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Mark your calendars: For 10 Fridays this summer, you can get into some Boston-area and beyond museums, zoos, and cultural institutions for free, thanks to Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Friday series.

Every year, the foundation offers their Free Fun Fridays series, an all-summer-long list of no-cost museums and art institutions, and this year’s schedule highlights 80 participating venues.

Beginning June 24, each Friday will feature eight attractions open to the public. You won’t have to pay admission to sites like the Boston Children’s Museum or the Franklin Park Zoo on select days, and some offers extend beyond the Boston area, offering free entry to the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History or the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.


Highland Street Foundation, which is committed to addressing the needs of Massachusetts children and families when it comes to education, health care, the arts, and more, has hosted the series since 2009.

The family-friendly offering has grown in size each year since—last year’s list offered 70 free events. Plan 10 weeks of Friday fun the schedule below, or click here for a PDF.

June 24, 2016

Tanglewood

Lyric Stage Company of Boston

Clark Art Institute

MASS MoCa

Worcester Art Museum

Children’s Museum at Holyoke

International Volleyball Hall of Fame

The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home

July 1, 2016

Boston Children’s Museum

The Sports Museum

Heritage Museums & Gardens

Falmouth Museums on the Green

Cape Cod Maritime Museum

Amelia Park Children’s Museum

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

Wenham Museum

July 8, 2016

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Plimoth Plantation

Peabody Essex Museum

Cape Ann Museum

Buttonwood Park Zoo

Children’s Museum in Easton

The Hall at Patriot Place

Provincetown Art Association and Museum

July 15, 2016

Edward M. Kennedy Institute

Boston Athenaeum

Larz Anderson Museum

Cape Cod Children’s Museum

Edward Gorey House

Danforth Art Museum/School

Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History

Fitchburg Art Museum

July 22, 2016

Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

New Bedford Whaling Museum

Cape Cod Museum of Art

Pilgrim Hall Museum

The Eric Carle Museum

Fruitlands Museum

Museum of Russian Icons

July 29, 2016

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Commonwealth Museum

Battleship Cove

Marine Museum at Fall River

Sandwich Glass Museum

Nantucket Whaling Museum

Tower Hill Botanic Garden

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

August 5, 2016

Harvard Museum of Natural History

The Old State House

The Greenway Carousel

Springfield Museums

Historic Deerfield

Hancock Shaker Village

The Old Manse, The Trustees

Worcester Historical Museum

August 12, 2016

MIT Museum

The Museum of the NCAAA

Concord Museum

Garden in the Woods

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

Naumkeag, The Trustees

Emily Dickinson Museum

The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

August 19, 2016

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

USS Constitution Museum

The Discovery Museums

EcoTarium

The Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Fuller Craft Museum

Griffin Photography Museum

August 26, 2016