American Folk Art (Mod/Co); Frick via ROAM.
  • ICOM (if eligible): covers Met/MoMA/Whitney/Guggenheim/Frick (2 tickets, call ahead) — not for general public.

Student ID — any university: Met $17 (NY/NJ/CT students pay-what-you-wish → $0.01), MoMA $17, Whitney $24 but free every day if 25 & under, Guggenheim $19 (pay-what-you-wish Mon/Sat 6–8pm), Frick $17 (free 10–18). Partner IDs beat discounts: NYU/Columbia/CUNY/Pratt/SVA IDs are free at Whitney, Frick, Brooklyn Museum, New Museum, Cooper Hewitt, MoMA — bring that ID first. MoMA PS1, Bronx Museum, Yale, Princeton, Loeb, Hessel, Neuberger, ICA Philadelphia, Zimmerli are free always.

Free windows (no card): Met & AMNH pay-what-you-wish (NY residents / NY/NJ/CT students), MoMA UNIQLO free first Fri 4–8pm for NYC residents, PS1 free always, Whitney Fri 5–10pm + 2nd Sunday + ground floor free, Frick Wed 1:30–5:30 pay-what-you-wish, Morgan Fri 5–7pm free, Brooklyn Museum pay-what-you-can at desk + First Sat free, Guggenheim Mon/Sat 6–8pm PWYW, Cooper Hewitt daily 5–6pm PWYW.

Written on August 7, 2026