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2018 Free Days for Denver Museums and Attractions

2018 Free Days for Denver Museums and Attractions

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):

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame

Museum of Outdoor Arts

Aurora History Museum

Arvada Center Galleries

US Air Force Academy Visitor Center and Chapel

CU Art Museum

CU Museum of Natural History

United States Mint (you need to make a reservation for this one)

Colorado State Capitol

US Olympic Training Center (Colorado Springs)

Hudson Gardens

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)

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