Denver Free Days 2025 is here! Don’t miss our guide to Denver’s free museums, zoo and attractions!
Mile High Mamas is so grateful for the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), the only cultural funding model in the nation that serves a region of seven counties. and encourages arts and cultural facilities through a small tax contribution each year. You, as a tax payer, can get free access to the top cultural facilities on special free days.
We suggest you bookmark this page for easy reference all year long as we update new free days as we learn of them. Also, we strongly encourage you to check with the facility before getting the whole family in the car for a fun free outing = and double-check to ensure that the free day is still happening. But we have had lots of fun free days over the years and think you will too!
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.
Denver Free Days 2025
Children’s Museum of Denver. Joy Park is open for free from 4:30 – 8 p.m. (or sunset) the third Friday of the month, May – September. SNAP cardholders get admission for just $3 all year long and participants to Five by Five Program in Denver Great Kids Head Start get free admission (up to 7 people) while in the program.
Clyfford Still Museum. Pay-What-You-Wish Days allow you to pay as little as 1 cent. Online registration is required. Pay-What-You-Wish Days are Jan. 3, Feb. 7, March 7, April 4, May 3, June 6, Aug. 1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, and Dec. 5. Additionally, SCFD free days are April 27, June 29, July 27, and Nov. 8.
Denver Art Museum Jan. 14, Feb. 22, March 11, April 8, April 27, May 13, June 10, July 8, July 27, Aug. 12, Sept. 6, Sep.t 9, Oct. 14, Nov. 8, Dec. 9. General museum admission is free for visitors 18 and younger every day.
Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street & Chatfield Farms Jan. 20, Feb. 13, March 10, April 22, June 10, July 3, Aug. 27, Nov. 28
Denver Botanic Gardens at Plains Conservation Center Free days are Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 15, June 12, July 12, Aug. 14, Nov. 15, Dec. 11. This is a joint effort by the City of Aurora and Denver Botanic Gardens.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts Denver Center offers two different programs. One is DCPA Access, which offers discounted tickets to some of the top shows and Shakespear in the parking lot, which is a free opportunity. DCPAccess: Tickets as low as $11.50 denvercenter.org/dcpa-access-sale and Shakespeare in the Parking lot: Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Saturdays: April 5 – May 10 and Sept. 6 – Oct 11. Dates subject to change.
Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Jan. 12, Feb. 2, March 7*, April 7 and 27, May 12, June 19, Aug. 25, Sept. 15, Oct .12, Nov. 8*, Dec. 8 *free only from 5-9 p.m. | gratis únicamente de 5 a 9 p.m.
Denver Zoo Jan 10, Jan 26, Feb 9, Apr 6, Nov 7, Nov 15, Nov 2.
Molly Brown House. Free admission for the residents of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties on the first Thursday of each month from 5 to 7 p.m. ONLY. Please note that no reservations will be taken—admission is first come, first served. The 6 p.m. tour will be led by guides.
Wings Over the Rockies. Free days are Feb. 27, June 18, and Sept. 12.
Other Denver Freebies
Plus, these organizational facilities are free every day: Broomfield Veterans Museum, City of Lakewood Art Exhibitions, Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, Foothills Art Center, Colorado Music Hall of Fame, The Aurora History Museum, Depot Art Gallery, and Louisville History Museum!
Mark your calendars for November 8, 2025 – Night at the Museum will welcome guests to all the museums!
Nederland’s nonprofit Carousel of Happiness has three free days scheduled for 2025: March 23 in memory of Tom & Glenna Carline, and a free weekend in honor of Mary Wingate on August 9 and 10 . Read more about this magical menagerie that features 57 whimsical, hand-carved animals on a restored Loof carousel that turns to the music of a 1913 Wurlizterband organ.
Library Fun. Several area libraries carry cultural packs where you and your kids can check out the pass and come to these great facilities nearly any day. Check your local library. At last check, libraries in Aurora, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Englewood, Jefferson, Longmont, and Westminster participated in this program. 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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