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The Peterson House, Greenwich Village, ManhattanSpencer Means · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGreenwich Village, Manhattan
Walmart’s Holiday Wonderland is a free, two-day experience in a restored Greenwich Village townhouse, styled by the editors of Cosmopolitan, ELLE Decor and Good Housekeeping.
The Peterson House, Greenwich Village, ManhattanSpencer Means · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWalmart’s Holiday Wonderland is a free, two-day experience in a restored Greenwich Village townhouse, styled by the editors of Cosmopolitan, ELLE Decor and Good Housekeeping.
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Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanChelsea, Manhattan
Radical Italian artist Carol Rama's provocative, body-obsessed work fills the Hauser & Wirth Chelsea gallery — free and closing at month's end.
Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanRadical Italian artist Carol Rama's provocative, body-obsessed work fills the Hauser & Wirth Chelsea gallery — free and closing at month's end.
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Chelsea Flea, NoMad, ManhattanSuzanne Szasz / U.S. National Archives and Records Administration · public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNoMad, Manhattan
Fifty-odd vintage and antiques dealers set up outdoors on West 25th Street, the market Condé Nast Traveler calls a haven for curiosities.
Chelsea Flea, NoMad, ManhattanSuzanne Szasz / U.S. National Archives and Records Administration · public domain · Wikimedia CommonsFifty-odd vintage and antiques dealers set up outdoors on West 25th Street, the market Condé Nast Traveler calls a haven for curiosities.
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Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook, BrooklynRed Hook, Brooklyn
Pioneer Works' fall shows pair LaJuné McMillian's bioluminescent ocean-research installation with Finnegan Shannon's artwork-delivering conveyor belt.
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook, BrooklynPioneer Works' fall shows pair LaJuné McMillian's bioluminescent ocean-research installation with Finnegan Shannon's artwork-delivering conveyor belt.
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Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, Midtown East, ManhattanJazz Guy from New Jersey, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMidtown East, Manhattan
Six weeks of handmade holiday shopping inside Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall — indoors and heated.
Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, Midtown East, ManhattanJazz Guy from New Jersey, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSix weeks of handmade holiday shopping inside Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall — indoors and heated.
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Bryant Park, ManhattanBillie Grace Ward from New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBryant Park, Manhattan
Program at Bryant Park November 20 at 8 AM. Listed on Bryant Park's official calendar.
Bryant Park, ManhattanBillie Grace Ward from New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsProgram at Bryant Park November 20 at 8 AM. Listed on Bryant Park's official calendar.
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MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLong Island City, Queens
Posters, film and sculpture from Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN's artist campaign fill PS1's Homeroom and museum admission is free for all.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPosters, film and sculpture from Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN's artist campaign fill PS1's Homeroom and museum admission is free for all.
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MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLong Island City, Queens
A 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
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Element Brooklyn Gallery of Scent, South Street Seaport, Manhattan708718 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSouth Street Seaport, Manhattan
Sniff 30 perfumery notes from touch-activated misters and leave with a Polaroid scent portrait at this free Front Street gallery near the Seaport.
Element Brooklyn Gallery of Scent, South Street Seaport, Manhattan708718 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSniff 30 perfumery notes from touch-activated misters and leave with a Polaroid scent portrait at this free Front Street gallery near the Seaport.
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David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street and 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanChelsea, Manhattan
Yoshitomo Nara's first major New York solo in nearly a decade fills two Zwirner buildings with new paintings, sculptures and early works.
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street and 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanYoshitomo Nara's first major New York solo in nearly a decade fills two Zwirner buildings with new paintings, sculptures and early works.
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The Museum at FIT, Chelsea, ManhattanChelsea, Manhattan
An original 1980 Black Barbie beside Margiela and Moschino looks: 170-plus dolls and garments fill FIT's fashion museum in Chelsea, free to walk in.
The Museum at FIT, Chelsea, ManhattanAn original 1980 Black Barbie beside Margiela and Moschino looks: 170-plus dolls and garments fill FIT's fashion museum in Chelsea, free to walk in.
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The FLAG Art Foundation, Chelsea, ManhattanChelsea, Manhattan
Prison-stool sculptures, neon text and a new bodycam-style video fill FLAG's Chelsea floor in Sable Elyse Smith's free prize show.
The FLAG Art Foundation, Chelsea, ManhattanPrison-stool sculptures, neon text and a new bodycam-style video fill FLAG's Chelsea floor in Sable Elyse Smith's free prize show.
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MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLong Island City, Queens
Free in Queens: Masao Gozu photographed New Yorkers framed in tenement windows for decades, then went back to reshoot the same blocks.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFree in Queens: Masao Gozu photographed New Yorkers framed in tenement windows for decades, then went back to reshoot the same blocks.
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWashington Heights, Manhattan
The Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMidtown, Manhattan
Thirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
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Broadway Presbyterian Church, ManhattanBroadway Presbyterian Church, Manhattan
Palisades Sinfonietta presents a free, one-hour concert featuring scenes from Verdi's La Traviata, Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor and Dvořák's The Wild Dove.
Broadway Presbyterian Church, ManhattanPalisades Sinfonietta presents a free, one-hour concert featuring scenes from Verdi's La Traviata, Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor and Dvořák's The Wild Dove.
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Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCentral Park, Manhattan
Bronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
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Lever House, Midtown East, ManhattanMidtown East, Manhattan
Free sculpture, models and Akari lanterns fill the lobby and plaza of Bunshaft's 1952 landmark.
Lever House, Midtown East, ManhattanFree sculpture, models and Akari lanterns fill the lobby and plaza of Bunshaft's 1952 landmark.
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Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanAsaavedra32 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWashington Heights, Manhattan
The centenary of the room built for Sorolla's Vision of Spain, fourteen enormous canvases wrapped around a single uptown gallery.
Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanAsaavedra32 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe centenary of the room built for Sorolla's Vision of Spain, fourteen enormous canvases wrapped around a single uptown gallery.
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Governors Island, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGovernors Island, Manhattan
Alan Michelson's harbour commission on Governors Island stays up into late autumn, free to walk to from the ferry landing.
Governors Island, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAlan Michelson's harbour commission on Governors Island stays up into late autumn, free to walk to from the ferry landing.
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New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMidtown, Manhattan
Winnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWinnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
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Governors Island, ManhattanGovernors Island, Manhattan
Anna Valdez's Governors Island commission stays up into 2027, free to see at the end of a short harbour ferry.
Governors Island, ManhattanAnna Valdez's Governors Island commission stays up into 2027, free to see at the end of a short harbour ferry.
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New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanMidtown, Manhattan
The library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanThe library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
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Lou Gehrig Plaza, Concourse, BronxTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsConcourse, Bronx
White canopies and blue benches turned a baking slab of concrete beside Yankee Stadium into shade, seating and a Harlem River view.
Lou Gehrig Plaza, Concourse, BronxTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWhite canopies and blue benches turned a baking slab of concrete beside Yankee Stadium into shade, seating and a Harlem River view.
Add to calendarStumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best free things to do in New York City the weekend of Nov 20–22, 2026: 28 picks, refreshed weekly.
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