Free Fun Fridays is back for summer 2017 and the schedule is now out! Start planning your free summer fun!
From June 23, 2017 to August 25, 2017, The Highland Street Foundation sponsors Free Fun Friday where 85 Museums and Cultural Events throughout Massachusetts are FREE on Fridays this summer.
This is a great opportunity to check out local museums and attractions in Massachusetts for FREE this summer! (Don’t forget to check out the Discount Attraction page if you can’t make it on the day below to save money on local attractions)
Below is the 2017 Free Fun Fridays schedule or enjoy a printable version to hang on your fridge:
June 23, 2017:
- Lyric Stage Company of Boston
- Mary Baker Eddy Library, Boston
- The Sports Museum, Boston
- Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
- The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home, Lenox
- Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
- The Discovery Museums, Acton
June 30, 2017
- Boston Children’s Museum, Boston
- MIT Museum, Cambridge
- Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
- Springfield Museums, Springfield
- EcoTarium, Worcester
- Maritime Gloucester, Gloucester
- New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford
- The Gardens at Elm Bank,Wellesley
July 7
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
- New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston
- Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox
- Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington
- Amelia Park Children’s Museum, Westfield
- Falmouth Museums on the Green, Falmouth
- Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
- Children’s Museum in Easton, Easton
- The Hall at Patriot Place, Foxborough
July 14
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute, Boston
- The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill
- Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, Cambridge
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline
- Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown
- Edward Gorey House, Yarmouth Port
- Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton
- Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester
July 21
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Tanglewood, Lenox
- Boston Athenaeum, Boston
- The Museum of the NCAAA, Boston
- Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
- Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, Weston
- Lynn Museum, Lynn
- Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield
- Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich
July 28
- JFK Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
- Commonwealth Museum, Boston
- Arnold Arboretum, Boston
- The Eric Carle Museum, Amherst
- Berkshire Theatre Group, Pittsfield
- Historic Deerfield, Deerfield
- Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis
- Wenham Museum, Wenham
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston
August 4
- Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Boston
- Old State House, Boston
- The Greenway Carousel, Boston
- Fort Devens Museum, Devens
- Children’s Museum at Holyoke, Holyoke
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame, Holyoke
- The Old Manse, Concord
- JFK Hyannis Museum, Hyannis
August 11
- Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
- Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton
- Cape Cod Maritime Museum, Hyannis
- Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester
- Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester
- Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg
- Jacob’s Pillow Dance, Becket
- Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton
- Naumkeag, Stockbridge
August 18
- The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
- Freedom Trail® Foundation, Boston
- Buttonwoods Park Zoo, New Bedford
- Cape Cod Children’s Museum, Mashpee
- Concord Museum, Concord
- Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
- Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
August 25
- Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park, Boston
- USS Constitution Museum, Boston
- Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth
- MASS MoCA, North Adams
- Nantucket Whaling Museum, Nantucket
- The Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River, Fall River
- Museum of African American History, Boston
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster
- Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich
For more information about Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Fridays or to view the complete schedule, please head here.
10 Weeks, 85 attractions… what are you doing on Fridays this summer? What are you favorite attractions on the list?
