50 Pennsylvania Museums To Offer Free Admission This Saturday

If the fee has been keeping you from experiencing some of Pennsylvania's museums and historical sites, Museum Day Live! has an offer you can't refuse.

The annual event, sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine, provides free admission this Saturday, Sept. 24, to participating museums across the country, including 50 in Pennsylvania.

Participating Pennsylvania museums and exhibits include: Philadelphia History Museum; James A. Michener Art Museum; National Watch & Clock Museum; America On Wheels Museum and more.

Here's how organizers describe the day: "Smithsonian 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."

Click here to download a ticket.

Here's a full list of participating Pennsylvania museums and historical sites:

ALLENTOWN

Allentown Art Museum

America On Wheels Museum

Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum

Liberty Bell Museum

ALTOONA

Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum

BETHLEHEM

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Smithsonian Affiliate Museums

National Museum of Industrial History Smithsonian Affiliate Museums

BOYERTOWN

Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles

BROCKWAY

Brockway Center for Arts and Technology Free everyday

BRYN ATHYN

Glencairn Museum

CHADDS FORD

Brandywine River Museum of Art

COLUMBIA

National Watch & Clock Museum

DOYLESTOWN

Bucks County Civil War Library and Museum

James A. Michener Art Museum

EASTON

National Canal Museum Smithsonian Affiliate Museums

Sigal Museum of the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society

ERIE

Erie Art Museum

FRANKLIN

DeBence Antique Music World

GREENSBURG

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art Free everyday

HANOVER

Neas House

Warehime-Myers Mansion

HARRISBURG

Fort Hunter Mansion

John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion

HERSHEY

Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum Smithsonian Affiliate Museums

The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue

LANCASTER

Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum

LANSFORD

No. 9 Mine And Museum

NAZARETH

The Moravian Historical Society

PARADISE

National Christmas Center Family Attraction & Museum

PERKASIE

Pearl S. Buck International

PHILADELPHIA

African American Museum in Philadelphia

Penn Museum

Philadelphia History Museum

Rosenbach Museum & Library

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

The National Museum of American Jewish History

The Print Center

Woodford Mansion

PITTSBURGH

Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History

Senator John Heinz History Center Smithsonian Affiliate Museums

Society for Contemporary Craft Free everyday

READING

Berks County Heritage Center

RONKS

National Toy Train Museum

SCRANTON

Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art

SOMERSET

Laurel Arts at Philip Dressler Center for the Arts Free everyday

TARENTUM

Heritage Museum

UNIVERSITY PARK

Palmer Museum of Art Free everyday

WRIGHTSVILLE

Burning of the Bridge Diorama

Wrightsville Historical Museum Free everyday

YORK

York County History Center

Click here to visit the Smithsonian's website for more details.

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