Free Admission At 35 CT Museums Saturday: See Full List

If you’re looking for a fun and free activity for the weekend, consider a trip to one of Connecticut’s museums. Saturday, Sept. 22 is “Museum Day” and admission to more than 1,500 museums in the country, including 35 in Connecticut, is free.

“Museum Day” is an annual event put together by the Smithsonian Magazine and includes participating museums in all 50 states. According to the Smithsonian, participants can download one ticket per email address that provides free general admission for two people.

“Museum Day” is a one-day event only. To snag a ticket, just choose your museum from the list provided below:

Below are the participating museums in Connecticut:

American Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol (tickets)

Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford (tickets)

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in New Haven (tickets)

Bruce Museum in Greenwich (tickets)

Butler-McCook House & Garden in Hartford (tickets)

Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford (tickets)

Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum in Windsor (tickets)

Custom House Maritime Museum in New London (tickets)

EverWonder Children’s Museum in Newtown (tickets)

Fairfield University Art Museum (tickets)

Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme (tickets)

Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden in Woodbury (tickets)

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford (tickets)

Hempsted Houses in New London (tickets)

Henry Whitfield State Museum in Guilford (tickets)

Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington (tickets)

Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center in Bristol (tickets)

Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington (tickets)

Litchfield History Museum (tickets)

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum Norwalk (tickets)

Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London (tickets)

Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center (tickets)

Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry (tickets)

New Haven Museum (tickets)

Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society (tickets)

Old Tolland County Court House Museum (tickets)

Old Tolland County Jail and Museum (tickets)

Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden in Suffield (tickets)

Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury (tickets)

Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich (tickets)

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield (tickets)

The Danbury Museum & Historical Society (tickets)

The New England Carousel Museum in Bristol (tickets)

Yale Center for British Art in New Haven (tickets)

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven (tickets)

You can also visit the Smithsonian Magazine website directly for tickets.

Click here for more information on Museum Day.

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