Here’s your chance to sign up for free tickets to visit the Museum of Flight in Seattle or 1,000 other museums participating in Smithsonian Museum Day.
Save the Date! September 22, 2018 is Museum Day
Admission tickets to the Museum of Flight usually cost $22 per person, but on Saturday September 22, 2018 admission is free thanks to the Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day program. You can get a ticket for two people via the Smithsonian Museum Day program, so that is a $44 value!
Not in Seattle? There are 47 other aviation museums offering free admission through the Smithsonian program this year. In fact, the Seattle Museum of Flight is just one of over 1,200 art, science, history, natural history, children’s and aviation museums that will admit ticketed patrons for free on September 22, 2018. Many of the participating museums normally charge admission, though some of the smaller museums are always free.
You must register online in advance to order a ticket and there is a limit of one ticket per email address. Each ticket admits two people. The ticket is valid only for free general admission. It does not include entry to special exhibits or IMAX screenings.
If you’re in Washington, DC, you can get a free ticket to the Kreeger Museum of modern art, the National Building Museum, or the Newseum.
In New York City, check out The Intrepid, the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt design museum, the Museum of the City of New York, or the Jewish Museum.
In Baltimore, the Museum of Industry and the Trolley Museum are great choices for families.
Find a museum in your locale with this online search tool.
Discover Quirky Attractions Near You on Museum Day
The best thing about the Smithsonian Museum Day is the database of smaller museums. Many museums that may not be on your radar participate in the program because if offers them national exposure.
- Consider these options:
- The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez Museum in Jamestown, New York. Where else can you play with an interactive Vitameatavegamin set?
- The Ancient Spanish Monastary in North Miami Beach, Florida. This is an actual 12th century Cistercian cloisters that was dismantled and shipped to the United States in 1925.
- The Leonardo in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is a really fun hands on science museum.
- Gropius House in Lincoln Massachusetts. If you are into Bauhaus architecture this is your place.
- U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It’s the largest space flight museum in the world!
You can find a museum in your locale with this online search tool.