Free Museums in Long Beach

"MoMA, as many would know it, is home to some of the most famous pieces of modern art. The Museum of Modern Art has a collection of 150,000 pieces. Some of the more renowned include Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, the Dance by Matisse and Picasso’s iconic Les Demoiselles d’Avignon."

"Founded in 1929, MoMA is an iconic museum that should be on every New York visitor’s bucket list of places to visit. The Museum of Modern Art is the was the first museum devoted to modern era art. It is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City on 53rd Street."

"Otherwise, I recommend the Tenement Museum for a thoughtful look into what life was like for low-income New Yorkers and immigrants in the early 20th century. Once you’ve had sufficient time to wander Soho, you’ve probably worked up an appetite. You can safely skip Little Italy as it’s rather gimmicky and has been pretty much overrun by Chinatown. If you really want pizza, may I direct you instead to the oldest pizzeria in the United States, Lombardi’s on Spring Street."

"The Tenement Museum is glad to bring people the museum right to their homes. This organization dedicated to the history of immigrants, refugees, and immigration to New York City has lots of digital exhibits and virtual events to explore on its website."

"The Frick Collection, art museum, garden court, fountain, skylight, ionic columns, bench|© Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg 16+ / Alamy Stock Photo. Home for this relatively small museum at 1 East 70th Street and Fifth Avenue is the three-story Beaux Arts-style mansion designed by Thomas Hastings as the family residence of the industrialist and art patron Henry Clay Frick and built in the 1910s. The collection, which opened to the public in 1935, offers one of the most exquisite art-viewing experiences in the city."

"The Frick Collection This collection features paintings by major European artists (lots of Dutch masters here) as well as 18th-century French furniture and Oriental rugs. You have to really love Dutch artists to want to spend time here (I do) but be sure to visit their website because they do a lot of wonderful temporary exhibits featuring famous works of art."

"If you fancy absorbing rare and historical artwork collection, Frick Collection should be on your visit list of the top 10 best museums in New York. The museum has a collection of artworks of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. It was opened to the public in December 1935."

"Crown Heights, Brooklyn“The world’s first children’s museum” should come with a warning -- when it’s time to leave, there will be tears. You’ll be amazed how much fun can be had with the conveyor belt in the pretend bodega, or assembling toppings in the mock-pizzeria. And then there’s the splash zone, which rugrats will refuse to leave until you tell them they can play in the sand pit and vegetable garden made from tiny crumbs of rubber (they’ll be in your laundry for weeks)."

"Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown heights is perfect for your children and family. It boosts hands-on knowledge on various subjects like arts, science, nature, world culture, and good old-fashioned play.The museum is 110+ year old and was founded in 1899. The museum has a huge collection of 29,000 historic cultural objects and scientific specimen along with a variety of musical instruments from around the world."

"There you can find a collection of 30,000 objects like musical instruments, funny toys, dolls, fossils, masks and other fun things. Here kids can pretend to work at Mexican bakery or to make some Turkish candy in International Grocery. It’s a great place for toddlers, preschoolers, older children and even adults."

"New York Hall of Science or popularly known as NYSCI is a museum dedicated to science exhibits focusing on education for children aged 1-17 years. Being one of the first science museums in the modern era, it has drawn crowds exponentially over the years. This has led to massive expansion schemes."

"Built for the World’s Fair in 1964, this exhibition is still going strong, providing the best exhibits concerned with maths, engineering and technology to be found anywhere in the city. Also Read:Top 10 Haunted Places in New York for Daredevils"

"Flushing Meadows Corona ParkExhibition: Silent SpikesLocated at Flushing Meadows Corona Park just steps away from NYC’s landmark Unisphere, the Queens Museum is free of charge to museumgoers and known for its contemporary programming that’s as diverse as its home borough. Its newest exhibition, Silent Spikes, opened just this week from Queens-born artist Kenneth Tam, and addresses how Asian-American male masculinity has been marginalized throughout American history. Using the theme of American Western films and its iconic cowboys as a trope, through video and sculpture, Tam’s solo show explores America’s long legacy of devaluing male expressions from other cultures to then deem it as less macho in comparison to the mythical American cowboy.How to visit: Reserve tickets for timed entry via website."

"The museum was built for the World’s Fair in 1939 and exhibits “The Panaroma” which is a large scale model of New York City and its five neighborhoods. Many of the exhibits are documents related to the World’s Fair. Over the years, Queens Museum has housed some of the most supreme exhibitions in all of New York."

"The main attraction of this museum is a scale model of all five boroughs which make up the city of New York, but given it was built in 1964 for the World’s Fair it is a little out of date. That’s OK though, there is so much more to see here, especially since the huge expansion the museum had in 2012."

