Wondering how to get into a New England museum without paying? Below is Wonderland\u2019s guide to free days at institutions when an average Massachusetts grownup resident can get in for free. The venues are listed in alphabetical order. (Also: It’s not noted here, but many museums have free or reduced admissions for children, military service members, veterans and EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) cardholders.)<\/p>\n
If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. And sign up for our free, weekly newsletter<\/a> so that you don’t miss any of our reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy<\/a>, Andover: \u201cFree.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Bell Gallery, Brown University<\/a>, Providence: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Boston Children\u2019s Museum<\/a>, Boston: No free days, but \u201cFridays $1 from 5pm to 9pm.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 BSA Space, Boston Society for Architecture<\/a>, Boston: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Cape Ann Museum<\/a>, Gloucester: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University<\/a>, Cambridge: \u201cFree.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Clark Art Institute<\/a>, Williamstown: \u201cEnjoy free admission on the first Sunday of the month from October to May.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Cooper Gallery, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University<\/a>, Cambridge: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Currier Museum of Art<\/a>, Manchester, New Hampshire: \u201cWe offer free admission hours to New Hampshire residents on the second Saturday morning of each month from 10 a.m. to noon.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Davis Museum at Wellesley College<\/a>, Wellesley: \u201cGeneral Admission Free.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park<\/a>, Lincoln: \u201cFree admission to all cyclists who pedal to deCordova.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Emerson Contemporary, Emerson College<\/a>, Boston: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art<\/a>, Amherst: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Fitchburg Art Museum<\/a>, Fitchburg: \u201cFree admission for all on the first Thursday of each month, 3:00 \u2013 7:00 pm.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Fuller Craft Museum<\/a>, Brockton: Free: \u201cThursday 5:00 \u2013 9:00 pm.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Griffin Museum of Photography<\/a>, Winchester: \u201cThursdays 2 to 4 \u2013 free admission for all.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Harvard Art Museums<\/a>, Cambridge: \u201cFree: Massachusetts residents, Saturdays from 10am-noon (proof of residency required).\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Harvard Museum of Natural History<\/a>, Cambridge: \u201cFree to Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and on Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (September through May). Proof of residency required.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Institute of Contemporary Art<\/a>, Boston: \u201cAdmission is FREE for all every Thursday from 5 to 9 PM during ICA Free Thursday Nights.\u201d Also \u201cWhen accompanied by kids 12 and under during Play Dates (the last Saturday of every month except December), up to 2 adults per family admitted free.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum<\/a>, Boston: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Lesley University Galleries<\/a>, Cambridge: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 MassArt Art Museum<\/a>, Boston: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mass MoCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)<\/a>, North Adams: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College<\/a>, Boston: \u201cFree.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts<\/a>, Boston: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 MIT List Visual Arts Center<\/a>, Cambridge: \u201cAdmission and programs are FREE.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 MIT Museum<\/a>, Cambridge: \u201cFree last Sunday of each month, September through June.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Montserrat College of Art Galleries<\/a>, Beverly: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Museum of African American History<\/a>, Boston: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Museum of Fine Arts<\/a>, Boston: \u201cFree days: \u2026 Wednesday nights after 4 pm, admission is by voluntary contribution (suggested donation $25).\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists<\/a>, Boston: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Museum of Russian Icons<\/a>, Clinton: \u201cFirst Sunday of the Month: Free admission all day!\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Museum of Science<\/a>, Boston: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 New Bedford Art Museum<\/a>, New Bedford: \u201cFree admission every Thursday from 5 pm to 9 pm.\u201d And \u201cLast Sunday of every month is free admission.\u201d And \u201cFree admission on Aha! Nights from 5 pm to 9 pm.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 New Bedford Whaling Museum<\/a>, New Bedford: \u201cFree on Aha! Nights.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Newport Art Museum<\/a>, Newport, Rhode Island: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Norman Rockwell Museum<\/a>, Stockbridge: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Peabody Essex Museum<\/a>, Salem: No free days.<\/p>\n \u2022 Portland Museum of Art<\/a>, Portland, Maine: \u201cEvery Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., the PMA is free to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Provincetown Art Association and Museum<\/a>, Provincetown: \u201cOpenings are free and open to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design<\/a>, Providence: \u201cAdmission is free every Sunday (10 am\u20135 pm) and on the third Thursday evening of each month (5\u20139 pm).\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Rose Art Museum<\/a>, Brandeis University, Waltham: \u201cFree admission, always.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Society of Arts and Crafts<\/a>, Boston: \u201cAlways free.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Suffolk University Art Gallery<\/a>, Boston: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College<\/a>, Boston: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Tufts University Art Galleries<\/a> at Tufts University, Medford, and at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston: \u201cAll exhibitions and related programming are free, open to the public, and fully accessible. Suggested donation: $3.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 University Hall Gallery at UMass Boston<\/a>, Boston: Free.<\/p>\n \u2022 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art<\/a>, Hartford, Connecticut: \u201cMuseum admission is free from 4-5pm Wednesday-Sunday.\u201d Also \u201cSecond Saturdays For Families: Arrive between 10 am and 1 pm on the second Saturday of each month and enjoy free admission for the day.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Williams College Museum of Art<\/a>, Williamstown: \u201cCome in, we’re free!\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Worcester Art Museum<\/a>, Worcester: \u201cFree admission to all visitors on the first Sunday of each month: 10am-4pm.\u201d<\/p>\n If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. And sign up for our free, weekly newsletter<\/a> so that you don’t miss any of our reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n Wondering how to get into a New England museum without paying? 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