Museum Day usually happens all-day (9am-6pm) on a Saturday in September. However, the event is not happening in 2024. Below are events from 2022's event.

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Are you ready for a road trip!!! Get free admission to participating museums across the US! There are some restrictions. One ticket gets 2 people free admission. And there's one ticket per email. Also, you must present the ticket when you visit the museum.

Below are the participating museums in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. We started the list with the museums we think are the most family-friendly. But feel free to visit the museum that most interests you.

How Do You See the World?

Boston, MA

10:00am - 5:00pm

International Tennis Hall of Fame

Newport, RI (~2 hours from Boston)

10:00am - 5:00pm

John Brown House Museum

Providence, RI (1 hour from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Museum of Work & Culture

Woonsocket, RI (~90 minutes from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm

USS Constitution Museum

Charlestown, MA

10:00am - 5:00pm

Armenian Museum of America

Watertown, MA (~30 minutes from Boston)

12:00pm - 6:00pm

Babcock-Smith House Museum

Westerly, RI (2 hours away from Boston)

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College

Amherst, MA (~2 hours from Boston)

10:00am - 5:00pm

Buckman Tavern

Lexington, MA (~30 minutes from Boston)

9:30am - 4:00pm

Cogswell's Grant

Essex, MA (~1 hour from Boston)

11:00am - 3:00pm

Davis Museum at Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA (~30 minutes from Boston)

11:00am - 5:00pm

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds

Newton, MA (~20 minutes from Boston)

10:00am - 5:00pm

Fruitlands Museum

Harvard, MA (~1 hour from Boston)

10:00am - 5:00pm

Gropius House

Lincoln, MA (~30 minutes from Boston)

11:00am - 4:00pm

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, MA (~30 minutes from Boston)

10:00am - 5:00pm

Lippitt House Museum

Providence, RI (~1 hour away from Boston)

9:00am - 12:00pm

Marconi-RCA Wireless Museum

North Chatham, MA (2 hours from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Mattapoisett Museum

Mattapoisett, MA (~90 minutes from Boston)

12:00pm - 4:00pm

Museum of Family Prayer

Easton, MA (~1 hour from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Museum of Natural History

Providence, RI (~90 minutes from Boston)

10:00am - 3:00pm

Museum of Printing

Haverhill, MA (1 hour from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Museum of Russian Icons

Clinton, MA (~1 hour from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Nichols House Museum

Boston, MA

11:00am - 3:00pm

Samuel Slater Experience

Webster, MA (~1 hour from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Springfield Museums

Springfield, MA (~2 hours from Boston)

10:00am - 5:00pm

The Gardner Museum

Gardner, MA (~90 minutes from Boston)

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Tomaquag Museum

Exeter, RI (~2 hours from Boston)

10:00am - 2:00pm

Wang Theatre & FARHOF

Boston, MA

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Westerly Armory

Westerly, RI (2 hours from Boston)

11:00am - 3:00pm

Worcester Art Museum

Worcester, MA (~1 hour from Boston)

10:00am - 4:00pm