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Highland Street Foundation’s annual series is back! Eight different museums and arts institutions will offer free admission every Friday this summer for 10 weeks.
By Yiqing Shao | Arts & Entertainment | May 23, 2016, 9:00 a.m.
The 2016 Free Fun Fridays lineup, via Highland Street Foundation. / Click to view larger or print a PDF.
To all of Boston’s other free summer series out there, allow me to Kanye you aside for a second (I’m gonna let you finish!) to say that Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Fridays is the best summer series of all time.
The foundation has hosted the popular family-friendly series since 2009, growing in size every year. The free programming provides Massachusetts locals and visitors alike with frugal ways to celebrate summer in the Bay State. There are no strings attached—every Friday for ten weeks, eight institutions in Boston and beyond will offer free admission.
“The events are great for children during the summer since they’re not in school,” said executive director Blake Jordan in 2014. “It’s a great opportunity for them to continue their education. We’ve seen a lot of youth groups, senior citizen groups, and veteran groups come out. And we’ve heard from families where a parent lost his job, and Free Fun Fridays was their family vacation. The feedback has been unbelievable—I could count on one hand the number of problems we’ve had as far as people complaining about things like long lines, but generally no one complains because it’s all free.”
Last year, there were 70 Free Fun Fridays. This year, there are 80. Check out the full schedule above and below. Where will you be headed summer?
Friday, June 24, 2016
Tanglewood
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Clark Art Institute
MASS MoCA
Worcester Art Museum
Children’s Museum at Holyoke
International Volleyball Hall of Fame
The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home
Friday, July 1, 2016
Boston Children’s Museum
The Sports Museum
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Falmouth Museums on the Green
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Amelia Park Children’s Museum
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Wenham Museum
Friday, July 8, 2016
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Plimoth Plantation
Peabody Essex Museum
Cape Ann Museum
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Children’s Museum in Easton
The Hall at Patriot Place
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Friday, July 15, 2016
Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Boston Athenӕum
Larz Anderson Museum
Cape Cod Children’s Museum
Edward Gorey House
Danforth Art Museum/School
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
Fitchburg Art Museum
Friday, July 22, 2016
Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Pilgrim Hall Museum
The Eric Carle Museum
Fruitlands Museum
Museum of Russian Icons
Friday, July 29, 2016
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Commonwealth Museum
Battleship Cove
Marine Museum at Fall River
Sandwich Glass Museum
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Friday, August 5, 2016
Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Old State House
The Greenway Carousel
Springfield Museums
Historic Deerfield
Hancock Shaker Village
The Old Manse, The Trustees
Worcester Historical Museum
Friday, August 12, 2016
MIT Museum
The Museum of the NCAAA
Concord Museum
Garden in the Woods
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Naumkeag, The Trustees
Emily Dickinson Museum
The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Friday, August 19, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
USS Constitution Museum
The Discovery Museums
EcoTarium
The Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Fuller Craft Museum
Griffin Photography Museum
Friday, August 26, 2016
Franklin Park Zoo
Old Sturbridge Village
Freedom Trail Foundation
Museum of African American History
Norman Rockwell Museum
Berkshire Museum
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Learn more about Highland Street Foundation at highlandstreet.org.