Free Entry To 14 NH Museums This Weekend For Museum Day

CONCORD, NH — Fourteen New Hampshire museums will offer free admission this weekend as part of Smithsonian Magazine's 2018 "Museum Day." The event is Saturday, September 22. About 1,500 museums across the country that are participating.

Concord's McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. Portsmouth's Strawbery Banke Museum and Exeter's American Independence Museum are among the Granite State Museums participating.

Individuals can download tickets for Museum Day on Smithsonian Magazine's website. Each ticket allows free admission for two people. One ticket is available per email address.

The theme for this year's event is "Women Making History."

"Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine," the magazine wrote.

New Hampshire Museums Participating In Museum Day September, 2018

Concord

• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
• New Hampshire History Museum

Dover

• The Children's Museum of New Hampshire

Exeter

• American Independence Museum

Holderness

• Squam Lake Natural Science Center

Londonderry

• Aviation Museum of New Hampshire

Manchester

• Millyard Museum

Newbury

• The Fells Historic Estate and Gardens

Portsmouth

• Strawbery Banke Museum

Rye

• Seacoast Science Center

Warner

• New Hampshire Telephone Museum

Wolfeboro

• New Hampshire Boat Museum
• The Libby Museum of Natural History
• Wright Museum of World War II

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