Photo: Jacqueline Ferrante / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0A.I.R. Gallery
Always FreeDUMBO · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
155 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Pioneering gallery for women and nonbinary artists, founded in 1972.
Free Museums in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's free museums run from the Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway to artist-run spaces in Red Hook, a barge museum on the waterfront and the historic houses of Weeksville.
12 free museums in Brooklyn
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The Agnes Varis Art Center at UrbanGlass
Always FreeFort Greene · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Glass art exhibitions in the Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass, plus a glass shop.
Amant
Always FreeEast Williamsburg · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
315 Maujer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Arts campus with free exhibitions and programs, a bookstore and a café.
Photo: ajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0BRIC House Exhibitions
Always FreeFort Greene · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Contemporary art gallery inside BRIC's Downtown Brooklyn arts and media center.
Photo: ajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Brooklyn Museum
Pay What You WishProspect Heights · Brooklyn
Pay what you wish, for everyone. Pay what you can at the Admissions Desk (online and kiosk tickets are full price). Free ages 19 and under. Ticketed exhibitions not included.
200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238
One of the country's largest art museums, from ancient Egypt to contemporary art.
Center for Brooklyn History
Always FreeBrooklyn Heights · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Brooklyn Public Library's history center, with exhibitions in a landmark 1881 building.
Photo: wil540 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Coney Island History Project
Always FreeConey Island · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
3059 W 12th St, Brooklyn, NY 11224
Free exhibition center by the Wonder Wheel with Coney Island artifacts and oral histories.
Kentler International Drawing Space
Always FreeRed Hook · Brooklyn
Free for everyone. Closed between exhibitions.
353 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Red Hook nonprofit dedicated to drawing and works on paper.
Photo: Epicgenius / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Lefferts Historic House Museum
Always FreeProspect Park · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
452 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
18th-century Dutch farmhouse in Prospect Park with hands-on history activities. Fall hours shown.
Pioneer Works
Always FreeRed Hook · Brooklyn
Free for everyone.
159 Pioneer St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Artist-run cultural center in a 19th-century ironworks, with free galleries and a garden.
Waterfront Museum
Always FreeRed Hook · Brooklyn
Free for everyone. Open most Thursdays and Saturdays; check the museum's calendar before you go.
290 Conover St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
A restored 1914 wooden railroad barge on the Red Hook waterfront.
Photo: Anonitect (talk) / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainWeeksville Heritage Center
Always FreeCrown Heights · Brooklyn
Free for everyone. Guided tours have a fee and must be booked 24 hours ahead.
158 Buffalo Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213
Historic houses of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America.