More than 100 New England museums and cultural institutions will offer free admission on a single day in September during Smithsonian magazine’s 15th annual Museum Day.

The nationwide event, which launched in 2005, has grown from around 200 museums to an expected 1,500 participating museums this year. This year’s theme is “Smithsonian Year of Music,” which means some museums will incorporate music into the day. For example, at the Armenian Museum of America in Watertown, guests will listen to live Armenian music in the galleries.

More than 40 Massachusetts spots will take part in this year’s event, from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation in Hyannis to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.


Those interested must download a ticket, which provides free admission to the ticket holder and one guest. According to Smithsonian magazine, there were 453,520 ticket downloads last year. The museums that require a printed ticket for entry will specify so on the ticket, while others will allow guests to show their ticket via a smartphone or tablet. Only one ticket is permitted per email address.

Ahead, discover the New England museums and cultural institutions currently participating this year. You’ll want to keep your eye on the event website, as more may be added since museums can register through Sept. 18.

EcoTarium in Worcester. —Photo Courtesy of EcoTarium

Massachusetts

Armenian Museum of America in Watertown

Atwood Museum — Home of the Chatham Historical Society in Chatham

Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College in Amherst

Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit

Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham

Cogswell’s Grant in Essex

Cooper-Frost-Austin House in Cambridge

Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Wellesley

Discovery Museum in Acton

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds in Newton

EcoTarium in Worcester

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston

Falmouth Museums on the Green in Falmouth

Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg

Fruitlands Museum in Harvard

Gibson House Museum in Boston

Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge

Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge

Jackson Homestead and Museum in Newton

John Cabot House in Beverly

John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation in Hyannis

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site in Brookline

Marblehead Museum in Marblehead

Mattapoisett Museum in Mattapoisett

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Printing in Haverhill

Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton

New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford

Old Colony History Museum in Taunton

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Cambridge

Quincy Homestead in Quincy

Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum in New Bedford

Sandwich Glass Museum in Sandwich

Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History in Weston

Springfield Museums in Springfield

Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in Adams

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst

The Gardner Museum in Gardner

The Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston

USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown

William Hickling Prescott House in Boston

Worcester Historical Museum in Worcester

Yiddish Book Center in Amherst

New Hampshire


Albacore Park Submarine & Museum in Portsmouth

American Independence Museum in Exeter

Aviation Museum of NH in Londonderry

Enfield Shaker Museum in Enfield

Horatio Colony House Museum in Keene

Lawrence Lee Scout Museum in Manchester

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord

Millyard Museum in Manchester

New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro Falls

New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord

New Hampshire Telephone Museum in Warner

Seacoast Science Center in Rye

University of New Hampshire Museum of Art in Durham

Wright Museum of World War II in Wolfeboro

The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. —Globe Archives

Rhode Island

Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium in Bristol

Babcock-Smith House Museum in Westerly

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum in Bristol

Conanicut Island Friends Meetinghouse in Jamestown

Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead in Coventry

Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol

International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport

Jamestown Museum in Jamestown

Jamestown Windmill in Jamestown

Lippitt House Museum in Providence

Little Compton Historical Society in Little Compton

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Providence

Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket

Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown

Paine House Museum in Coventry

RISD Museum in Providence

Redwood Library & Athenaeum in Newport

Smith’s Castle in North Kingstown

The Bristol Art Museum in Bristol

Tomaquag Museum in Exeter

Warwick Historical Society in Warwick

Westerly Armory in Westerly

Maine

Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick

Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland

L.C. Bates Museum in Hinckley

Maine Historical Society in Portland

Maine State Museum in Augusta

Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head

Portland Museum of Art in Portland

Rufus Porter Museum in Bridgton

Saco Museum in Saco

The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum in Brunswick

Vermont


American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester

American Precision Museum in Windsor

Bennington Battle Monument State Historic Site in Bennington

Bennington Museum in Bennington

Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington

Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison

Ethan Allen Homestead Museum in Burlington

Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury

Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site in Hubbardton

Justin Smith Morrill Homestead in Strafford

Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell

Old Constitution House State Historic Site in Windsor

President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch

President Chester Arthur Historic Site in Fairfield

Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh

Saint Albans Museum in St. Albans

Sullivan Museum and History Center in Northfield

Vermont History Museum in Montpelier

Connecticut

American Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol

Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford

Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford

Custom House Maritime Museum in New London

Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center in Mystic

EverWonder Children’s Museum in Newtown

Fairfield University Art Museum in Fairfield

Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden in Woodbury

Hempsted Houses in New London

Henry Whitfield State Museum in Guilford

Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center in Bristol

Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk

Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London

Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry

New Haven Museum in New Haven

Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury

Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich

Stanley-Whitman House in Farmington

The Aldridge Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield

The New England Carousel Museum in Bristol

Yale Center for British Art in New Haven

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven