Collections, membership and evenings worth planning around.
Compare museum evenings, membership programs and benefit events. Free admission, ordinary membership and a gala ticket carry different access rules; our coverage connects each story with the institution’s own program and booking information.
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The Week Ahead · October 26–November 1
Eight picks for Halloween week: the Frick, City Harvest, Harlem comedy, sacred music, ASRM Prom and costume parties in New York and Miami.
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The Week Ahead · October 21–27
Our October 21–27 picks: Many Hopes, Champagne Week, Hulaween, NAB at Javits, Art Basel Paris, Gatsby in Southampton and museum nights.
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Museums · New York
Paley’s fall programs offer families and teens ways to create audio, with distinct dates, age requirements and reservation rules.
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Museums · New York
Compare the Met’s Date Night, Whitney Free Friday Nights and MoMA’s October 27 Member Evening, with the access rules that matter before you go.
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Galas · New York
On October 20, the American Museum of Natural History opens its halls after closing to children and their families for a sold-out evening of hands-on science, live animals and conversations with the people who study the natural world.
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Galas · New York
On Tuesday, October 20, The Frick Collection honors Annabelle Selldorf, the architect of its celebrated renovation, at a black-tie dinner in the Fifth Avenue mansion she helped bring back to life.
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Galas · Long Island
On Saturday, November 7, the Smithsonian-affiliated museum opens its history galleries in Stony Brook for an evening of dinner, dancing and live jazz, honoring Kevin Lenane and the Stony Brook Fire Department.
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Galas · New York
After a year's pause, America's leading dealers return to the Park Avenue Armory under a new banner, opening the inaugural ADAA Fair on Thursday, November 12, with a preview gala for the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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The American Museum of Natural History's annual benefit fills the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life on Thursday, December 3, with cocktails, dinner, an auction and a special musical performance.
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Galas · Palm Beach
The Norton Museum of Art turns to Surrealism for its February 6 gala, with chairs Audrey Gruss, Sue Hostetler and Josephine Kalisman, patron honorees Pam and Bob Goergen, and a live auction with Sotheby's.
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Museums · Memberships
Explore New York museum memberships, young-patron programs, member evenings and official joining links.
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Culture · The Week Ahead
October 15–21: the Apollo Circle Benefit, NYCWFF, museum evenings, III Points, Angel Ball and the Frick Autumn Dinner.
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On November 12, the Museum of Modern Art and CHANEL honor Steven Spielberg at the 18th annual Film Benefit, a night whose proceeds keep the museum's film collection alive on the screen.
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