Don’t miss our Denver Free Days 2024: Your guide to Denver’s top museums and attractions…all for free!
I used to create family yearbooks (thanks to Walmart and Costco Photo). I was always surprised to see how often the kids and I went to free days at one of the area SCFD (Scientific Cultural Facilities District) venues. Our tax dollars support these cultural facilities – and because of that tax, they are open to residents for free on certain days throughout the year.
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.
JANUARY 2024
Friday, January 5 – Denver Zoo*
Saturday, January 6 – Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver
Monday, January 8 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Tuesday, January 9 – Denver Art Museum
Monday, January 15 – Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms
Monday, January 15 – Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
Thursday, January 18 – Plains Conservation Center
Sunday, January 21 – Denver Zoo
Friday, January 26 – Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, January 27 – Denver Art Museum
Sunday, January 28 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
FEBRUARY 2024
Saturday, February 3 – Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver
Sunday, February 11 – Denver Zoo
Tuesday, February 13 – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, Thursday, February 15 – Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms
Thursday, February 15 – Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
Thursday, February 22 – Plains Conservation Center
Friday, February 23 – Four Mile Historic Park
Monday, February 26 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Thursday, February 29 – Clyfford Still Museum
MARCH 2024
Saturday, March 2 – Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver
Saturday, March 9 – Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms
Saturday, March 9 – Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
Tuesday, March 12 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, March 16 – Plains Conservation Center
Friday, March 22 – Four Mile Historic Park
Sunday, March 24 – Denver Art Museum
APRIL 2024
Saturday, April 6 – Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver
Sunday, April 7 – Denver Zoo April 26 – Four Mile Historic Park
Tuesday, April 9 – Denver Art Museum
Monday, April 22 – Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms
Monday, April 22 – Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
Sunday, April 28 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Sunday, April 28 – Denver Art Museum
Sunday, April 28 – Clyfford Still Museum
MAY 2024
Saturday, May 4 – Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver
Tuesday, May 14 – Denver Art Museum
Friday, May 24 – Four Mile Historic Park
JUNE 2024
Saturday, June 8 – Longmont Museum
Saturday, June 8 – Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
Tuesday, June 11 – Denver Art Museum
Thursday, June 13 – Plains Conservation Center
Thursday, June 13 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Wednesday, June 19 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Wednesday, June 19 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Friday, June 21 – Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
Monday, June 23 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Thursday, June 27 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Friday, June 28 – Four Mile Historic Park
July 2024
Tuesday, July 2 – Molly Brown House Museum (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 3 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St and Chatfield Farms)
Tuesday, July 9 – Denver Art Museum
Thursday, July 11 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Saturday, July 13 – Plains Conservation Center
Saturday, July 13 – Longmont Museum
Monday, July 15 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Sunday, July 21 – Denver Art Museum
Wednesday, July 24 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Thursday, July 25 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Friday, July 26 – Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, July 27 & Sunday, July 28 – Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Sunday, July 28 – Clyfford Still Museum
August 2024
Tuesday, August 6 – Molly Brown House
Wednesday, August 7 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Thursday, August 8 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Saturday, August 10 – Longmont Museum
Tuesday, August 13 – Denver Art Museum
Thursday, August 15 – Plains Conservation Center
Monday, August 19 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Wednesday, August 21 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Friday, August 23 – Four Mile Historic Park
Wednesday, August 28 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St. and Chatfield Farms)
September 2024
Tuesday, September 3 – Molly Brown House
Saturday, September 7 – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, September 10 – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, September 10 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Thursday, September 12 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Saturday, September 14 – Longmont Museum
Monday, September 16 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Monday, September 23 – Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Thursday, September 26 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Friday, September 27 – Four Mile Historic Park
Monday, September 30 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
October 2024
Tuesday, October 1 – Molly Brown House
Thursday, October 3 – Colorado Railroad Museum
Tuesday, October 8 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, October 12 – Longmont Museum
Monday, October 14 – Museum of Outdoor Arts
Sunday, October 20 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Friday, October 25 – Four Mile Historic Park
November 2024
Friday, November 1 – Denver Zoo
Saturday, November 2 – Clyfford Still Museum
Saturday, November 2 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, November 2 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Tuesday, November 5 – Molly Brown House
Saturday, November 9 – Longmont Museum
Saturday, November 9 – Denver Zoo
Sunday, November 10 – Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Tuesday, November 12 – Denver Art Museum
Saturday, November 16 – Plains Conservation Center
Saturday, November 17 – Denver Zoo
Monday, November 18- Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Friday, November 22 – Four Mile Historic Park
Friday, November 29 – Denver Botanic Gardens (York St & Chatfield Farms)
December 2024
Tuesday, December 3 – Molly Brown House
Saturday, December 8 – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Tuesday, December 10 – Denver Art Museum
Thursday, December 12 – Plains Conservation Center
Saturday, December 14 – Longmont Museum
*We do our best to gather information at the time of publishing. However, we do recommend checking with each organization before you go. Some require special ticketing and/or may change their free days. Denver Zoo Tickets are free, but you must register online in their first-come first-served lottery system.
Some more local ones are free every day including Aurora History Museum; Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum; Golden History Musuem (free on Wednesday and Saturday); Hudson Gardens; Longmont Museum and Cultural Center (2nd Saturday each month); the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (free but, donations appreciated).
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.
Other Denver Museums and Attractions
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Author: Gretchen
Gretchen loves to be outdoors! She is addicted to coupons and finding the best deals or entering sweepstakes (one day she will win something really great!)
