CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Did you know that you can also get FREE passes to many of your favorite Chicago museums from the Chicago Public Library???

CLICK HERE to find out how.

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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
• Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
• Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
• 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

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