Yes, there are a multitude of FREE days at all of the museums (outside of your local library passes)! Admissions are getting outrageous and most of us don't want to spend $200 a year for family memberships to all of the museums. How smart someone would be to come up with a co-op pass for ALL the museums and let a family join for one fee and use all the museums, all year. I would pay $350 for that privilege for a family of four. One stop shopping. But, until someone comes up with a brilliant idea like that, here are some of the free days at area museums. Just a reminder - FREE days sometimes are limited to General Admission only and do NOT include all the upgraded special exhibits. Many times these are offered at a discount on free days.
Chicago Childrens Museum - Navy Pier
Thursdays 5-8pm; First Sunday (for children 15 and under, not parents)
Adler Planetarium - 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
Nov. 3,4,10,11,17,18,24,25 - Check website for FREE days in other months
Art Institute - 111 S. Michigan Ave.
Thursdays 5-8pm
Chicago History Museum - 1601 N. Clark
Mondays (children 12 and under FREE every day!)
DuSable Museum of African American History - 740 E. 56th Place
Sundays
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Second Mondays each month; Check website for other FREE days
Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive
Check Website for FREE days - they offer lots of them
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Avenue
Tuesdays; 2nd Saturdays October-May (fantastic family activities and FREE snacks!)
Museum of Science & Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive
Check Website for FREE days
Notebaert Nature Museum - 2430 N. Cannon Drive (by the Lincoln Park Zoo)
Thursdays
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