Free Museums in Queens

Queens mixes big names like MoMA PS1 and the Queens Museum's Panorama with a working colonial farm, college museums and community galleries in Long Island City, Flushing and Jamaica.

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Long Island City · Queens

Gallery
Free for everyone.

5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Community art space in Hunters Point with rotating exhibitions and events.

Flushing · Queens

Museum
Free for everyone. Follows the Queens College calendar; closed during recesses.

65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, NY 11367

Queens College's art museum, with objects from antiquity to today.

King Manor Museum, JamaicaPhoto: CaptJayRuffins / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Jamaica · Queens

Historic Site
Free for everyone.

150-03 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432

Home of Founding Father Rufus King, in Jamaica's King Park.

MoMA PS1

Always Free

Long Island City · Queens

Museum
Free for everyone.

22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

MoMA's contemporary art center in a former public school.

Queens County Farm Museum, Glen OaksPhoto: Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Glen Oaks · Queens

Historic Site
Free for everyone. Free except on ticketed event dates.

73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Floral Park, NY 11004

New York City's largest remaining farm, with animals, fields and a 1772 farmhouse. No subway nearby: take the Q46 bus.

Queens Museum, Flushing MeadowsPhoto: Leo Chiou / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Queens Museum

Pay What You Wish

Flushing Meadows · Queens

Museum
Pay what you wish, for everyone. Suggested $8 adults, $6 seniors and students; timed tickets recommended.

New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368

Home of the Panorama of the City of New York, a scale model of all five boroughs.

SculptureCenter, Long Island CityPhoto: Michael Moran / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

SculptureCenter

Always Free

Long Island City · Queens

Museum
Free for everyone.

44-19 Purves St, Long Island City, NY 11101

Contemporary sculpture and installation in a former trolley repair shop.

Voelker Orth Museum, FlushingPhoto: Peter Greenberg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Voelker Orth Museum

Pay What You Wish

Flushing · Queens

Historic Site
Pay what you wish, for everyone. House tours: suggested donation $5. The garden is free on weekdays 10am-4pm.

149-19 38th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

Victorian house museum and garden in Flushing, built in 1891.