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howardMany of the non-profit museums that have been around for a while are also in not so great locations. The Cloisters (in upper Manhattan), the Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of the American Indian at Bowling Green, for example. They also generally have an admission much lower than $26 and it is also often "suggested" meaning you can get in for whatever you can afford. When I was an art student I used to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art all the time and sometimes paid as little as a nickel. Otherwise I would have gone broke. The Museum of the American Indian is actually free and it is not far from the Museum of American sports.
Below is a link to a great "cheap" museum in Chelsea.
http://www.fieldtrip.com/ny/22601616.htm