Admission Waived At MA Parks, Museums On Martin Luther King Jr. Day

MASSACHUSETTS — Places where Martin Luther King and others in the Civil Rights Movement made history are among 400 National Park Service facilities, including those in Massachusetts, that will waive admission fees on Monday in honor of King's birthday.

MLK Day, observed every year on the third Monday of January, has been a federal holiday since 1986 and is a day off for many Americans. Facilities in Massachusetts that are waiving admission include:

Boston Institute of Contemporary Art

Worcester Art Museum

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

Stone Zoo, Stoneham

Adams National Historical Park

Cape Cod National Seashore

MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a day of service. Some of the places with special volunteer opportunities for visitors include the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta; the Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail, which traces the footsteps of King and other civil rights activists in the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama; and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Some events in Massachusetts include:

Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Concert, Symphony Hall, Boston, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

MLK Day Open House at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Brookline To Host Martin Luther King Celebration, Coolidge Corner Theatre, 3 p.m.

MLK Jr. Tribute Concert, Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, 1 p.m.

Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church MLK Concert Celebration, 7 p.m.

Danvers To Host Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute For 25th Year, 3 p.m.