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NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM

DISCOVER THE STORIES THAT MOVE NEW YORK

From our 1936 subway station in Brooklyn to Grand Central Terminal, explore the past, present and future of mass transit.

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Programs

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FAMILY PROGRAMS

Transit Tots

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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
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FOR KIDS

BIRTHDAY EXPERIENCE

Celebrate your child’s next birthday at the New York Transit Museum, the “perfect place to throw your kid’s bash,” according to Time Out New York Kids.

Recommended for ages 7-12, this unforgettable birthday party experience takes place in our historic subway station-turned-museum.

Young transportation enthusiasts will embark on an immersive, interactive adventure to help a stranded time traveler repair their time machine. To succeed, partygoers must solve a series of challenges and puzzles hidden in our vintage train cars.

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Exhibits

NOW ON-VIEW IN BROOKLYN

FAREwell, MetroCard
Gold MetroCard on pale yellow background

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.

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Interior of New York Transit Museum Exhibit

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…”

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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.

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Subway Train Platform exhibit at the New York Transit Museum

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.

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Transit bus exhibit

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.

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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.

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