Just wanted to put a little note out there that I’ve added more museums to the free list. If you have any suggestions or something you want to see, please feel free to submit anything to me. Thanks!
September 29, 2009, 11:07am Comments
Free Chicago
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Chicago is an amazing city. Enjoy as much of it as possible as inexpensively as possible.
Go to Chicago museums for free.
First, there are an incredible number of great museums in Chicago. Second, many are free or have free days. This is a list of the free museums or those who have special free days.
Museums with free admission:
- ArchiCenter
- DePaul University Museum of Art
- Garfield Park Conservatory
- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
- Lincoln Park Conservatory
- Museum of Contemporary Photography
- National Museum of Mexican Art
- The Newberry Library Exhibits
- The Oriental Institute
- Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
- Smart Museum of Art
- Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows
Museums with free days:
- The Alder Planetarium - Click on the link to look for the select free days
- The Art Institute of Chicago - Thursdays, 5 - 8pm
- Charnley-Persky House Museum - Wednesdays, limited to 15 people.
- Chicago’s Children Museum - Thursdays, 5 - 8pm and the first Sunday of each month for chicldren 15 & under
- Chicago History Museum - All day Mondays
- Clarke House Museum - All day Wednesdays
- DuSable Museum of African American History - All day Sunday
- Field Museum of Natural History - Every second Monday
- Glessner House Museum - All day Wednesdays
- International Museum of Surgical Science - All day Tuesdays
- Loyola University Museum of Art - All day Tuesdays
- Museum of Contemporary Art - All day Tuesdays
- Museum of Science and Industry - Click on the link to look for the select free days
- National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum - Free for active or retired military
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - Thursdays are “suggested donation days.” Admission is normally $9.
- Shedd Aquarium - On Mondays and Tuesdays, click on the link to look for the select free days
- Spertus Museum and Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies - every Wednesday, 10am - 12noon and every Thursday, 2 - 6pm
September 24, 2009, 5:44pm Comments
