By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate,goingplacesfarandnear.com
The 48th Annual Museum Mile Festival returns to New York City on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, from 6–9 PM. This free event offers complimentary admission to 8 major museums along Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 110th Street, with 12 neighborhood partners adding to the outdoor, rain-or-shine festivities, performances, and art-making activities for all ages. Neighborhood partners include the New York Academy of Medicine, the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Asia Society, 92NY, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYC Kids Project, The People’s Bus, and AKC Museum of the Dog, and Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education (https://www.mcny.org/event/museum-mile-festival-2026).
Participating Museums & Highlights
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1000 5th Avenue at 82nd St., featuringRaphael: Sublime Poetry, the first comprehensive U.S. exhibition of the Italian Renaissance master.
Neue Galerie New York: 1048 Fifth Ave. (Closed inside; hosting a pop-up table for their 25th anniversary).
Guggenheim Museum: 1071 5th Avenue at 89th St. Featured:Carol Bove,the first major museum survey of the American artist, through Aug. 2
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: 2 East 91st St. Featured:Made in America,70 large-format photographs captured by Christopher Payne about industrial and artisanal making.
The Jewish Museum: 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd St. Featured:Circa 1776: Jews in Colonial America, through Aug. 9; and “Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds,” through July 26.
Museum of the City of New York: 1220 5th Ave. at 103rd St. Featured:The Occupied CityandAnother WonderlandandHe Built This City: Joe Macken’s Modelcelebrates the extraordinary vision and dedication behind one of the most ambitious handmade representations of New York City ever created (timed tickets required).
El Museo del Barrio: 1230 5th Avenue at 104th Street.
Source: LI Press
