Museum and Attraction Free Days 

A number of Chicago favorites offer free admission on certain days of the week or month or during special hours. Visit each site for complete details.

Mondays

• Chicago History Museum
• 1st Mondays – Chicago Children’s Museum
• 2nd Mondays – Field Museum

Tuesdays

• International Museum of Surgical Science
• LUMA – Loyola University Museum of Art
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Spertus Museum 10-12 AM
• Swedish American Museum (2nd Tuesdays – including Children’s Museum of Immigration)

Wednesdays

• Café Society
• Clarke House Museum
• Glessner House Museum
• Charnley-Persky House Museum

Thursdays

• The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
• Art Institute of Chicago
  5-8 PM

Fridays

• Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
• Fine Arts Building Open Studios (2nd Fridays)
  

Sundays

• DuSable Museum of African American History
• Maxwell Street Market

Free 52 Days A Year
These popular attractions offer 52 free days at various times of the year. Visit each site for complete details.

• Adler Planetarium
• Museum of Science & Industry
• Shedd Aquarium