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Just Announced: Colorado Cultural Free Days in 2020

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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