Museum Day Live 2017: Get Free Tickets To Maryland's Historic Sites (ICYMI)

BALTIMORE, MD — Museums across the state — including the Star Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore, the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival site in Annapolis, NASA's Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt and the Baltimore Museum of Art — will offer free admission for visitors this weekend as part of Museum Day Live!

The annual event provides unique tickets for free admission on Saturday, Sept. 23, to participating museums across the country, including more than 30 historical sites in Maryland. Learn more about NASA missions at the Goddard Visitor Center, see what life was like on an 1800s plantation at Montpelier Mansion, or learn about the ecology of Chesapeake Bay at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. (For more events and local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Baltimore Patch, and click here to find your local Maryland Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

And the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival site at City Dock celebrates the heritage of "Roots" author Alex Haley's ancestor, Kunta Kinte, who arrived in Annapolis in 1767 to be sold into slavery. The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Susan Campbell Park in Historic Downtown Annapolis. Admission is free to the family-friendly cultural celebration which features live music, dance performances, world foods and artisan vendors, children's activities, and history.

Sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine, the national 13th annual Museum Live Day! event lets people order a free online ticket for themselves and a guest to visit participating museums.

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Here's a list of the museums and cultural institutions in Maryland that will be part of Museum Live Day! this year (facilities with free admission every day are listed, too.):
Annapolis:

• Annapolis Maritime Museum (free every day)
• Chesapeake Children's Museum
• Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival (free every day)
• Historic Annapolis Museum
• William Paca House and Garden

Baltimore:

• B&O Railroad Museum Smithsonian Affiliate Museums
• Baltimore Lithuanian Museum (free every day)
• Baltimore Museum of Industry
• Baltimore Streetcar Museum
• Evergreen Museum & Library
• Homewood Museum
• Irish Railroad Workers Museum
• Jewish Museum of Maryland
• Maryland Historical Society
• National Museum of Denistry
• Reginald F. Lewis Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate Museums)
• Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum
• The Baltimore Museum of Art (free every day)
• Walters Art Museum

Berlin: Calvin B. Taylor House Museum
Bowie: National Capital Radio & Television Museum Free everyday
Chesapeake Beach: The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Free everyday
College Park: College Park Aviation Museum Smithsonian Affiliate Museums
Edgewater: Historic London Town and Gardens
Ellicott City: B&O Ellicott City Station Smithsonian Affiliate Museums
Gaithersburg: Gaithersburg Community Museum (free every day)
Greenbelt:

• Goddard Visitor Center (free every day)
• Greenbelt Museum

Hagerstown:

• Miller House Museum
• Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Free everyday

Hollywood: Historic Sotterley Plantation
Laurel: Montpelier Mansion
Linthicum Heights: National Electronics Museum

Lutherville: The Fire Museum of Maryland

Ocean City: Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum
Piney Point: Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park
Ridgely: Adkins Arboretum
Riverdale Park: Riversdale House Museum
Salisbury: Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
Solomons: Calvert Marine Museum

St. Mary's: Historic St. Mary's City
Go to the Museum Live Day! page on Smithsonian Magazine's website for more information about the event.

»Photo of Maryland Historical Society Museum by Greg Hambrick