Museum Day, hosted by Smithsonian magazine, is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country will offer free entry to anyone with a Museum Day ticket, which provides general admission for two people.
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Those interested will be able to download one ticket per email address. In Philadelphia, there are 10 places participating.
• Penn Museum – An archaeology and anthropology museum highlighting 10,000 years of history from around the globe.
• Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – The oldest natural science research institution and museum in America.
• National Museum of American Jewish History – Museum traces the stories of how Jewish immigrants became Jewish Americans.
• Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – The first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States.
• Woodmere Art Museum – The museum has a large collection of paintings, prints, sculptures and photographs from regional artists.
• Independence Seaport Museum – Explores Philadelphia's maritime history.
• American Swedish Historical Museum – Tells the history of the New Sweden colonists who settled the Greater Philadelphia area in the mid-1600s.
• Fort Mifflin on the Delaware – A National Historic Landmark that offers tours of the Revolutionary War battlefield and fort.
• Institute of Contemporary Art – One of the country's leading museums dedicated to contemporary art.
• The Print Center – Brings a focus to photography and printmaking as art.
Across Pennsylvania, 65 cultural attractions will participate, while New Jersey has 27 and Delaware has eight. You can search through all the tri-state area museums and cultural attractions here.
Museum Day
Saturday, Sept. 21
Free general admission for two people
All participating museums and cultural institutions
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