"Another off the radar of usual things to do in Brooklyn is the Brooklyn Art Library, a home to what might be the world’s largest collection of sketchbooks and doodles. With over 45,000 sketchbooks full of memoirs, doodles, sketches, and whatever creative things or ideas you may fill a sketchbook with. As the world is shifting towards everything digital, the Brooklyn Art Library wants to help celebrate creating in physical form whether your fancy yourself an artist or not."

"Another interesting off the radar museum in Brooklyn is located in the Williamsburg neighborhood. The Brooklyn Art Library is famous for its large collection of sketchbooks from over 130 countries. With over 45,000 collections of sketchbooks and doodles, it is considered to be the world’s largest sketchbook collection."

"Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles. See All 215 Things to Do in Brooklyn"

"Located on Columbus Circle (Manhattan), the Museum of Arts and Design offers new ways of experiencing and telling stories about craft, design and art. Redesigned in 2008, the space showcases some very interesting approaches to familiar materials and objects. If you like thinking outside the box, then this museum is for you!"

"This museum is ironically located in a building that was formerly considered to be one of the ugliest in the whole city!. Described by many as a ‘modernist eyesore’, a makeover in 1998 and the MAD relocation into it led to it being a great example of ‘it’s what’s on the inside that counts’."

"The first museum in the country dedicated to displaying self-taught artists, known as folk artists is also one of the best free museums in New York!. The American Folk Art Museum is one of the top museums in NYC for viewing everything from handmade 18th-century artifacts to contemporary works by self-taught artists with over 8,000 pieces of works in their collection."

"Exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum are of the eclectic, ever-changing variety. You may head in here with the idea that you’ll see a certain kind of art, but leave having seen something completely unexpected — which is what makes it fun and it fits the folk art style. The venue also hosts performances and talks which are sure to entertain."

"This extremely small museum, located at 45W 53rd Street and designed by Tod William Billie Tsien Architects, is not well known even among many Newyorkers. But what this building lacks in size, it makes up in great design. Its melted copper façade represents much of the crude folk art exhibited inside."

"What this small, three-gallery museum housed in the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) lacks in size, staging, and effects, it more…"

"The Equinox Hotel, a fitness franchise-turned-hospitality enclave that opened in 2019, is located in Hudson Yards on the fringe of Manhattan. Unsurprisingly, the hotel, which takes up 14 floors of a 92-floor building, is all about wellness and fitness—think massages followed by IV vitamin drips, cryotherapy chambers, and one of the prettiest rooftop pools in New York. The 212 rooms are equally lovely, with beds made of horse hair and non-toxic fibers and sauna-sized showers with multiple heads."

"Great Jones Spa – New Yorkers deserve a cool place to relax and unwind, solo or with friends. Great Jones Spa, with our famous Water Lounge and towering three-story indoor waterfall, is a unique destination hotspot, a vibrant gathering place, a lively resort in the city where our guests can engage, talk and enjoy each other’s company. On weekends, the Water Lounge is a hip, stylish hangout for people watching."

"This downtown staple is the perfect place to unwind among the chaos of lower Manhattan. The first thing you’ll notice upon entering the spa is the soothing sound of the three-story indoor waterfall. Pro tip: Bring a book because you’ll want to hang out all day on a lounge chair in the quiet space after you’ve enjoyed the detox water, steam and sauna circuit."

"A fierce fashion-girl following has earned Great Jones Spa hotspot status, but the buzziness doesn’t diminish its oasis feel. In addition to luxurious facials, massages, body scrubs, manicures, and waxing, Great Jones offers a water lounge and sauna, a hair salon, a juice bar and treatments designed to improve energy and reduce stress."

"Smack in the middle of Koreatown, the detoxing here goes on 24/7, every day of the year. A day pass is $50, and if you want to supersize that with an overnight stay — there are separate sleeping areas for men and women — it’s $20 more. Manager TJ Kim says the experience here is much like that of Korea’s traditional jimjibang — literally, “heated indoor room.” One heated room has walls of red clay; another, with salt from the Himalayas."

"We’ve been known to venture upstate just to soak in a picture-perfect claw-foot tub, so when we discovered Juvenex, we were hooked. While you’re there, try out the Kombu Body Wrap, which involves being draped in mineral-rich seaweed from France said to help with bloating and jet lag—not that it matters since we’re staycationing for this anyway."

"Mona’s is deeper into Alphabet City than 11th Street Bar, and even fewer tourists make it over. Maybe that’s why we like it so much. It isn’t the nicest bar in the world, but at the nicest bar in the world there’s probably a huge line for drinks."

"Industrial decor, dramatic views, and creative cocktails make Refinery Rooftop an NYC gem. Currently open for indoor dining and heated outdoor dining, you can head over to this spot while the city continues to thaw out from winter. 63 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018"

"When showing off NYC to friends and family visiting for summer, a rooftop bar is bound to make the to do list. Try Refinery Rooftop for a setting that’s quintessentially New York, including views of the Empire State Building and the entire city skyline."