Museum Day In MA: Free Admission At These 56 Museums Saturday

If you’re looking for a fun and free activity for the weekend, consider a trip to one of the museums around Massachusetts. Saturday, Sept. 22 is “Museum Day” and admission to more than 1,500 museums in the country, including 56 in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts:

• Atwood House & Museum, Chatham
• Battleship Cove, Fall River
• Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College
• Boott Mills Museum, Lowell
• Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotiut
• Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester
• Codman Estate, Lincoln
• Cogswell's Grant, Essex
• Concord Museum
• Davis Museum at Wellesley College
• Discovery Museum, Acton
• Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds, Newton
• Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Boston
• Eustis Estate, Milton
• Falmouth Museums on the Green
• Fitchburg Art Museum
• Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
• Garden in the Woods, Framingham
• Gibson House Museum, Boston
• Gropius House, Lincoln
• Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
• Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge
• Jackson Homestead and Museum, Newton
• John Cabot House, Beverly
• John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline
• Mattapoisett Museum
• Mead Art Museum, Amherst
• Merwin House, Stockbridge
• Museum of African American History, Boston
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton
• New Bedford Whaling Museum
• Nichols House Museum, Boston
• Old Colony History Museum, Taunton
• Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge
• Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
• Quincy Homestead
• Rotch-Jones-Duff House And Garden Museum, New Bedford
• Sandwich Glass Museum
• Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, Weston
• Springfield Museums
• Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Adams
• The Carnegie of Vineyard Trust, Edgartown
• The Children's Museum in Easton
• The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst
• The Gardner Museum
• The Mary Baker Eddy Library, Boston
• The Museum of Printing, Haverhill
• The Old Manse, Concord
• The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Boston
• USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown
• Wenham Museum
• Williams College Museum of Art
• Worcester Historical Museum
• Yiddish Book Center, Amherst

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

Click here for more information on Museum Day.