Below is the schedule for the very popular Free Fun Fridays from the Highland Street Foundation.
Every Friday from June 26, 2015 to August 28, 2015 there will be free admission to very popular attractions and cultural venues across Massachusetts. This year 70 different venues are participating– more than last year with new venues added!
June 26, 2015:
- BSO/Tanglewood (Lenox)
- Worcester Art Museum (Worcester)
- Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge)
- MIT Museum (Cambridge)
- Peabody Essex Museum (Salem)
- Edith Wharton’s Home (Lenox)
- House of Seven Gables (Salem)
July 3, 2015:
- Boston Children’s Museum (Boston)
- Heritage Museums & Gardens (Sandwich)
- Amelia Park Children’s Museum (Westfield)
- Naumkeag Reservation (Stockbridge)
- Old Manse (Concord)
- Falmouth Museums on the Green (Falmouth)
- Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield)
July 10, 2015:
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute (Boston)
- Cape Cod Maritime Museum (Hyannis Port)
- Children’s Museum of Holyoke (Holyoke)
- Volleyball Hall of Fame (Holyoke)
- Danforth Art (Framingham)
- New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford)
- New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston)
July 17, 2015:
- Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
- Sports Museum (Boston)
- Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester)
- Children’s Museum in Easton (Easton)
- Fitchburg Art Museum (Fitchburg)
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum (Brookline)
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston)
July 24, 2015:
- Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Boston)
- Edward Gorey House (Yarmouth Port)
- Battleship Cove (Fall River)
- Fruitlands Museum (Harvard)
- Museum of Russian Icons (Clinton)
- Pilgrim Hall Museum (Plymouth)
- Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (Boston)
July 31, 2015:
- Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston)
- Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis)
- American Textile History Museum (Lowell)
- Eric Carle Museum (Amherst)
- Garden in the Woods (Framingham)
- Sandwich Glass Museum (Sandwich)
- Wenham Museum (Wenham)
August 7, 2015:
- Boston Harbor Island Alliance (Boston)
- Worcester Historical Museum (Worcester)
- Concord Museum (Concord)
- Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield)
- Rose Kennedy Greenway Carousel (Boston)
- Springfield Museums (Springfield)
- Old State House (Boston)
August 14, 2015
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Boston)
- Cape Cod Children’s Museum (Mashpee)
- Historic Deerfield (Deerfield)
- Children’s Museum of Fall River (Fall River)
- Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (Great Barrington)
- Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton)
- USS Constitution Museum (Charlestown)
August 21, 2015
- Franklin Park Zoo (Dorchester)
- Freedom Trail Foundation (Boston)
- Emily Dickinson Museum (Amherst)
- Buttonwood Park Zoo (New Bedford)
- Discovery Museums (Acton)
- Museum of African American History (Boston)
- Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Beckett)
August 28, 2015
- Old Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge)
- Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth)
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History (Brewster)
- EcoTarium (Worcester)
- Clark Art Institute (Williamstown)
- Griffin Photography Museum (Winchester)
- MASS MoCA (North Adams)
To learn more about Free Fun Fridays and the Highland Street Foundation, visit www.highlandstreet.org. For a printable Free Fun Fridays schedule, please head here.
Have you participated in Free Fun Fridays before? What is your favorite attraction on the list?
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