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How do people get into Whitney and Guggenheim for free? Do they offer secret artist memberships like MoMA?
9 hours ago Only Friends · Comment · LikeUnlike
Jesi Khadivi
Jesi Khadivi
press pass. with the whitney there is also a pole around the corner where people put their stickers when they leave. not sure if anyone is still doing that, but they were when i lived in nyc!
9 hours ago ·
Neil Freeman
Neil Freeman
Or you have an old employee card from another museum. Then you lose your wallet so that you don't have it anymore.
8 hours ago ·
Matthew C. Wilson
Matthew C. Wilson
museum admission hacking...

when walking to the whitney, look for other people walking on the street with whitney stickers and ask if you can have their sticker. good call on the pole -- ppl also leave them on the wall outside of the bldng.

the whitney is usually pretty cool about not having your museum id w/ you. just tell them you are an intern at museum X. and when they ask you what department have your answer ready.... See More

guggenheim, more difficult. they want a picture id to go w/ your museum id that just has your name (not that hard to make one if you want to use mine as a template :). if you go w/ someone else who has an id, they can probably get tickets for you both.
8 hours ago ·
Mario Hinojosa
Mario Hinojosa
i used to work at the financial arm of the Guggenheim, when you get back let me know and I'll get you some tickets...
7 hours ago ·
Diego Leal
Diego Leal
the pole isnt there anymore, err. the pole is but they clean the stickers off now. but you can always just tell the people coming out that youre an artist and would like their sticker. they are always happy to give it to you!
6 hours ago ·
Akiko Ichikawa
Akiko Ichikawa
These suggestions are all really great!
3 hours ago ·
Akiko Ichikawa
Akiko Ichikawa
@Jesi, Matthew, Diego: As of two days ago, the Whitney was using a photo of the pole on their website as an advertisement for the Biennial, to show how popular it was, how many people were going (and so how you should too. Advertising 101: bandwagon tactic.) As of today, it's no longer up. The Whitney probably realized how outré they would seem, promoting the use of the pole they are now careful to clean off everyday!

Douglas Paulson
use your union card and secret handshake. if it doesn't work threaten that the union will get kick their asses. if that doesn't work: GENERAL STRIKE