Free (and $1) Museum Admission
steve haske Free Wednesday Nights at the MFA. Musuem of Fine
Arts, Boston. 4-9:45 p.m. www.mfa.org .
18 Target $1 Friday Nights. Boston Children's Museum. 5- 9 p.m. 617-426-8855. www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org .
Free Thursday Night at ICA. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Thursday nights from 5-9
p.m. and also on last Saturday monthly. www.icaboston.org .
Harvard University's Museum of Natural History. Cambridge. Free admission to MA residents
Wednesdays from 3-5 p.m. (Sept. - May) and Sunday mornings (year-round) from
9-noon. www.hmnh.harvard.edu/information/index.html .
The MIT Museum.
265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Sundays, 10-noon. Free admission. http://web.mit.edu/museum/index.html .
Kid Friendly Exhibition: Pets in America: The Story of
Our Lives with Animals at Home. National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Rd.,
Lexington. Mon. - Sat., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Sun., noon - 5 p.m. Thru Oct. 14.
A charming and informative exhibition featuring more than 200 objects and
photographs including pet portraits from the 1800s, a dog treadmill from the
1890s, early veterinary medicines, vintage pet food packaging, antique collars,
birdcages, aquariums, and print ads. Free admission and parking. 781-861-6559.
www.nationalheritagemuseum.org.
Free Sunday. Providence Children's Museum, Providence, R.I. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 1st Sunday monthly.
401-273-KIDS or www.childrenmuseum.org.
Free Admission Worcester Art Museum, Salisbury St., Worcester. Saturdays., 10-noon. 508-799-440.
www.worcesterart.org.
