Museums on Us from Bank of America

The first weekend of every month, Bank of America's monthly "Museums on Us" program offers free admission to a number of Boston's most prestigious museums.

The nationwide program is available to all Bank of America, Merrill, and Bank of America Private Bank cardholders, and opens up more than 225 of the nation's most prominent cultural institutions in 35 states. In Massachusetts, the participating museums are:

• The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Featured Exhibit: 

"Picasso, Miró, Dalí: Unbound”

• The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Featured Exhibit: "Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki)"

• The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Featured Exhibit: "Pressing Importance: Salem and the Declaration of Independence"

• EcoTarium, Worcester Featured Exhibit: "Big League fun")

• The Mount, Edith Wharton's home in Lenox: Grounds are open year round 

• Orchard House, Louisa May Alcott's home in Concord. From April - October 2026

• Springfield Museums Featured Exhibit: "Markets, Foodways, and the Essence of Place: Works from the Museo de Arte de Ponce" (Opens September 5!)

• Fitchburg Art Museum: New Exhibit: "90th Regional Exhibit of Art and Craft" (Closes September 13!)

• The New Bedford Whaling Museum Featured Exhibit: "“Look pleasant, please”: Early Portrait Photography in New Bedford" (Closes September 7!)

• The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum (Saturdays only) Featured Exhibit: "The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape"

Bank of America offers this benefit to promote greater cultural understanding, expand accessibility to the arts, and strengthen communities. Upon arriving at a participating institution, customers need only present their Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain free general admission for themselves.