PA Businesses Offering Freebies For Federal Workers In Shutdown

Government workers who are currently not being paid due to the federal shut down can at least seek solace in free meals and museum admission.

A growing number of Pennsylvania businesses are offering freebies to government workers who are currently unpaid due to the shutdown.

The government has been shut down since Dec. 22, as lawmakers and President Donald Trump are at an impasse over funding for a wall along the southern border.

The freebies include free meals, pizza, admission and more. Check them out here:

Jules Thin Crust

Jules Thin Crust is giving away a free slice to each government worker who is currently unpaid. Each of the worker's family members can also grab a free slice. The offer is good at all of the restaurant's locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Locations include: Newtown, Doylestown, Wayne, North Wales, Princeton and more. Click here for details.

The Pineville Tavern

The Pineville Tavern in Bucks County, as well as the Pineville Fishtown in Philadelphia is offering free chicken dinners to federal workers until the shutdown is resolved. The offer is good for any U.S. employees and their immediate families every night of the week, and federal employees can take advantage of this offer as often as they'd like. Click here for details.

Philadelphia Art Museum

The museum is offering free general admission — which includes access to the museum's collections, current exhibitions, and many programs — to all federal employees, as well as one guest each, as long as the shutdown is still in effect. All government workers need to do is show a Federal Government ID at any admission desk. Kids 12 and under are always free. Click here for details.

Bucks Co. Children's Museum

The local museum is offering free general admission to parents who are employees impacted by the federal government shutdown and their children. Eligible employees will need to show their government ID at the front desk and are allowed up to two parents and four children free admission during the shutdown. Click here for details.

Please Touch Museum

Government employees and anyone with prepaid tickets to closed federal attractions can get $5 off their admission to the Please Touch Museum. Click here for details.

Eastern State Penitentiary

A $2 discount is being offered to federal employees impacted by the shutdown. Use the code OPENINPHL when buying tickets online here to get the deal.

Museum of the American Revolution

One of Philadelphia's newest museums, the Museum of the American Revolution is giving federal government workers free admittance to the museum. Federal workers must show valid government ID at the front desk to redeem the offer. Click here for details.

Penn Museum

Federal government workers who are furloughed during the shutdown can get in the musuem for free as the shutdown continues. With a valid ID, furloughed workers and up to five family members will get in the museum for free. Click here for details.

Academy of Natural Sciences

Federal employees affected by the government shutdown and their families can get in the museum with a pay as you wish model through Jan. 31 or until the government reopens. Workers must show federal ID to get the deal. Groups using the deal are limited to four people. Click here for details.

Independence Seaport Museum

The museum is offering free admission to those in the US Coast Guard and National Park Service, as well as all federal employees who are affected by the partial government shutdown. Just show your valid government ID to get free admission for you and up to three guests. The deal is good until the government reopens. Click here for details.

Walnut Street Theater

Furloughed Federal government workers can get a free ticket for the theater's production of Ken Ludwig's "A Comedy of Tenors" during the first two weeks of its run, Jan. 15 to Jan. 26. Each federal employee is eligible for two free tickets while supplies last, as each showing has a number of free tickets set aside for worker. Call the theater at (215) 574-3550, extension 1 for more information on the deal.

Main image via The Pineville Tavern