Smithsonian Magazine’s 7^th Annual Museum Day

Smithsonian magazine’s seventh annual Museum Day is this  Saturday, September 24th, 2011. Participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide will open their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day Ticket from Smithsonian.com/museumday.

Download your ticket and then head to one of the eight locations in Western MA to explore with the family. Visitors who present the official pass will gain free admission for two people to participating museums and cultural venues. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address:

• Emily Dickinson Museum
  280 Main Street, Amherst, MA
  413-542-8161
  Museum Day Hours: 11:00am – 4:00pm
  www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org

• Memorial Hall Museum
  8 Memorial Street, Deerfield, MA
  413-774-3768
  Museum Day Hours: 11:30am – 4:30pm
  www.deerfield-ma.org

• Museum of Our Industrial Heritage
  2 Mead Street, Greenfield, MA
  413-522-1061
  Museum Day Hours: 1:00am – 4:00pm
  www.industrialhistory.org

• Norman Rockwell Museum
  9 Route 183, Stockbridge, MA
  413-298-4100
  Museum Day Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm
  www.nrm.org

• Springfield Museums
  21 Edwards Street, Springfield, MA
  413-263-6800
  Museum Day Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm
  www.springfieldmuseums.org

• The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
  125 West Bay Rd, Amherst, MA
  413-658-1100
  Museum Day Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm
  www.carlemuseum.org

• The Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center
  302 Sumner Ave., Springfield, MA
  413-733-2251
  Museum Day Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm
  www.forestparkzoo.com

• University Museum of Contemporary Art
  151 Presidents Drive, UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA
  413-545-3670
  Museum Day Hours: 1:45pm – 5:00pm
  www.umass.edu/fac/umca

For more information and links to participating museums’, visit Smithsonian.com/museumday.