The Best Cheap Date Ideas in Miami

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami is a free museum in the Design District, with three floors of contemporary art and a sculpture garden to wander. Join the free tour at noon before you head outside.

The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11am to 6pm and closed Mondays and Tuesdays. A parking garage sits across the street.

The Wolfsonian-FIU is a Miami Beach museum that opens its doors free every Friday from 6 to 9pm. Wander the galleries together once the evening starts, since the museum stays open late that night.

The museum is open Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 6pm and Friday from 10am to 9pm, and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Admission to Coral Gables Museum is free during Gallery Night, held the first Friday of each month from 6 to 10pm.

The museum is open Tuesday through Friday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm, and Saturday from 10am to 6pm. It is closed Mondays.

Spend a Thursday evening at Pérez Art Museum Miami, set on Biscayne Bay with galleries inside and waterfront verandas and plazas outside. Admission is free after 5pm, making it an easy place to wander together without spending much.

Finish with cocktails at Verde, the museum's restaurant.

The Bass is an art museum in Collins Park in Miami Beach that opens free on the third Thursday of each month from 6 to 9pm.

That night is part of the monthly Miami Beach Culture Crawl, a free evening with the Bass among its stops. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 12 to 5pm and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Ball & Chain is a Little Havana bar that opened in 1935. Take a free salsa or bachata lesson, which starts at 9pm on most nights, then stay for live salsa and jazz, usually with no cover.

Two-for-one mojitos are the draw at happy hour, from 4 to 7pm. Walk-ins are welcome, but book a table ahead for a larger group.

Spread out a blanket for a free movie at SoundScape Park, a 2.5-acre park beside the New World Center in Miami Beach. Screenings run Wednesdays from 8 to 10pm, October through May.

Wine and a picnic go well with the blanket you bring. The park also hosts free concerts.

South Pointe Park is a free park at the southern tip of Miami Beach, with a promenade, a pier, beach access, and a lawn. Spread beach towels on the lawn with a book and a bottle of wine, then stay for the sunset.

Walk the promenade and pier before or after. Joe's Take Away offers takeaway dishes if you would rather not pack food.

Oleta River State Park in North Miami has mangrove channels to paddle by kayak, canoe, or paddleboard. Full moon guided kayak tours and sunset paddles are other ways to spend the evening.

The park is open daily from 8am to sunset.

Mac's Club Deuce is a Miami Beach dive bar with a 2-for-1 happy hour from 8am to 5pm daily. The bar is open from 8am to 5am every day. Pair a drink here with the monthly Culture Crawl on the third Thursday.