Thanks to SCFD (Scientific Cultural and Facilities District) some of our tax money goes to these fabulous cultural venues. Because of that, they offer free days (or free hours) so that we can see them. In our family, we find it great fun to be a tourist in our own city. While these facilities are here all the time sometimes it is the push of them being free or being on a calendar on a certain date that we actually go to see them.
Mile High Mamas has compiled this list of all the free days – we suggest you take advantage to see your own city at no cost. (We do also recommend that you reconfirm that they are indeed free before you pack up the family).
JUNE
Fri, June 1 – Museo de las Americas, (from 5 to 9 p.m.) & Clyfford Still Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 2 – Counter Terrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) & Denver Art Museum
Sunday, June 3 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Tuesday, June 5 – Chatfield Farms & Denver Botanic Gardens
Tuesday, June 5 – Children’s Museum from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, June 8 – Four Mile Historic Park & Clyfford Still Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 9 – Longmont Museum
Wednesday, June 13 – Plains Conservation Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, June 15 – Clyfford Still Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, June 22 – Clyfford Still Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 23 – Golden History Museum & Park
Friday, June 29 – Clyfford Still Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
JULY
Tuesday, July 3 – Chatfield Farms & Children’s Museum from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 4 – Museo de las Americas.
Thursday, July 5 – Denver Museum of Nature and Science from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, July 6 – Museo de las Americas & Clyfford Still Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 7 – Counter Terrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) & Denver Art Museum
Friday, July 13 – Four Mile Historic Park & Clyfford Still Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 14 – – Longmont Museum & Plains Conservation Center (from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Thursday, July 19 – Denver Botanic Gardens
Friday, July 20 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, July 27 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
AUGUST
Wednesday, August 1 – Molly Brown House
Friday, August 3 – Museo de las Americas & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.) as well as Colorado State Parks (Happy Birthday Colorado!)
Saturday, August 4 – Counter Terrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL), Denver Art Museum & Denver Firefighters Museum
Tuesday, August 7 – Chatfield Farms, Plains Conservation Center & Children’s Museum (from 4 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, August 10 – Four Mile Historic Park & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, August 11 – Dinosaur Discovery Day at Dinosaur Ridge & Longmont Museum
Monday, August 13 – Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Friday, August 17 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Thursday, August 23 – Mizel Museum
Friday, August 24 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Wednesday, August 29 – Denver Botanic Gardens
Friday, August 31 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
SEPTEMBER
Saturday, Sept. 1 – Counter Terrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) & Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, Sept. 4 – Children’s Museum (from 4 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Sept. 7 – Museo de las Americas & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Sept. 8 – Denver Art Museum, Dinosaur Discovery Day at Dinosaur Ridge & Longmont Museum
Wednesday, Sept. 12 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science (from 4 to 10 p.m.)
Friday, Sept. 14 – Four Mile Historic Park & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Sept 15 – Denver Firefighters Museum & Museo de las Americas
Friday, Sept. 21 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Sept. 22 – National Parks (free entrance) celebrating Public Lands Day
Friday, Sept. 28 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Sunday, Sept. 30 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
OCTOBER
Tuesday, Oct. 2 – Children’s Museum (from 4 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Oct. 5 – Museo de las Americas & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Oct. 6 – Counter Terrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) & Denver Art Museum
Thursday, Oct. 11 – Colorado Railroad Museum
Friday, Oct. 12 – Four Mile Historic Park & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Oct. 13 – Denver Firefighters Museum, Dinosaur Discovery at Dinosaur Ridge & Longmont Museum
Sunday, Oct 14 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Thursday, Oct. 18 – Mizel Museum
Friday, Oct 19 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Oct 26 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
NOVEMBER
Friday, Nov. 2 – Museo de las Americas & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Nov. 3 – Counter Terrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL), Denver Art Museum & Denver Botanic Gardens
Tuesday, Nov. 6 – Chatfield Farms & Children’s Museum (from 4 to 8 p.m.)
Thursday, Nov. 8 – Plains Conservation Center
Friday, Nov. 9 – Denver Zoo, Molly Brown House, Four Mile Historic Park & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Nov. 10 – Museo de las Americas and Longmont Museum
Sunday, Nov. 11 – National Parks (Free Entrance) celebrating Veterans Day.
Monday, Nov. 12 – Denver Zoo
Friday, Nov. 16 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Nov. 23 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Nov 30 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
DECEMBER
Saturday, Dec. 1 – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, Dec. 4 – Children’s Museum (from 4 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Dec. 7 – Museo de las Americas & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 8 – Longmont Museum
Sunday, Dec. 9 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Friday, Dec. 14 – Plains Conservation Center, Four Mile Historic Park & Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Dec. 21 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
Friday, Dec. 28 – Clyfford Still Museum (from 5 to 8 p.m.)
FREE VENUES
Plus, there several venues that are free every day of the year (some listed here are in Colorado Springs):
US Air Force Academy Visitor Center and Chapel
United States Mint (you need to make a reservation for this one)
US Olympic Training Center (Colorado Springs)
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Cripple Creek Heritage Center (near Colorado Springs)
Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum (Colorado Springs)
Peterson Air & Space Museum (Colorado Springs)
Dr. Lester L. Williams Fire Museum (Colorado Springs)
Penrose Heritage Museum (Colorado Springs)