On September 26, Smithsonian Magazine will celebrate its 11th annual Museum Day Live! by offering free entry to more than 1,300 museums nationwide, 15 of which are in Chicago. The city offers a ton of free museum days throughout the year, but seldom does one have the opportunity to have free access to so many cultural institutions across town in a single day. The day will honor the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., which offers free admission year-round.
To attend, you just have to RSVP for a free ticket on the event's website. Check out the list of the 15 participating Chicago museums below and start planning your day of free knowledge.
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St
Adler Planetarium, 1300 S Lake Shore Drive
Loyola University Museum of Art, 820 N Michigan Ave
National Hellenic Museum, 333 S Halsted St
Swedish American Museum, 5211 N Clark St
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N Cannon Drive
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 S Pulaski Road
Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, 100 W Randolph St
Gallery 400, 400 S Peoria St
International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N Lake Shore Drive
Glessner House Museum, 1800 S Prairie Ave
Smart Museum of Art, 5500 S Greenwood Ave
Clarke House Museum, 1827 S Indiana Ave
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N Milwaukee
DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E 56th Place