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attraction · New York City
Free If You Are Twenty-Five or Under, Which Changes the Whole Calculation
Review of Whitney Museum of American Art
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Share your experienceThe Whitney charges 30 dollars for adults and 24 for seniors and students, and is free for visitors aged 25 and under. There are also free Friday nights and free second Sundays. That pricing structure is the most interesting thing about visiting. New York museums are expensive and most of the concessions are token; here the under-26 rate is not a discount, it is free entry, which makes this the single best-value serious museum in the city for anyone young enough to qualify. The museum itself is American art from roughly 1900 onward, in a Renzo Piano building at the foot of the High Line with outdoor terraces on several floors. Those terraces are a real part of the visit rather than an afterthought.
What was great
Free for everyone 25 and under, plus free Friday nights and free second Sundays, which is genuinely unusual in New York. The building's outdoor terraces give river and skyline views included in the ticket. It is a manageable size, so you can see the whole thing without the exhaustion the larger museums produce.
What nearly ruined the trip
Thirty dollars is a lot if you are 26 or over and do not qualify for any of the free routes. The collection is narrow by design, so if American twentieth-century art is not your interest there is little else. Free Friday nights are correspondingly busy.
Value for money
★★★★☆ Good valueSafety
★★★★★ Felt safeMore from New York City
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