Free Museum Admission in Minnesota This Saturday

MINN. — Select museums across Minnesota will have free admission this Saturday.

The area museums with free admission include Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids, and Snake River Fur Post in Pine City.

The Free Admission Day will be held four times a year, with the next dates including September 20th, January 10th, and April 25th.

The free admission allows people to learn more about Minnesota’s rich history without cost as a barrier for entry.

Funding for the free admission is provided by the State of Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment and generous donations.

For other information visit MNHS.org

The full list of sites included are:

METRO

• James J. Hill House, St. Paul
  • Free Train Day
• Historic Fort Snelling, St. Paul
  • Hosting Big Red Wagon food truck
• Mill City Museum, Minneapolis
  • The Flour Tower elevator show will not be available.
  • See a flour dust explosion and learn the story behind the deadly Washburn A Mill explosion of 1878.
  • Make-it, take-it activities
• Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
• Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River

GREATER MINNESOTA

• Charles Lindbergh House and Museum, Little Falls
• Comstock House, Moorhead
• Folsom House, Taylors Falls
• Forest History Center, Grand Rapids
• Historic Forestville, Preston
  • Guided tours will be first come-first-serve due to limited capacity.
  • Ticketed Natural Dye Demonstration
  • Ticketed Yoga in the Meadow
• Jeffers Petroglyphs, Comfrey
  • Free Author event
• Lower Sioux Agency, Morton
• Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post, Onamia
  • Ticketed Ojibwe Moccasin Workshop
• Sibley Historic Site, Mendota
• Snake River Fur Post, Pine City
• Split Rock Lighthouse, Two Harbors
• W.W. Mayo House, Le Sueur

Please check the seasonal hours for each site at mnhs.org/visit.