UPDATED: Denver Free Days 2024. Don’t miss our guide to Denver’s free attractions, museums and more.
Welcome to Denver Free Days in 2023! Enjoy free admission to some Denver’s most family-friendly attractions and museums including the Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Botanic Gardens and more.
If you are new to Colorado you may not be aware that we have a special tax for Scientific Cultural and Facilities (SCFD). Because every Coloradoan that pays taxes helps fund these institutions, we are all given free access to them on specific free days during the year. And some are even free all the time!
Love Denver? Keep exploring with the Essential Denver: Discovery and Exploration Guide (many attractions are free!) Also, scroll down to see our top picks for Denver’s best playgrounds, how to rent a Go-Pro and Colorado State Parks Pass for free and Denver’s best museums for kids.
Free All the Time:
- Aurora History Museum
- Broomfield Veterans Museum
- Children’s Museum of Denver (Joy Park Free Nights outside-only access 4:30-8 p.m. May 19, June 16, July 21, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15)
- Colorado Music Hall of Fame
- Denver Art Museum (free general admission to all youth age 18 and under every day)
- Foothills Art Center
- Four Mile Historic Park (every third Sunday)
Denver Free Days 2023
January
January 3 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
January 4 – Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
January 6 – Denver Zoo
January 10 – Denver Art Museum
January 13 – Clyfford Still Museum
January 15 – Four Mile Historic Park
January 16 – Free Admission to National Parks
January 16 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St and Chatfield Farms)
January 19 – City of Aurora Open Space & Natural Resources
January 19 – Plains Conservation Center
January 22 – Denver Zoo
January 23 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
January 28 – Denver Art Museum
January 28 – Historic Molly Brown House Museum (must live in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas or Jefferson Counties)
February
February 1 – Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
February 5 – Denver Zoo
February 7 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
February 11 – Longmont Museum
February 14 – Denver Art Museum
February 16 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St and Chatfield Farms)
February 19 – Four Mile Historic Park
February 23 – City of Aurora Open Space & Natural Resources
February 23 – Clyfford Still Museum
February 23 – Plains Conservation Center
February 27 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
March
March 1 – Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
March 11 – Longmont Museum
March 11 – City of Aurora Open Space & Natural Resources
March 11 – Plains Conservation Center
March 14 – Denver Art Museum
March 15 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St and Chatfield Farms)
March 19 – Four Mile Historic Park
March 26 – Clyfford Still Museum
April
April 5 – Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
April 8 – Longmont Museum
April 9 – Denver Zoo
April 11 – Denver Art Museum
April 18 – Historic Molly Brown House Museum
April 22 – Free Admission to National Parks (National Park Week)
April 22 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St and Chatfield Farms) for Earth Day
April 28 – Four Mile Historic Park
April 30 – Clyfford Still Museum
April 30 – Denver Art Museum
May
May 1 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
May 9- Denver Art Museum
May 13 – Longmont Museum
May 14 – Denver Art Museum
May 23 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
May 26 – Four Mile Historic Park
May 31 – Clyfford Still Museum
June
June 1 – Historic Molly Brown House Museum
June 6 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St and Chatfield Farms)
June 10 – Longmont Museum
June 13 – Denver Art Museum
June 15 – City of Aurora Open Space & Natural Resources
June 15 – Plains Conservation Center
June 23 – Four Mile Historic Park
June 25 – Clyfford Still Museum
July
Saturday, July 1 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Wednesday, July 5 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St & Chatfield Farms)*
Saturday, July 8 – Longmont Museum
Saturday, July 8- Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Sunday, July 9 – Denver Art Museum (Desert Rider Lowrider Show and Shine)
Tuesday, July 11 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, July 15 – Plains Conservation Center
Saturday, July 15 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Monday, July 17 – Museum of Outdoor Arts*
Saturday, July 22 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Sunday, July 23 – Clyfford Still Museum
Friday, July 28 – Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, July 29 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Sunday, July 30 – Denver Art Museum
AUGUST
Friday, August 4 – National Park Entrances
Saturday, August 5 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Monday, August 7 – Colorado State Parks Entrance
Tuesday, August 8 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, August 12 – Longmont Museum
Saturday, August 12 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Tuesday, August 15 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St. & Chatfield Farms)*
Wednesday, August 16 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Thursday, August 17 – Plains Conservation Center
Friday, August 18 – Clyfford Still Museum
Friday, August 18 – Art Garage
Saturday, August 19 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Sunday, August 20 – Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Open House (2 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
Monday, August 21 – Museum of Outdoor Arts*
Friday, August 25 – Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, August 26 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
SEPTEMBER
Saturday, September 2 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Wednesday, September 6 – Clyfford Still Museum
Wednesday, September 6 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Saturday, September 9 – Longmont Museum
Saturday, September 9 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday, September 9 – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, September 12 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, September 16 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Sunday, September 17 – Dinosaur Ridge
Monday, September 18 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Monday, September 18 – Denver Museum of Outdoor Arts*
Friday, September 22 – Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, September 23 – National Parks
Saturday, September 23 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday, September 30 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
OCTOBER
Thursday, October 5 – Clyfford Still Museum
Friday, October 6 – Colorado Railroad Museum
Saturday, October 7 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday, October 7 – Denver Zoo*
Tuesday, October 10 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, October 14 – Longmont Museum
Saturday, October 14 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Sunday, October 15 – Denver Museum Of Nature & Science
Monday, October 16 – Museum of Outdoor Arts *
Saturday, October 21 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Friday, October 27 – Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, October 28 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
NOVEMBER
Saturday, November 4 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday, November 4 – Clyfford Still Museum
Saturday, November 4 – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, November 7 – Denver Zoo*
Saturday, November 11 – National Parks
Saturday, November 11 – Longmont Museum
Saturday, November 11 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Sunday, November 12 – Denver Zoo*
Tuesday, November 14 – Denver Art Museum
Friday, November 17 – Dinosaur Ridge
Saturday, November 18 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday, November 18 – Plains Conservation Center
Friday, November 24 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St. & Chatfield Farms)*
Friday, November 24 – Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, November 25 – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
DECEMBER
Sunday, December 3 – Clyfford Still Museum
Monday, December 4 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Thursday, December 7 – Plains Conservation Center
Saturday, December 9 – Longmont Museum
Tuesday, December 12 – Denver Art Museum
Friday, December 22 – Four Mile Historic Park
*We recommend you check online if there is a pre-register for free tickets or if the facility has for some reason changed their dates. Also, you may need to mention that you are here for the free day. (We have found that sometimes they will charge you the normal rate unless you mention it).
FREE Library Adventure Pass. Use your Jefferson County, Douglas County, Denver County or Arapahoe County library card to reserve a FREE Adventure Pass to one of our local participating cultural institutions. Reserve free passes up to 14 days in advance. Participating cultural institutions include the Butterfly Pavilion, the Denver Trolley, Denver Zoo, History Colorado Center, the Colorado Railroad Museum, DMNS and more.
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Check out a sewing machine, Colorado State Park pass, Go-Pro and more for FREE from the Denver Public Library.
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