Museum Day is on Saturday, September 21. It’s an annual celebration of curiosity hosted by Smithsonian Magazine.
Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide FREE entry to anyone with a Museum Day ticket. The Museum Day ticket provides free admission for two people on Saturday, September 21.
So, whether you want to stay local or take a day trip into NYC, there are plenty of options in our area for families!
See a list of participating museums in our area, below!
EverWonder Children’s Museum
Newtown, CT
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
Norwalk, CT
noon – 4 p.m.
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Ridgefield, CT
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield, CT
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah, NY
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hudson River Museum
Yonkers, NY
noon – 5 p.m.
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
New Haven, CT
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Wildlife Education Center
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
noon – 4 p.m.
See a list of participating museums in NYC, below!
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Jewish Museum
11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The AKC Museum of the Dog
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
New York Fire Museum
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.