Museum Day: Free Admission At These Illinois Museums Saturday

ILLINOIS — If you’re looking for a fun and free activity for the weekend, consider a trip to one of Illinois' museums. Saturday, Sept. 22 is “Museum Day” and admission to more than 1,500 museums in the country, including 33 in Illinois, is free.

“Museum Day” is an annual event put together by the Smithsonian Magazine and includes participating museums in all 50 states. According to the Smithsonian, participants can download one ticket per email address that provides free general admission for two people.

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“Museum Day” is a one-day event only. To snag a ticket, just choose your museum from the list provided below:

Below are the participating museums in Illinois:

• Aurora Regional Fire Museum, Aurora
• SciTech Hands On Museum, Aurora
• Willowbrook Wildlife Center, Glen Ellyn
• Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook
• Stacy's Tavern Museum, Glen Ellyn
• Geneva History Museum, Geneva
• Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst
• Hoosier Grove Museum, Streamwood
• National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, Chicago
• DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago
• Busy Beaver Button Museum, Chicago
• Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
• National Hellenic Museum, Chicago
• Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago
• Glessner House, Chicago
• American Writers Museum, Chicago
• Adler Planetarium, Chicago
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
• Chicago History Museum, Chicago
• The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago
• Swedish American Museum Association of Chicago, Chicago
• Leather Archives & Museum, Chicago
• Barrington History Museum, Chicago
• C.H. Moore Homestead DeWitt County Museum, Clinton
• Galena & U.S. Grant Museum, Galena
• Glen Carbon Heritage Museum, Glen Carbon
• Illinois State Museum, Springfield
• Lincoln Heritage Museum, Lincoln
• National Museum of the American Sailor, Great Lakes
• Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria
• Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum, Poplar Grove
• Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, Urbana
• William M. Staerkel Planetarium, Champaign

You can also visit the Smithsonian Magazine website directly for tickets.

Click here for more information on Museum Day.

Patch file photo/Alder Planetarium by Joe Vince, Patch Staff