Smithsonian magazine announced the return of Museum Day on September 18, 2021.
More than 1,000 museums, zoos, and cultural centers across the United States will welcome visitors for free as part of the 17th Museum Day.
The company wants to celebrate the reopening of museums after museum closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the event being canceled last year. This year’s theme, “Experience America,” represents the return and resurgence of the country’s diverse cultural experiences.
In 2019, 324,922 tickets for the event were downloaded, resulting in over 900,000 museum visitors because participants attend with paying visitors, too.Â
Tickets are totally free, and you can download them, for quick and easy entry at the place you select from Smithsonian magazine. Tickets will be available beginning Aug. 18. You can only download one ticket per email address, but each one allows entry for two people.
Tickets may be free, but take note that many participating museums will have varying COVID-19 safety precautions in place this year. Check the museum website before you go.
The full list of museums can on be viewed on the Smithsonian magazine website.
The Smithsonian already has museums open to the public for free every day, such as The National Museum of Natural History, National Air and Space Museum, and National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Museum Day brings possibilities to visit other unique finds and hidden gems that aren’t normally free.
Check out the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, and walk the entire length of an aircraft carrier. Or enrich your mind with art at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida, the largest in the area. In Alabama, you can go to USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park and step right onto the QQII battleship USS Alabama and submarine USS Drum, both national historical landmarks.
In California, visitors can soak up the sun and explore the California African American Museum. Visitors will learn about Black art, history, and culture with a focus on California and the West.Â
And the list goes on, the Quaker Oats Company is the sponsor.
