There are plenty of free things to do in Boston. Now, here's one more
Each September, Smithsonian Magazine offers free admission to museums nationwide through its "Museum Day." This year, the event takes place on Sept. 29, with dozens of Massachusetts museums participating in the program.
The local participants for 2012 are:
American Textile History Museum - Lowell Andover Historical Society - Andover
Armenian Library and Museum of America - Watertown
Battleship Cove - Fall River
Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House - Gloucester
Beverly Historical Society - Beverly
Cahoon Museum of American Art - Cotuit
Cape Ann Museum - Gloucester
The Children's Museum in Easton - Easton
Cogswell's Grant - Essex
Collection of Historical Scientific Instrument - Cambridge
Concord Museum - Concord
EcoTarium - Worcester
Emily Dickinson Museum - Amherst
Essex Shipbuilding Museum - Essex
Forbes House Museum - Milton
Fruitlands Museum - Harvard
Griffin Museum of Photography - Winchester
Gropius House - Lincoln
Harvard Art Museums - Cambridge
Harvard Museum of Natural History - Cambridge
Historic New England - Boston
Historic Newton - Newton
Iris and B. Gerald Art Gallery - Worcester
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site - Brookline
Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House - Concord
Lyman Estate Greenhouses - Waltham
Martha's Vineyard Museum - Edgartown
Mead Art Museum | Amherst College - Amherst
Memorial Hall Museum - Deerfield
Merwin House - Stockbridge
Museum of African American History - Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Boston
Museum of Our Industrial Heritage - Greenfield
Museum of Russian Icons - Clinton
New Bedford Whaling Museum - New Bedford
New England Wild Flower Society's Garden in the Woods - Framingham
Nichols House Museum - Boston
Norman Rockwell Museum - Stockbridge
Old Colony Historical Society - Taunton
Old South Meeting House - Boston
Otis House - Boston
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Cambridge
Phillips House - Salem
Photographic Resource Center at Boston University - Boston
Royall House & Slave Quarters - Medford
Salem Witch Museum - Salem
Sandwich Glass Museum - Sandwich
Semitic Museum at Harvard University - Cambridge
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History - Weston
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm - Newbury
Springfield Museums - Springfield
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - Williamstown
The Bidwell House Museum - Monterey
The Discovery Museums - Acton
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art - Amherst
The Great House at Castle Hill - Ipswich
The Mary Baker Eddy Library - Boston
The Shirley-Eustis House - Boston
Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum - Fitchburg
Tower Hill Botanic Garden - Boylston
Wenham Museum - Wenham
Willard House and Clock Museum - North Grafton
Worcester Art Museum - Worcester
Worcester Historical Museum - Worcester
To gain free admission, visitors must fill out a form at Smithsonian.com. The ticket will be emailed to you after you submit your information, which includes name, address, and whether or not you would like to receive more information from Smithsonian Magazine. Each ticket is good for two admissions per household.
Keep in mind, you must present the printable ticket for the free admissions and that families of three or more will be required to pay each additional fee for entrance.
Though it seems quite the list, there may be some area museums not participating. For example, both Boston's Museum of Science and Children's Museum are not among those offering the deal. For complete information, and a database of participating museums nationwide, visit www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues.