Museum of the City of New York Entry Tickets

Standard hours are Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5 pm and Saturday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. During the summer months, Wednesday evenings are extended to 9 pm with free admission. Check mcny.org for the exact dates of the extended summer schedule.

The museum is at 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street on Museum Mile in East Harlem. Take the 6 train to 103rd Street station and walk one block west to Fifth Avenue. By bus, the M1, M2, M3 and M4 all run along Fifth Avenue past the museum.

Visitors under 20 years old always enter the museum for free with no ticket required. During summer Wednesday evenings, admission is free for everyone. MCNY members also enter free at all times.

New York at Its Core is the museum's permanent exhibition covering the history of New York City from its founding as a Dutch trading settlement in 1609 to the present day. It uses objects, photographs, video installations and first-person accounts to trace the city through immigration, industrial growth, cultural movements and political change across four centuries.

The museum rotates temporary exhibitions throughout the year covering specific periods of New York history, the stories of individual communities, the city's architecture and urban design, its relationship with fashion and popular culture, and its social movements. Check mcny.org for the current programme.

Most visitors spend 1.5 to 2.5 hours. The permanent exhibition and the current temporary shows together typically take 2 hours for a thorough visit. The museum is compact enough to cover in a morning or afternoon rather than requiring a full day.

Yes. The museum is on Museum Mile, the stretch of Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th Street that contains nine major cultural institutions. Other museums on or near Museum Mile include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Cooper Hewitt and El Museo del Barrio.

Yes. The museum runs family programmes and the permanent exhibition contains elements designed to engage younger visitors. Children under 20 enter free. The museum also offers school field trip programmes.