Smithsonian Magazine will sponsor Museum Day on September 21, when you can visit any of 50 museums in Massachusetts, 14 in New Hampshire, and 24 in Rhode Island. Go online to search for a museum and print out a ticket good for free general admission for two people. STEM-oriented museums that are participating include:

Massachusetts

• Amherst College – Beneski Museum of Natural History (free every day)
• Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
• Discovery Museum
• Ecotarium
• Harvard Museum of Natural History
• Museum of Printing

New Hampshire

• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
• New Hampshire Telephone Museum
• Seacoast Science Center

Rhode Island

• Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium
• Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
• Norman Bird Sanctuary