Berkshire Cultural Venues Join 'Free Fun Fridays' Schedule Again
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BOSTON — The Highland Street Foundation's seventh annual “Free Fun Fridays” initiative, a summer program that offers visitors no cost admission to many of the most treasured cultural venues in Massachusetts, kicks off this Friday, June 26, with three Berkshire County institutions joining the fun.
Since its inception in 2009, “Free Fun Fridays” has drawn more than 800,000 visitors to venues throughout the commonwealth. Last year alone, the program reached 150,000 people and according to Executive Director Blake Jordan, the Highland Street Foundation expects that those numbers will increase again this year with the expansion of the program.
"2015 marks the most extensive ‘Free Fun Fridays’ yet and we are pleased to welcome new venues to this summer’s program,” Jordan said. “This signature program reflects the Highland Street Foundation’s longtime commitment to enriching the lives of kids and families by providing easy access to the very best cultural offerings in Massachusetts.”
To learn more about the “Free Fun Fridays,” and the Highland Street Foundation, visit www.highlandstreet.org.
June 26
BSO/Tanglewood (Lenox) (Experience the beauty of the Tanglewood campus while taking part in an educational scavenger hunt, partake in fun family offerings such as the Instrument Playground and craft activities and watch live performances by Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center as well as other cultural partners. The event is free, but advance registration is recommended. Visit www.tanglewood.org/familyfunfest for more information and to register.)
Worcester Art Museum (Worcester)
Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge) (Free admission)
MIT Museum (Cambridge)
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem)
Edith Wharton’s Home (Lenox) (Free admission)
House of Seven Gables (Salem)
July 3
Boston Children’s Museum (Boston)
Heritage Museums & Gardens (Sandwich)
Amelia Park Children’s Museum (Westfield)
Naumkeag Reservation (Stockbridge)
Old Manse (Concord)
Falmouth Museums on the Green (Falmouth)
Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield)
July 10
Edward M. Kennedy Institute (Boston)
Cape Cod Maritime Museum (Hyannis Port)
Children’s Museum of Holyoke (Holyoke)
Volleyball Hall of Fame (Holyoke)
Danforth Art (Framingham)
New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford)
New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston)
July 17
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Sports Museum (Boston)
Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester)
Children’s Museum in Easton (Easton)
Fitchburg Art Museum (Fitchburg)
Larz Anderson Auto Museum (Brookline)
Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston)
July 24
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Boston)
Edward Gorey House (Yarmouth Port)
Battleship Cove (Fall River)
Fruitlands Museum (Harvard)
Garden in the Woods (Framingham)
Pilgrim Hall Museum (Plymouth)
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (Boston)
July 31
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (Boston)
Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis)
American Textile History Museum (Lowell)
Eric Carle Museum (Amherst)
Museum of Russian Icons (Clinton)
Sandwich Glass Museum (Sandwich)
Wenham Museum (Wenham)
August 7
Boston Harbor Island Alliance (Boston)
Worcester Historical Museum (Worcester)
Concord Museum (Concord)
Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield)
Rose Kennedy Greenway Carousel (Boston)
Springfield Museums (Springfield)
Old State House (Boston)
August 14
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Boston)
Cape Cod Children’s Museum (Mashpee)
Historic Deerfield (Deerfield)
Children’s Museum of Fall River (Fall River)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (Great Barrington)
Clark Art Institute (Williamstown)
USS Constitution Museum (Charlestown)
August 21
Franklin Park Zoo (Dorchester)
Freedom Trail Foundation (Boston)
Emily Dickinson Museum (Amherst)
Buttonwood Park Zoo (New Bedford)
Discovery Museums (Acton)
Museum of African American History (Boston)
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Beckett)
August 28
Old Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge)
Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth)
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History (Brewster)
EcoTarium (Worcester)
Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton)
Griffin Photography Museum (Winchester)
Mass MoCA (North Adams)
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