A family outing to a Chicago-area museum can really get pricey -- which is why you should take advantage of as many museum free days as you can.
Free days seem to be few and far between during the busy summer months, but you can still find them here and there. In fact, several popular Chicago-area museums are offering free days in early June -- a perfect outing to kick off summer once the kids are out of school.
Got your calendars ready? Okay, here are the museum free days for summer 2010 (at least these are the ones that I know about).
The
Adler Planetarium: June 7th-11th
The Art Institute of Chicago: Free
to the public every Thursday evening from 5pm-8pm.
Chicago Children's Museum: Free for visitors under age 15 on the first Sunday of every month; Free for all visitors on Thursday evenings from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m.
The
Chicago History Museum: Free to
the public every Monday.
The Field
Museum: Basic admission is free on the second Monday of every month.
Also June 2nd, 3rd and 14th. July 12th. August
9th and 24th.
Museum
of Science and Industry: June 7th-11th, August 30th
Museum of Contemporary Art:
Free every Tuesday
Shedd Aquarium:
June 14th-18th
Know of any other free museum days? Leave a
comment and tell us about it. The more free days, the better!
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