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Visit These Connecticut Museums For Free On Museum Day 2021
Smithsonian Magazine's 17th annual Museum Day will be held Sept. 18. The event gives free access for one day to museums across the country.
CONNECTICUT — After a long year of coronavirus closures and other restrictions, gather your family or your best group of friends to enjoy a day of free admission at The Aldrich and several others in Connecticut.
Smithsonian Magazine’s 17th annual Museum Day will take place Sept. 18 at select museums in Connecticut and in other cities across the country.
This year’s theme, “Experience America,” celebrates “the return to, and resurgence of, our country's diverse cultural experiences,” following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release.
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The following museums in Connecticut are participating in this year’s Museum Day:
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
Hours: Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Get Ticket
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Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Get Ticket
Custom House Maritime Museum, New London
Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Get Ticket
Danbury Railway Museum
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Get Ticket
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Get Ticket
Henry Whitfield State Museum, Guilford
Hours: Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Get Ticket
Institute for American Indian Studies, Washington
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Get Ticket
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk
Hours: Noon - 4:00 p.m.
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New England Civil War Museum, Vernon
Hours: Noon - 3:00 p.m.
Get Ticket (Free every day)
Stanley-Whitman House, Farmington
Hours: Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Get Ticket (Closed Saturday; valid Sunday, Sept. 19)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
Hours: Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Get Ticket (link this)
The purpose of Museum Day, according to a release, is to promote equal access to the wide array of museums in the United States, especially among children and underrepresented communities.
Museum-goers can head to the Museum Day website to download their ticket. Each ticket grants the ticket holder and one guest free, timed access to any participating museum. One ticket is permitted per email address.
See the full list of participating museums at SmithsonianMag.com.
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