New York City has a wealth of top-class cheap and free attractions for travelers to enjoy, be they museums, park trails, brewery tours or outdoor theatre performances.
Plus if you time it right, some ticketed venues have free entry times, too. Here's our pick of the best free things to do in NYC.
With mediums from photography to quilting to weather vanes in its collection, this museum is devoted to the appreciation and expressions of self-taught artists, spanning all time and place.
Free tours of Williamsburg's Brooklyn Brewery run Saturday and Sunday every half hour starting at 1pm, with the last tour offered at 6pm.
This unofficial graffiti museum brings together top street artists from all around the world. Spanning multiple buildings, the art is all temporary, legal and rivals anything you’ll see in a museum.
New York's most concentrated area for a gallery crawl is in Chelsea, mostly in the 20s streets between 10th and 11th Avenues. All galleries are free entry, with no pressure to buy.
New York's most famous library, also known as the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, is situated in a grand Beaux-Arts icon east of Times Square.
Fronted by marble lions named “Patience” and “Fortitude,” it’s a jaw-dropper to walk through – particularly the reading room fit for 500 patrons poring over tomes.