First on the agenda is the illustrious Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York and indeed the country’s premier art museum, the Met is the one museum in the city that can absolutely not be missed. Though they suggest $25 per person, admission is always discretionary at the Met, which means frugal tourists can save a bit of coin. Also, on Fridays and Saturdays the museum keeps its doors open until 9 p.m.

Not far from the Met, the Guggenheim Museum has a two-hour window on Saturdays that allows visitors to take in the museum’s impressive art collection for less than the $18 standard admission fee, as from 5:45 p.m. until closing at 7:45 p.m. admission to the Guggenheim is discretionary.

On Fridays another Upper East Side Museum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, waives its $18 admission fee in favor of voluntary donations from 6 p.m. until close at 9 p.m. This is a great time to visit, as for all but the most ardent art fans $18 may be a little too steep to visit the museum’s niche collection.

In Midtown, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) is one of the world’s principal museums of contemporary art. Its collection, encompassing six floors, is fantastic and includes famed pieces by artists as celebrated as Monet, Miro and Van Gogh. Thanks to a special promotion by department store Target, admission to the MOMA is free every Friday night from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., which amounts to a savings of $25.

With all of this saved money on museums and the great deals by our boutique hotel The Mave—20% discounts on stays of 3-4 nights—it seems that having a great time in NYC isn’t as expensive as you thought.

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Perhaps the most notable building on the Upper East Side is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the New York Guggenheim is one of the only museum’s in the world whose exterior is more famous than the collection it houses. Wright’s inverted-circular tower was built in 1959 in a testament to modernism’s unique style and the building has been a massive hit with the public ever since.

Not far from the Guggenheim the Whitney Museum of American Art is housed in the striking Breuer Building. Designed by the Hungarian architect Marcel Breuer, who was trained at the famed German design school Bauhaus, the building was hailed as a somber construction at the time of its completion in 1966. Admiring its gray exterior and inverted-ziggurat shape, it’s easy to appreciate the building’s heavy, almost stoical appearance.

Another museum on the Upper East Side with a fantastic architectural story is the Frick Collection. This museum is housed in the Frick House, which was commissioned by Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Frick in 1912. The house was designed by architect Thomas Hastings, who also designed the grand New York Public Library. The house, with its ample lawns and grand atrium, has the feeling of a country estate despite its central location on Fifth Avenue. Inside the minimalist décor perfectly complements the museum’s collection of European masterpieces.

Currently guests at our boutique hotel The MAve staying for four nights will receive their fifth night free, giving them the extra time to wander the city and take in the small details, like the architectural designs of the Upper East Side.

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