free museum saturday
if anyone is interested…
19 Philadelphia area museums (and counting!) will be participating in
Smithsonian magazine’s Fifth Annual Museum Day on September 26. These
institutions will emulate the Smithsonian Institution’s free admission
policy and open their doors gratis to visitors nationwide.
American Philosophical Society Museum
Awbury Arboretum
Cliveden
Fireman’s Hall Museum
Glencairn Museum
Historic St. George’s
Independence National Historical Park
Independence Seaport Museum
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
National Liberty Museum
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Rosenbach Museum and Library
Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
The Academy of Natural Sciences
The African American Museum in Philadelphia
The Franklin Institute
The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design
The Print Center
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
With 1200 museums in all 50 states already registered, Museum Day 2009 is the largest in the event’s history. Check out the clickable map to see what museums in New York have already signed on:
http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venue.html.>
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i wish they did this like a Restaurant Week where you could visit different museums every day. plus i’m busy on Saturday, so no dice.