This Saturday, September 21st, is Museum Day: A “celebration of boundless curiosity” hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions will provide free admission. All you need to do is present a Museum Day ticket. Simply pick a museum from the list below, click “get ticket” under the listing, then click the purple “get a ticket” button on the Museum Day webpage to download your free ticket. Each ticket provides general admission for the ticket holder and one guest. Here are some local museums and cultural institutions participating in Museum Day:
*Free everyday
**Closed on Saturday; ticket valid Sunday, September 22nd
Anne Arundel County
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park* 410-295-0104; Amaritime.org Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Get ticket Chesapeake Children’s Museum 410-990-1993; Theccm.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Hammond-Harwood House 410-263-4683; Hammondharwoodhouse.org Museum Day hours: 12–4 p.m. Get ticket Historic London Town and Gardens 410-222-1919; Historiclondontown.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Get ticket Hogshead* 410-267-7619; Annapolis.org Museum Day hours: 12–4 p.m. Get ticket National Electronics Museum 410-795-0230; Nationalelectronicsmuseum.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Get ticket William Paca House and Garden 410-990-4543; Annapolis.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Get ticket Academy Art Museum 410-822-2787; Academyartmuseum.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Calvin B. Taylor House Museum 410-641-1019; Taylorhousemuseum.org Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Get ticket Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum 410-289-4991; Ocmuseum.org Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art 410-742-4988; Wardmuseum.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket
Baltimore
B&O Railroad Museum 410-752-2490; Borail.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Baltimore Lithuanian Museum* 301-774-3445; Lithuanianhall.com Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Get ticket Baltimore Museum of Industry 410-727-4808; Thebmi.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Carroll Mansion* 410-605-2964; Carrollmuseums.org Museum Day hours: 12–4 p.m. Get ticket Irish Railroad Workers Museum* 410-347-4747; Irishshrine.org Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Jewish Museum of Maryland 410-732-6400; Jewishmuseummd.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.** Get ticket Maryland Historical Society 410-685-3750; Mdhs.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket Mount Clare Museum House* 443-956-9431; Mountclaremuseum.org Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Get ticket Phoenix Shot Tower 410-605-2954; Carrollmuseums.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Get ticket Reginald F. Lewis Museum 267-738-8037; Lewismuseum.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum 410-837-1793; Flaghouse.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket The Baltimore Museum of Art* 443-573-1700; Artbma.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket
D.C.
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center* 202-885-1300; American.edu Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives* 202-730-0478; Sumnermuseumdc.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Get ticket DAR Museum* 202-879-3241; Dar.org Museum Day hours: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket Dumbarton House 202-337-2288; Dumbartonhouse.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Get ticket Folger Shakespeare Library* 202-544-7077; Folger.edu Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden* 202-633-4674; Hirshorn.si.edu Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket National Air and Space Museum* 202-633-2214; Airandspace.si.edu Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket National Building Museum 202-272-2448; Nbm.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket National Law Enforcement Museum 202-737-3400; Lawenforcementmuseum.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Get ticket National Museum of African American History and Culture*844-750-3012; Nmaahc.si.edu Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket National Museum of American History* 202-633-3150; Americanhistory.si.edu Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket National Museum of Women in the Arts202-783-5000; Nmwa.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket National Museum of the American Indian* 202-633-1000; Nmai.si.edu Museum Day hours: 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket National Portrait Gallery* 202-633-8300; Npg.si.edu Museum Day hours: 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m. Get ticket Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum* 202-633-1000; Americanart.si.edu Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket Smithsonian American Art Museum* 202-633-1000; Americanart.si.edu Museum Day hours: 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m. Get ticket Smithsonian Castle* 202-633-1000; Si.edu Museum Day hours: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket Smithsonian National Postal Museum* 202-633-5555; Postalmuseum.si.edu Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket United States Botanic Garden* 202-225-8333; Usbg.gov Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket
Southern Maryland
The Chesapeake Beach Railway 410-257-3892; Cbrm.org Museum Day hours: 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Get ticket Historic Sotterley Plantation 301-373-2280; Sotterley.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Historic St. Mary’s City 240-895-4990; Hsmcdigshistory.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park 301-994-1471; Stmarysmd.com Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket St. Clement’s Island Museum 301-769-2222; Museums.stmarysmd.com Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket
Capital Region
College Park Aviation Museum 301-864-6029; Collegeparkaviationmuseum.com Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket Laurel Historical Society* 301-725-7975; Laurelhistoricalsociety.org Museum Day hours: 1–4 p.m.** Get ticket Montpelier Mansion 301-377-7817; History.pgparks.com Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket NASA Goddard Visitor Center* 301-286-8981; Nasa.gov/visitgoddard Museum Day hours: 12–4 p.m. Get ticket National Museum of Health and Medicine* 301-319-3300; Medicalmuseum.mil Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Get ticket Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center 301-809-0440; Pgaamcc.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get ticket Riversdale House Museum 301-864-0420; History.pgparks.com Museum Day hours: 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Get ticket Central and Western Maryland African Art Museum of Maryland* 301-490-6070; Africanartmuseum.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Get ticket Discovery Station at Hagerstown 301-790-0076; Discoverystation.org Museum Day hours: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Miller House Museum 301-797-8782; Washcohistory.org Museum Day hours: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Get ticket Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House 410-939-5780; Thelockhousemuseum.org Museum Day hours: 1–5 p.m. Get ticket
