Your Daily Dose of Culture

For the visually inclined New Yorker, the city's museums are a great way to spend the day, and not the contents of your wallet. MoMA, or the Museum of Modern Art, is a personal favorite of mine. If you're looking to do this museum on a budget, you have a few options. The museum is free to everyone on Friday evenings between 4 and 8 pm, which is a great time to go if you want to check out the museum without paying a cent. If you're anything like me, however, the crowds are a little claustrophobia-inducing. With a student ID you can pay $50 a year to become a member. The membership allows you to visit anytime for free (including early members-only hours), and gives you discounts to the store (which is where I do all of my Christmas shopping!) with additional member benefits. This membership makes sense if you plan on going more than three or four times a year, since student pricing per visit is $14. Students and staff from select universities in the city can also receive free admission. Look here to see if you fall under this category.

I spent this afternoon on the second floor of the museum, which includes the Contemporary Galleries, Prints and Illustrated Books, and Media section of the museum. Below are a few photographs I took of some of the works.

El Anatsui 

Bleeding Takari II

Tauba Auerbach

Untitled

Wolfgang Tillmans

Suzanne & Lutz, white dress, army skirt

There are other museums in the city that offer "recommended" admission costs. Look out for a later post on $1 trips to the Met...