9/24/11 Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day: Free Admission to Participating Museums (Nationwide)

Saturday, September 24, 2011

In the spirit of Smithsonian Museums, who offer free admission everyday, Museum Day is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket...for free.

Please go to website listed below for a list of 2011 participating museums throughout the U.S. Sign up online for a free ticket, good for 2 people.

* Only an official Museum Day ticket is eligible for free entry.

* One ticket per household, for two people.

* A ticket will gain entry to only one of the participating museums, excluding parking and special events and exhibits.

* If museum reaches capacity, museum has right to limit the number of guests until space becomes available.

Participating New York State Venues

Adirondack Museum
Alley Pond Environmental Center, Inc. (Queens)
Arnot Art Museum
Asia Society Museum (Manhattan)
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn)
Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn)
Casey's Cottage at Mexico Point Park
Chemung Valley History Museum
Children's Museum of Manhattan (Manhattan)
Coe Hall at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park (Planting Fields Foundation)
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Cradle of Aviation Museum (Long Island)
DiaBeacon
El Museo del Barrio (Manhattan)
Empire State Aerosciences Museum
Erie Canal Discovery Center
Everson Museum of Art
FASNY Museum of Firefighting
Flushing Town Hall (Queens)
Fraunces Tavern Museum (Manhattan)
Frederic Remington Art Museum
Gomez Mill House Museum and Historic Site
Guild Hall of East Hampton
H. Lee White Marine Museum
Hammond Museum
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
Historic Huguenot Street
Historic Richmond Town
Hudson River Museum
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (Manhattan)
Iroquois Indian Museum
Jefferson County Historical Society Museum
Long Island Children's Museum (Long Island)
Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages (Long Island)
Luykas Van Alen House & Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
Mabee Farm Historic Site
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
Mexico Museum
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum
MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art)
Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum (Long Island)
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
Museum of American Finance (Manhattan)
Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators (Manhattan)
Museum of Biblical Art
Museum of Chinese in America (Manhattan)
Museum of the Earth
Museum of Wayne County History
Nassau County Firefighters Museum (Long Island)
Nassau County Museum of Art (Long Island)
National Bottle Museum
National Museum of Dance
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame
Neuberger Museum of Art
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site
New York City Fire Museum (Manhattan)
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
New York Transit Museum (Brooklyn)
New-York Historical Society
Northport Historical Society Museum
Oneida County Historical Society
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Oysterponds Historical Society
Polish American Museum
Pratt Manhattan Gallery (Manhattan)
Queens Historical Society at the Kingsland Homestead (Queens)
Queens Museum of Art (Queens)
Rensselaer County Historical Society & Museum
Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
Rubin Museum of Art (Manhattan)
Rye Historical Society - Square Museum & Knapp Archives
Sagtikos Manor
Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York
Seneca Falls Historical Society
Seneca Museum of Waterways & Industry
Seward House Museum
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the George Gustav Heye Center (Manhattan)
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden (Staten Island)
Storm King Art Center
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine (Manhattan)
The Children's Museum at Saratoga
The Children's Museum of Science and Technology (CMOST)
The Col. Wm. Bond-Jesse Hawley House
The Columbia County Historical Society
The Fenimore Art Museum
The Fenton History Center Museum and Research Center
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
The Heckscher Museum of Art
The Hispanic Society of America, Museum and Library
The History Center
The James Vanderpoel House, Columbia County Historical Society
The Jewish Museum (Manhattan)
The Morgan Library & Museum (Manhattan)
The Museum at Bethel Woods
The Noble Maritime Collection
The Parrish Art Museum
The Penney Gallery
The Skyscraper Museum (Manhattan)
The Studio Museum in Harlem (Manhattan)
The Ukrainian Museum
The Vilcek Foundation
USS SLATER
Walter Elwood Museum
Winter Olympic Museum at Lake Placid

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/