Free Days in Colorado
In a city like Denver, it’s not always easy to find affordable, family-friendly things to do — and it’s especially difficult to find activities that won’t cost you anything at all.But luckily, Front Range museums and cultural organizations offer free days throughout the year that make these institutions accessible to everyone.
Some free days are part of larger events — such as Night at the Museums during Denver Arts Week or Día del Niño (Children’s Day) in April — but many are subsidized by the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District, a seven-county tax district that supports hundreds of local arts and culture nonprofits.
January
Friday, Jan. 3 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, Jan. 4 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents) and Denver Art Museum
Sunday, Jan. 5 — Museum of Boulder
Monday, Jan. 6 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Tuesday, Jan. 7 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
Friday, Jan. 10 — Denver Zoo and Four Mile Historic Park
Thursday, Jan. 16 — Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
Saturday, Jan. 18 — Denver Zoo
Monday, Jan. 20 — Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
Thursday, Jan. 23 — Clyfford Still Museum
Saturday, Jan. 26 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science
February
Saturday, Feb. 1 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents) and Denver Art Museum
Sunday, Feb. 2 — Denver Zoo and Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, Feb. 4 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
Friday, Feb. 7 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Monday, Feb. 10 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Friday, Feb. 14 — Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, Feb. 15 — Clyfford Still Museum and Molly Brown House Museum
Monday, Feb. 17 — Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
Thursday, Feb. 20 — Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
March
Sunday, March 1 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, March 3 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
Friday, March 6 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, March 7 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents) and Denver Art Museum
Friday, March 13 — Four Mile Historic Park
Thursday, March 19 — Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
Sunday, March 22 — Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
Tuesday, March 24 — Clyfford Still Museum
April
Thursday, April 2 — Clyfford Still Museum
Friday, April 3 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, April 4 (Smithsonian Museum Day) — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents), Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art and Denver Art Museum
Sunday, April 5 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, April 7 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
Thursday, April 9 — Denver Zoo
Friday, April 10 — Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, April 11 — Free performance of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at Denver Center for Performing Arts
Saturday, April 18 — Free performance of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at Denver Center for Performing Arts
Sunday, April 19 — Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
Tuesday, April 21 — Molly Brown House Museum
Saturday, April 25 — Free performance of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at Denver Center for Performing Arts
Sunday, April 26 (Día del Niño) — Clyfford Still Museum, Denver Art Museum, History Colorado Center and Denver Museum of Nature & Science
May
Friday, May 1 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, May 2 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents), Denver Art Museum and a free performance of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at Denver Center for Performing Arts
Sunday, May 3 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, May 5 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.)
Friday, May 8 — Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, May 9 — Free performance of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at Denver Center for Performing Arts
Saturday, May 16 — Free performance of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at Denver Center for Performing Arts
Wednesday, May 20 — Clyfford Still Museum
Sunday, May 31 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science
June
Friday, June 5 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Tuesday, June 2 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
Saturday, June 6 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents) and Denver Art Museum
Sunday, June 7 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, June 9 — Denver Art Museum
Friday, June 12 — Four Mile Historic Park
Tuesday, June 16 — Clyfford Still Museum
Thursday, June 18 — Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
Tuesday, June 23 — Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
Wednesday, June 24 — Molly Brown House Museum (11 a.m.-8 p.m.)
July
Wednesday, July 1 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science (5-10 p.m.)
Friday, July 3 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Sunday, July 5 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, July 7 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.), Denver Art Museum and Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
Friday, July 10 — Four Mile Historic Park
Monday, July 13 — Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
Thursday, July 16 — Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
Sunday, July 26 — Clyfford Still Museum
August
Saturday, Aug. 1 (Colorado Day) — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents), Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art and History Colorado Center
Sunday, Aug. 2 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, Aug. 4 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.), Denver Art Museum and Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
Friday, Aug. 7 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Tuesday, Aug. 11 — Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
Wednesday, Aug. 12 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science (5-10 p.m.) and Clyfford Still Museum
Friday, Aug. 14 — Four Mile Historic Park
Thursday, Aug. 20 — Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
Wednesday, Aug. 26 — Molly Brown House Museum
September
Tuesday, Sept. 1 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Art Museum
Wednesday, Sept. 2 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science (5-10 p.m.)
Friday, Sept. 4 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, Sept. 5 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents)
Sunday, Sept. 6 — Museum of Boulder
Friday, Sept. 11 — Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, Sept. 12 — Denver Art Museum
Monday, Sept. 21 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science and History Colorado Center
Saturday, Sept. 26 — Clyfford Still Museum
October
Friday, Oct. 2 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, Oct. 3 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents)
Sunday, Oct. 4 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, Oct. 6 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Art Museum
Friday, Oct. 9 — Four Mile Historic Park
Sunday, Oct. 11 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Tuesday, Oct. 13 — Clyfford Still Museum
Tuesday, Oct. 20 — Denver Zoo
November
Sunday, Nov. 1 — Museum of Boulder
Tuesday, Nov. 3 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.), Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms and Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art (Free with “I voted” sticker)
Friday, Nov. 6 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, Nov. 7 (Night at the Museums) — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents), Denver Art Museum, , History Colorado Center, Clyfford Still Museum, Black American West Museum & Heritage Center, Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum and more.
Tuesday, Nov. 10 — Denver Zoo
Saturday, Nov. 7 (Night at the Museums) — Denver Art Museum, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, History Colorado Center, Clyfford Still Museum and more will be free from 5-10 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 9 — Clyfford Still Museum
Wednesday, Nov. 11 – Denver Botanic Gardens York Street and Molly Brown House Museum
Friday, Nov. 13 — Four Mile Historic Park
Saturday, Nov. 14 — Denver Zoo
Thursday, Nov. 19 — Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
December
Tuesday, Dec. 1 — Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (4-8 p.m.) and Denver Art Museum
Thursday, Dec. 3 — Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
Friday, Dec. 4 — Museo de las Americas (5-9 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 5 — Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Penny admission for Colorado residents)
Sunday, Dec. 6 — Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Museum of Boulder
Wednesday, Dec. 9 — Clyfford Still Museum
Friday, Dec. 11 — Four Mile Historic Park
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