Have you ever wanted to go to theNew Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum ? design your trip to NOLA just right and your museum visit could be loose . On September 21 , more than 1500 museums ( up from last yr ’s total of1250 ) in all 50 states plus Washington , D.C. will offer gratuitous oecumenical entree to all visitant in solemnisation ofSmithsonianmagazine ’s fifteenth annualMuseum Day .
" There are so many greatmuseumsand ethnical insane asylum throughout our nation that you may not even jazz about , some of them right in your own backyard , ” Amy Wilkins , Smithsonian Media ’s chief revenue officeholder , toldTravel + Leisure . Museum Day highlights hidden gems across the state and helps people visit those places without cost restrictions ( though some of the museums on the list are free to confab at any sentence ) .
to chance a museum that ’s participate in Museum Day , use Smithsonian ’s onlinesearch social occasion . Each DoS list how many museum are take part , and you may even search by character of institution , like Air and Space , Art , Children , History , Science , or Zoos and Gardens . Select a museum from the Smithsonian site and download one ticket per electronic mail address ( each just the ticket is unspoilt for two people — and you ’ll require that to get your devoid admission ) .
According to Museum Day organizers , 453,000 people download ticket in 2018 , so you ’ve arrive some challenger . But if you ’ve been looking for a reason to visit theMuseum of the Mountain Manin Pinedale , Wyoming ; Allentown , Pennsylvania’sAmerica on Wheels Museum ; or theCalifornia Surf Museumin Oceanside , California , free admission fee should be need enough .
( If you ’re queer about some of our editors favorite offbeat museums across the U.S. , clickhereand see if any of them are participating . )
