Smithsonian Magazine Free Museum Day April 4.
Every year Smithsonian Magazine offers free admission-for-two to hundreds of participating museums across the United States. This year they are offering two days the first is Saturday, April 4, 2020.
To take advantage of this offer you need to fill out the form on the Smithsonian website here and then download your free ticket valid for two people. Get there early, because the museums may limit the number of guests allowed in at one time.
If you’re planning on going as a group, you might consider registering for additional admit-two tickets through friends and family.
2020 Free Museum Days Chicago here.
Smithsonian Magazine Free Museum Day April 4 participating Illinois museums:
Adler Planetarium
Chicago, IL
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (CST)
Smithsonian Affiliate Museum
American Writers Museum
Chicago, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL
Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CST)
Design Museum of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (CST)
Free Everyday
International Museum of Surgical Science
Chicago, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Leather Archives & Museum
Chicago, IL
Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
National Pullman Porter Museum
Chicago , IL
Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Swedish American Museum
Chicago, IL
Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (CST)
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Chicago, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Suburbs
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Springfield, IL
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Aurora Regional Fire Museum
Aurora, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (CST)
Barrington History Museum
Barrington, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (CST)
Blocks to Bricks
Schaumburg, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. (CST)
Burpee Museum of Natural History
Rockford, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (EST)
C.H. Moore Homestead DeWitt County Museum
Clinton, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
DuPage County Historical Museum
Wheaton, IL
Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Free Everyday
Galena Jo-Daviess County Historical Society
Galena , IL
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CST)
Illinois State Museum
Springfield, IL
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CST)
LaSalle County Historical Society
North Utica, IL
Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (CST
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
Oak Brook, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Smithsonian Affiliate Museum
Lombard Historical Society Sheldon Peck Homestead
Lombard, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Free Everyday
Lombard Historical Society Victorian Cottage
Lombard, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Smithsonian Affiliate Museum Free Everyday
Mayslake Peabody Estate
Oak Brook, IL
Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Midwest Museum of Natural History
Sycamore, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
National Museum of the American Sailor
Great Lakes, IL
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Free Everyday
Poplar Grove Vintage Wings And Wheels Museum
Poplar Grove, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (CST)
SciTech Hands on Museum
Aurora, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Stacy’s Tavern Museum
Glen Ellyn, IL
Hours: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CST)
The Museums at Lisle Station Park
Lisle, IL
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (CST)
Free Everyday
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens
Rockford, IL
Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)
William M. Staerkel Planetarium
Champaign, IL
Hours: 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (CST)
