FREE Museum Day on March 12th (Must Reserve Your Tickets By Tomorrow, March 1st)
Here’s a great opportunity for you and a friend to get out of the house! On Saturday, March 12th, you can visit your local participating museum for FREE, sponsored by the Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! annual event. BUT, registration closes on Tuesday, March 1st, so be sure to make your reservations TODAY!
Here’s what you need to do to get your FREE tickets…
* Head over here and check out the participating museums in your area.
* Once you have found a participating museum, head over here and complete the registration form by MARCH 1ST, 2016.
* Your ticket will be emailed to you after you submit your information; remember to print and bring your ticket to your selected participating museum on Saturday.
* Keep in mind that your free ticket is good for two people per household and is NOT valid for special exhibits, IMAX film screenings or for use with any other offers. There is a limit of 1 Museum Day Ticket per household and per valid email address.
(Thanks, Free Stuff Times!)
When I click on the link to find participating museums, all I get is the Smithsonian asking museums to participate??
Here is the link to search for a museum:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/museum-day-live-march-2016/
Hi Suzanne! I just updated the link!
Anyone else finding this website really confusing? I’m having a hard time finding a list of participating museums.
Just updated the link to find them easier! Hope that helps!
I clicked on the link but can’t seem to find the participating museums and not sure I understand how to get the ticket. Thank you
Hi there! Sorry for the confusion! I just swapped out the link and you should be able to find the participating museums now!
Try this link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-live-march-2016/
The “here” link does not take me to a list of participating museums. Is it working for others?
I used the link on the post to check the participating museums, and it worked, but don’t know how to get tickets. On the dashboard there’s a link to museum day, but is not working 😕
Hi Jan! The link has been updated!
I am confused as well, it doesn’t list museums in any way to find one, and then when I went to FAQ it said that tickets were to be printed on Jan. 4, 2016. Looks like this is a form to register a museum.
Does everyone get free admission?
No. To get free admission, guests must present a Museum Day Live! ticket. This ticket is good for two guests.
Where can guests get the ticket?
Available on Smithsonian.com on January 4th, 2016.
The link for the list of participating museums has been updated! You can find it by clicking through again. Hope that helps!
I just got my tickets thank you. I think it helped that i signed up last yr for this.
Oh good! You’re so welcome!
Count me in to the confused group here. I created an account and I know which museum participates in my area, but there’s no link to request free tickets. And how do they know where to send the tickets when all they have is my email.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/museum-day-live-march-2016
I used your link, Heidi, but the link to “get tickets” just led me to dashboard, which is a dead end for me.
“A” posted the details below. Register for an account first if you don’t already have one!
Ok that was really confusing. If you haven’t figured it out yet, register an account first (if you haven’t already) then search museums and click on the museum you want to visit, then there will be a link that says “get tickets” then it’ll open your dashboard again … with a link to get tickets. Wow.
Made an account . Now how do you search for museums?
Woohoo! I finally score free tickets! Thanks for the step by step instructions. Really confusing, and my ipad acting up is not helping. I switched to laptop and it was a breeze!
Without your help A, I would have given up! =) The OP made it more confusing unintentionally, I’m sure!
Awesome thanks! Got two free tickets to the zoo!
You’re very welcome Missy! Have fun!
Got our tickets. Thank you and this is so up my alley 🙂 Love museums and history!
You’re so welcome!
I found the list by clicking on the link then clicking on the FAQS button on the dashboard. Scroll down and click on find participating museums. Hope this helps 😊
I did the same thing as ‘A’. Register for an acccount, then in the panel on the left, you see a tab that says ‘Museum Day’ and ‘Request Tickets’ under that. You select your region, then the museum, and request to get the tickets. Super excited about this!
None participating in our area:-(
Darn 🙁
None in CT either, bummed ;-(
You can get tickets for museums that are outside your area. I live in Pa and got tickets for Oh.
We have always participated in free museum day, but I don’t see much for Minneapolis offered this time. I think all but one are always free anyway. In the past we have gotten to try some really fun kid friendly museums we would not have known about that we plan to go back to.
Sweet! Thanks for sharing your experience Erin! Glad to hear you have found some great Museums to visit!
Yes, I thought there would be more around MPLS! I too found the always free museums participating, but not much beyond that. Hoping for more variety and choices in the participating museums in MN next time! 🙂
Got 2 tickets for the Asheville Art Museum. Thanks!
YW!
This is very unusual that they are offering this in March, along with the September one they always have. This may be why not as many places are participating.
The museum I was hoping for Arizona museum of natural history was not on the list but I checked their website and actually found out they have a free day Sunday march 6th from 1-5!! So that’s awesome!! And then grabbed the March 12th free tickets to the museum of Casa grande where wild man Phil comes in with animals at 1pm! Bonus!! Thank you!!
How cool! You’re so welcome! Enjoy!
thank you so much..
You’re welcome!
I’m still having the same issues as everyone else. Bummer 🙁
Are you able to click through the link above to find a participating museum in your area? Hope that helps!
thank you Collin! we have a museum locally that we were able to use this offer for last time ( it is normally a $19 entry fee) the museum has a planetarium & aquarium, interactive kids room, & great exhibits. the free tickets covered everything! it is not participating this time, but im sure it will again. thank you again
Sounds like a lot of fun! You’re very welcome!
Thanks! This is something I wanted to do for my birthday anyways and coincidentally it falls on the free date. Wonderful way to start the week! Thanks Collin and h2s comments for helping to score free tix to the art museum! 💗
You’re welcome! Happy Birthday!
Thank you! You made my day with this freebie. I’m loving leap day! 🐰
As someone above stated, make sure you register FIRST
That’s the only way it appears to be working
Greg
No Zoo Miami this time around.
Bummer 🙁
Thank you so much. My family loved this the last 2 years and even though there is a limited selection this year, we still found a place we want to go. Really appreciate this post!!!
You’re very welcome!
I’m getting a failure message when trying to register.
I get a failure message when I try to register.
I got tickets….Use this link https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/museum-day-live-march-2016/. USe the search engine to find a museum. Click on the museum you wish to visit. There will be an orange button “Get Tickets”. Follow the prompts to secure tickets. **It is only good for 2 tickets.
Awesome! I look forward to taking my daughter to the zoo for he first time!
Thanks Collin! We’re headed to the Slugger Museum!