These 8 Boston Museums Are Free This Weekend

Boston offers a wealth of museums, but if money's been holding you back from checking them out or revisiting, now's your chance.

The annual Museum Day Live! event means free admission this Saturday, Sept. 24, to participating museums across the country, including eight in Boston alone.

The Museum Day Live! tickets, available online at SmithsonianMag, will provide free admission at any participating site this Saturday. It's also a handy reminder of the many free museums we already have.

Feel like traveling beyond Boston? Here are all the Massachusetts museums on the list.

Our participating museums are below, along with their address and Saturday hours:

Gibson House Museum
137 Beacon Street
Tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.

Museum of African American History (always free!)
46 Joy Street
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Nichols House Museum
55 Mount Vernon Street
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
9:30 a.m. ‐ 5 p.m.

Otis House
141 Cambridge Street
11 a.m. ‐ 5 p.m. (last tour at 4:30 p.m.)

The Mary Baker Eddy Library
200 Massachusetts Avenue
10 a.m. ‐ 4 p.m.

The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation (always free!)
2 North Grove Street
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Shirley-Eustis House
33 Shirley Street
1 p.m. ‐ 4 p.m.

Photo by Alison Bauter, Patch staff