Museum Day is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Media in which participating museums across the country open their doors for free to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket. The Museum Day Ticket provides free admission to one person, plus a guest.  Take advantage and visit that place you’ve always wanted to visit, but never had the time.

• One ticket per household
• A ticket will gain entry in only one museum and only participating museums
• Only an official Museum Day ticket is eligible for free entry. Official tickets can be found here on the Museum Day website.

Participating Connecticut Museums: 

• Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
• American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol
• Bruce Museum,  Greenwich
• Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut,  Niantic
• Custom House Maritime Museum,  New London
• Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center, Westport
• Fairfield Museum and History Center, Fairfield
• Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme
• Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford
• Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington
• Jonathan Trumbull Jr. House, Lebanon
• Lebanon Historical Society Museum & Visitor Center, Lebanon
• Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket
• Nathan Hale Schoolhouse East Haddam
•  Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, New London 
• New England Civil War Museum, Rockville
• New Milford Historical Society, New Milford
• Old Tolland County Courthouse, Tolland
• Old Tolland County Jail & Museum,  Tolland
• Roseland Cottage, Woodstock
• Saint Joseph College Art Gallery, West Hartford
• Shore Line Trolley Museum, East Haven
• Skitch Henderson Museum, New Milford
• Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
• War Office, Lebanon

More Info and how to get your tickets at: http://www.smithsonian.org/museumday