Thursday, March 3, 2011

Brief Guide On How To Go To Museums Once A Week With Barely Any Money

For the poor folk who might be curious about going to Art Museums:

 1.  First off, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is actually pay what you can. Of course they suggest you pay twenty dollars which might not be a drop in the bucket to the people who live on the Upper East Side but to some of us, it is way too expensive. Luckily they redeem themselves times over by allowing the poor folk in for what-ever-you-can-pay. And this applies to every day of the week.
2. MOMA is free on fridays from 4-8pm.
3. American Folk Art is right next door and is free on fridays from 5:30-7:30.
4. PS 1 Contemporary Art Museum in Queens. Free with your admission ticket from MOMA which you got for free by going between 4 and 8 on friday.
5. Whitney Museum of American Art pay what you can fridays from 6 to 9pm. (As you may be able to tell, this is why if you have the option of not having to work on fridays or of getting off early, try to keep it open.)
6. Guggenhiem Museum steps up to plate and comes thru by giving pay-what-you-can on saturdays from 5:45 to 7:45pm.
7. The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens is free from 4 to8 on fridays as well.
Now this is just a partial list to be sure but it simply demonstrates that for the poor folk who might be interested in this kind of experience repeatedly, have easy access each and every week. Basically, in NYC, if you have the time, and this is the fact part-- you can go to two museums per week for two dollars a week. That is realistic. It's that simple. (Of course I'm not including subway fare but still.)
So, no excuses people, ya hear. Unless you hate going to museums--in which case I wouldn't mind at all sitting down and hearing your argument and may even be inclined to agree with you on why certain elements on the experience can totally, how I shall I say---suck.

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