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FREE Museum Admission for Museum Day Live! Sept. 24th

See Which Museums Are Participating!

September 22, 2016

Smithsonian magazine designates Saturday, September 24, 2016 the 12th annual Museum Day Live! For one day only, participating museums across the United States, with a wide range of diverse exhibitions, will emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based facilities, which offer free admission everyday, and open their doors for free to those who download a Museum Day Live! ticket.  
  
The public can visit smithsonian.com/museumday to learn more and download a Museum Day Live! ticket. Each ticket grants the ticket holder (plus one guest) free access to any participating museum on September 24th.  One ticket is permitted per household, per email address.  A list of participating museums, which will be updated as more museums sign on, can be found at smithsonian.com/museumday/venues.  Notable local museums include:

  • David J. Sencer CDC Museum (Atlanta)
  • High Museum of Art (Atlanta)
  • Hammonds House Museum (Atlanta)
  • Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) (Atlanta)
  • Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (Atlanta)
  • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (Atlanta)
  • Georgia Museum of Art (Athens)
  • Morris Museum of Art (Augusta)
  • Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum (Carrollton)
  • Booth Western Art Museum (Cartersville)
  • Tellus Science Museum (Cartersville)
  • Bartow History Museum (Cartersville)
  • Booth Western Art Museum (Cartersville)
  • Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts (Duluth)
  • Uncle Remus Museum (Eatonton)
  • Road to Tara Museum (Jonesboro)
  • Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History (Kennesaw)
  • Marietta Museum of History (Marietta)
  • William Root House Museum and Garden (Marietta)
  • The Foxfire Museum & Heritage Center (Mountain City)
  • Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home (Rome)
  • Archibald Smith Plantation Home (Roswell)
  • Barrington Hall (Roswell)
  • Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia (Sautee- Nacoochee)
Museum Day Live! is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket.  Over 1,100 museums are expected to participate this year. 

Where will your curiosity lead you on Museum Day Live!?
 For more information, please visit smithsonian.com/museumday.