Fun Free Fridays

Every Friday for nine weeks during the summer, the Highland Street Foundation is providing free admission to museums and cultural attractions across Massachusetts. Since the inception of the program on Friday, July 1st, nearly 30,000 people have visited one of their first eight venues. Twenty-eight great venues remain, including the Norman Rockwell Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, the Museum of Science, and Old Sturbridge Village. These venues will be absolutely free. No tickets or advanced reservations are necessary. The Highland Street Foundation recognizes that it can be very difficult for families to afford admission to these wonderful places. In response, they are making their program available to all families in Massachusetts who might enjoy attending one or all of their free admission days. The Schedule of Events is below. Please email Jen Willis at jen@highlandstreet.com if you have any additional questions. You can also find Highland Street Foundation online at www.highlandstreet.org, on Facebook and Twitter @HighlandStreet. Free Fun Fridays 2011 Schedule Friday July 22rd Franklin Park Zoo 1 Franklin Park Rd – Dorchester The Sports Museum TD Garden – 100 Legends Way – Boston Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Route 183-Stockbridge Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex St – Salem Friday July 29th Boston Children’s Museum 308 Congress St – Boston American Textile Museum 491 Dutton Street – Lowell New Bedford Whaling Museum 18 Johnny Cake Hill – New Bedford Shakespeare on the Common Boston Common- Boston Friday August 5th Institute of Contemporary Art 100 Northern Ave – Boston Cape Cod Children’s Museum 577 Great Neck Road South – Mashpee Springfield Museums 21 Edwards Street-Springfield Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike – Concord Friday August 12th JFK Presidential Library & Museum Columbia Point – Boston Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway-Jamaica Plain Tanglewood (BSO) 297 West Street-Lenox Stone Zoo 149 Pond Street – Stoneham Friday August 19th Boston Harbor Island Alliance Free ferry transportation to the Harbor Islands 408 Atlantic Ave – Boston Children’s Museum in Easton 9 Sullivan Avenue-Easton USS Constitution Museum 22 Charlestown Navy Yard – Charlestown Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1000 West Columbus Ave – Springfield Friday August 26th Old Sturbridge Village 1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd – Sturbridge New Repertory Theatre 321 Arsenal Street-Watertown Berkshire Museum 39 South Street – Pittsfield Friday August 19th Boston Harbor Island Alliance Free ferry transportation to the Harbor Islands 408 Atlantic Ave – Boston Children’s Museum in Easton 9 Sullivan Avenue-Easton USS Constitution Museum 22 Charlestown Navy Yard – Charlestown Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1000 West Columbus Ave – Springfield Friday August 26th Old Sturbridge Village 1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd – Sturbridge New Repertory Theatre 321 Arsenal Street-Watertown Berkshire Museum 39 South Street – Pittsfield