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First, there are an incredible number of great museums in Chicago. Second, many are free or have free days. This is a list of the free museums or those who have special free days.

Museums with free admission:

• ArchiCenter
• DePaul University Museum
• Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
• Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Photography
• National Museum of Mexican Art
• The Newberry Library Exhibits
• The Oriental Institute
• Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
• Smart Museum of Art

Museums with free days:

• The Alder Planetarium - Click on the link to look for the select free days
• The Art Institute of Chicago - Thursdays, 5 - 8pm
• Charnley-Persky House Museum - Wednesdays, limited to 15 people.
• Chicago’s Children Museum - Thursdays, 5 - 8pm and the first Sunday of each month for chicldren 15 & under
• Chicago History Museum - All day Mondays
• Clarke House Museum - All day Wednesdays
• DuSable Museum of African American History - All day Sunday
• Field Museum of Natural History - Every second Monday
• Glessner House Museum - All day Wednesdays
• International Museum of Surgical Science - All day Tuesdays
• Loyola University Museum of Art - All day Tuesdays
• Museum of Contemporary Art - All day Tuesdays
• Museum of Science and Industry - Click on the link to look for the select free days
• National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum - Free for active or retired military
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - Thursdays are “suggested donation days.” Admission is normally $9.
• Shedd Aquarium - On Mondays and Tuesdays, click on the link to look for the select free days
• Spertus Museum and Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies - every Wednesday, 10am - 12noon and every Thursday, 2 - 6pm