This Saturday, September 22nd, is Museum Day. That means over 1,500 zoos and museums across the country will open their doors for free. The annual event is organized by “Smithsonian” magazine and offers people the chance to check out spots in all 50 states for no charge.
All kinds of cultural institutions are involved, from popular places like Zoo Miami to quirky specialty museums like the National Barber Museum in Canal Winchester, Ohio. To take advantage of the free fun, visitors can download one ticket per email address and each ticket gets two people in for free.
Not sure which museum to check out? Here's a link to all the CT museums that you can go to for free!
American Clock & Watch Museum
Bristol, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, CT
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
New Haven, CT
Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Bruce Museum
Greenwich, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Butler-McCook House & Garden
Hartford , CT
Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Connecticut Historical Society
Hartford, CT
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Smithsonian Affiliate Museum
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
Windsor, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Custom House Maritime Museum
New London, CT
Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
EverWonder Children's Museum
Newtown, CT
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield, CT
Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Florence Griswold Museum
Old Lyme, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden
Woodbury, CT
Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Hartford, CT
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Hempsted Houses
New London, CT
Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Henry Whitfield State Museum
Guilford, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (EST)
Hill-Stead Museum
Farmington, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center
Bristol , CT
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Institute for American Indian Studies
Washington , CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Litchfield History Museum
Litchfield, CT
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
Norwalk, CT
Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
New London, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
Mashantucket, CT
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Nathan Hale Homestead
Coventry, CT
Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
New Haven Museum
New Haven, CT
Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society
West Hartford, CT
Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Old Tolland County Court House Museum
Tolland, CT
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Old Tolland County Jail and Museum
Tolland, CT
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden
Suffield , CT
Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Prudence Crandall Museum
Canterbury, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Slater Memorial Museum
Norwich, CT
Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Ridgefield, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
The Danbury Museum & Historical Society
Danbury, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (EST)
The New England Carousel Museum
Bristol, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
New Haven, CT
Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (EST)