Visit These Connecticut Museums For Free On Museum Day 2021

Ridgefield CT

31 August, 2021

1:28 PM

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CONNECTICUT — After a long year of coronavirus closures and other restrictions, gather your family or your best group of friends to enjoy a day of free admission at The Aldrich and several others in Connecticut. Smithsonian Magazine's 17th annual Museum Day will take place Sept. 18 at select museums in Connecticut and in other cities across the country. This year's theme, "Experience America," celebrates "the return to, and resurgence of, our country's diverse cultural experiences," following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release. The following museums in Connecticut are participating in this year's Museum Day: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, RidgefieldHours: Noon - 5:00 p.m.Get Ticket Connecticut Historical Society, HartfordHours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Get Ticket Custom House Maritime Museum, New LondonHours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Get Ticket Danbury Railway MuseumHours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Get Ticket Florence Griswold Museum, Old LymeHours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Get Ticket Henry Whitfield State Museum, GuilfordHours: Noon - 4:00 p.m. Get Ticket Institute for American Indian Studies, WashingtonHours: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Get Ticket Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, NorwalkHours: Noon - 4:00 p.m. Get Ticket New England Civil War Museum, VernonHours: Noon - 3:00 p.m. Get Ticket (Free every day) Stanley-Whitman House, FarmingtonHours: Noon - 4:00 p.m. Get Ticket (Closed Saturday; valid Sunday, Sept. 19) Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, HartfordHours: Noon - 5:00 p.m.Get Ticket (link this) The purpose of Museum Day, according to a release, is to promote equal access to the wide array of museums in the United States, especially among children and underrepresented communities. Museum-goers can head to the Museum Day website to download their ticket. Each ticket grants the ticket holder and one guest free, timed access to any participating museum. One ticket is permitted per email address. See the full list of participating museums at SmithsonianMag.com.