Summer Fridays will again bring loads of free cultural activities statewide when the Free Fun Fridays program returns on June 28.

The initiative, which will be in its 11th year in 2019, is sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation and offers free admission to 10 museums and attractions across Massachusetts during 10 consecutive summer Fridays. This year, it will run from June 28 to Aug. 30.

The program drew 153,000 visitors in 2018 and has welcomed a total of 1.3 million people since its inception in 2009, according to a Highland Street Foundation press release.

Lions living at Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro, a new venue participating in Free Fun Fridays this year. —Michele McDonald / The Boston Globe

2019’s theme is “Your ticket to summer fun,” and three new venues have joined the lineup: the Museum of Printing in Haverhill (July 5), Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro (Aug. 30), and Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield (Aug. 30).


They’ll join returning museums and venues, such as the Boston Children’s Museum (July 19), Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge (Aug. 30), and the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge (June 28), as well as returning musical and dramatical groups, such as the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston (July 26), the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in Lenox (Aug. 2), and the Berkshire Theatre Group in Stockbridge (Aug. 16).

As in years past, the deal is extended to guests of all ages, whether they live in state or out of state, and parking and transportation are not included.

Visitors at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge. —

The Highland Street Foundation, an organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for Massachusetts families, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

“As Highland Street Foundation turns 30, we continue our efforts to increase access and opportunities for children and families in Massachusetts,” said Blake Jordan, the executive director of the Highland Street Foundation, in a statement. “We’re very excited that in our 11th year, Free Fun Fridays and our partner institutions will offer enrichment, entertainment and education in every region of the state. There are so many options in 2019, we’re looking forward to a great summer.”

Here is the Free Fun Fridays schedule for summer 2019:

June 28

Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston

Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

MIT Museum, Cambridge

Nichols House Museum, Boston

Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge

Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth

The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home, Lenox

Wenham Museum, Wenham

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester

July 5

Cape Cod Maritime Museum, Hyannis

Amelia Park Children’s Museum, Westfield

Falmouth Museums on the Green, Falmouth

Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth

Children’s Museum, Easton

Edward Gorey House, Yarmouth Port

Jacob’s Pillow, Becket

Museum of Printing, Haverhill

The Old Manse, Trustees, Concord

The Telephone Museum, Waltham

July 12

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Hall at Patriot Place, Foxborough

Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River, Fall River

Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester

New England Quilt Museum, Lowell

Smith College of Art, Northampton

Springfield Museums, Springfield

Charles River Watershed Association, Weston

Chesterwood, Stockbridge

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington

July 19

Boston Children’s Museum, Boston

Arnold Arboretum, Boston

Battleship Cove, Fall River

Cape Cod Children’s Museum, Mashpee

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst

New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston

Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket

Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, Weston

July 26

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, Boston

Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis

Commonwealth Museum, Boston

Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline

The Gardens at Elm Bank, Wellesley

Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum, Lenox

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Boston

Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg

Historic Deerfield, Deerfield

Aug. 2

Franklin Park Zoo, Boston

Old State House, Boston

Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, Lenox

Chatham Shark Center, Chatham

Children’s Museum of Holyoke, Holyoke

Concord Museum, Concord

International Volleyball Hall of Fame, Holyoke

Lynn Museum, Lynn

Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton

Naumkeag, The Trustees, Stockbridge

Aug. 9

Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park, Boston

Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley

Gore Place, Waltham

Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield

JFK Hyannis Museum, Hyannis

New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford

Old Colony History Museum, Taunton

Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester

Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston

The Greenway Carousel, Boston

Aug. 16

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

USS Constitution Museum, Boston

Berkshire Theatre Group, Stockbridge

Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit

Discovery Museums, Acton

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton

Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Cambridge

Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown

Paragon Carousel, Hull

Fruitlands Museum, The Trustees, Harvard

Aug. 23

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield

Boston Athenaeum, Boston

Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford

Emily Dickenson Museum, Amherst

The Mary Baker Eddy Library & Mapparium, Boston

Fort Devens Museum, Devens

Freedom Trail Foundation, Boston

Heritage Museums & Gardens, Sandwich

Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket

Aug. 30