NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM
From our 1936 subway station in Brooklyn to Grand Central Terminal, explore the past, present and future of mass transit.
Transit Tots is back! Join us on select Thursdays and Sundays for an early morning hour of story-time, crafts, imaginative play.
$40 for 1 child and up to 2 adults
Explore how the identity of cities around the world are reflected in their subway systems.
Go behind-the-scenes of the New York Transit Museum's vast collections at the Gabrielle Shubert Research Center.
$40 General Public / $35 Members
Transit Tots is back! Join us on select Sundays for an early morning hour of story-time, crafts, imaginative play.
$40 for 1 child and up to 2 adults
VINTAGE TRAIN RIDE
This holiday season, the New York Transit Museum and MTA New York City Transit continue the annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides aboard vintage 1930s subway cars. Running every Sunday in December from 10am to 5pm, the Holiday Nostalgia Train departs from 2 Av–Houston St on the uptown F line and 96 St–2 Av on the Q line.
Hop aboard and celebrate the magic of New York City during the holidays — rides are free with your subway fare!
Exhibits
OPENING DECEMBER 17
FAREwell, MetroCard
As OMNY becomes the new way to pay, this exhibition invites visitors to explore the MetroCard’s origins, its systemwide rollout, the technology behind it, and the many ways it became a cultural icon for a generation of riders.
THROUGH May 31, 2026
The Subway Is…
Using images and objects from the Museum collection, this exhibit explores some of the endless ways to complete the sentence, “The Subway Is…”
ONGOING
Ticket To Ride
Through archival photographs, ephemera, and objects from the Transit Museum’s extensive collection, Ticket to Ride shows the evolution of fare collection across all of New York’s modes of transportation.
ONGOING
Moving the Millions
Home to twenty vintage subway and elevated cars dating back to 1907, and a working signal tower, the Museum’s working platform level spans a full city block.
PERMANENT
On the Streets: New York’s Trolleys and Buses
Explore the story of above ground mobility and surface transit from the early 1800s to the present.
Support the museum
Join our community of transit fans, history lovers, and curious New Yorkers. Your membership or gift helps keep the Museum a place where everyone can connect with the city’s past, present, and future.
