You can score free admission to 49 museums across Massachusetts today
Museums are a fun way to experience the state’s culture and art, especially when the price is right.
Smithsonian Magazine’s annual “Museum Day Live!” event on Saturday, September 24, offers free admission to participating institutions nationwide—and more than 40 of those museums are in Massachusetts alone. Those interested can sign up at smithsonianmag.com for free admission to the museum of your choice.
Here is a complete list of participating museums in Massachusetts that you can check out this weekend.
Acton
The Discovery Museums
177 Main Street, Acton, Massachusetts, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Amherst
Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College
11 Barrett Hill Drive, Amherst, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Road, Amherst, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
41 Quadrangle Drive, Amherst, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St., Amherst, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Boston
Gibson House Museum
137 Beacon St., Boston, 1-4 p.m.
Museum of African American History
46 Joy St., Beacon Hill, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave., Boston, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Nichols House Museum
55 Mount Vernon St., Boston, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington St., Boston, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Otis House
141 Cambridge St., Boston, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
200 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation
2 North Grove St., Boston, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Shirley-Eustis House
33 Shirley St., Boston, 1-4 p.m.
Brookline
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
83 Beals St., Brookline, 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St., Cambridge, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St., Cambridge, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave., Harvard University, Cambridge, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Charlestown
USS Constitution Museum
Building 22, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Chatham
Atwood House Museum Chatham Historical Society
347 Stage Harbor Road, Chatham, 1-4 p.m.
Clinton
Museum of Russian Icons
203 Union St., Clinton, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Concord
Concord Museum
53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Old Manse
269 Monument St., Concord, Noon to 5 p.m.
Edgartown
Martha’s Vineyard Museum
59 School St., Edgartown, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Essex
Cogswell’s Grant
60 Spring St., Essex, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fall River
Battleship Cove
5 Water St., Fall River, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Marine Museum at Fall River
70 Water St., Fall River, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River
441 North Main St., Fall River, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Falmouth
Falmouth Museums on the Green
55-65 Palmer Ave., Falmouth, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Framingham
Garden in the Woods
180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Gardner
The Gardner Museum
28 Pearl St., Gardner, 1-4 p.m.
Gloucester
Cape Ann Museum
27 Pleasant St., Gloucester, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Lincoln
Codman Estate
34 Codman Road, Lincoln, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Milton
Mass Audubon’s Trailside Museum
1904 Canton Ave., Milton, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Newton
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
286 Waverley Ave., Newton, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Jackson Homestead and Museum
527 Washington St., Newton, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Pittsfield
Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Salem
Salem Witch Museum
19 1/2 Washington Square, North, Salem, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sandwich
Sandwich Glass Museum
129 Main St., Sandwich, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Springfield
Springfield Museums
21 Edwards St., Springfield, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Stockbridge
Merwin House
14 Main St., Stockbridge, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Taunton
Old Colony History Museum
66 Church Green, Taunton, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Watertown
Armenian Museum of America
65 Main Street, Watertown, Noon to 6 p.m.
Wenham
Wenham Museum
132 Main St., Wenham, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Weston
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
Regis College, 241 Wellesley St., Noon to 5 p.m.
Williamstown
Williams College Museum of Art
15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Suite 2, Williamstown, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Worcester
EcoTarium
222 Harrington Way, Worcester, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury St., Worcester, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Yarmouth
Winslow Crocker House
250 Route 6A, Yarmouth Port, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
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