1:00pm - 5:00pm
Family Fun Day including Instrument Playground, Craft Activities, Dress up with Shakespeare and Co., Cooking Demonstrations by Stop and Shop and performances by Berkshire Music School, Berkshire Theatre Group, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Dysfunk Crew, Tanglewood Music Center and more! (evening performance will not be part of Free Fun Fridays).
8:00pm (curtain time)
10:00am - 5:00pm
Explore the Clark’s galleries and grounds, hike the trails, enjoy the reflecting pool, and meet the cows that pasture on their hillside! A treasure map will help you to discover some of the wonderful things in the Clark’s collections and on their 140-acre campus.
10:00am - 7:00pm
11:00am - 5:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
12:00pm - 4:30pm
10:00am - 5:00pm
10:00am - 5:00pm
Inside the Museum explore three floors of interactive exhibits. Outside along the boardwalk play and enjoy lively performances. The Museum exhibits will close at 5 PM. Enjoy an outdoor family dance party with a live DJ, on the boardwalk in front of the Museum from 5:30 - 7:30pm.
TD Garden
10:00am - 5:00pm
Guests can check out The Sports Museum on Levels 5 & 6 of the TD Garden and the arena floor! Visit with Wally (Red Sox), Blades (Bruins), Lucky (Celtics) and Slyde (Revolution) as you shoot on the same basket the Celtics use. They will also have a retirement card for everyone to sign for David Ortiz, which will be the same size as Big Papi!
9:00am - 5:00pm
Because of limited on-site parking, there will be a free trolley providing service from the parking lot of the Wing School, 33 Water Street, Sandwich, MA 02563, throughout the day.
11:00am - 3:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am - 5:00pm
3:00pm - 7:00pm
An afternoon full of dance classes, crafts, tours, and performances for the entire family!
10:00am - 4:00pm
Children’s history museum, A Magical Journey Through Fairytales exhibit, huge running model train gallery, historic house open for tours and more.
10:00am - 9:45pm
Plimoth Plantation 9:00am-5:00pm
Grist Mill and Mayflower II 9:00am-7:00pm
Also free are the Grist Mill ( 6 Spring Lane, Plymouth, MA) and Mayflower II (State Pier across from 74 Water Street, Plymouth, MA)
10:00am - 5:00pm
The Peabody Essex Museum will open four of their historic houses during Free Fun Friday: the John Ward House (ca. 1684), the Crowninshield-Bentley House (ca. 1727), the Gardner-Pingree House (1804), and the Ropes Mansion (1727). Admission is free; tickets to tour the houses are not required.
9:00am - 5:00pm (last admission at 4:15pm)
9:00am - 4:00pm
Specials hands-on activities in the Wild Place and the Museum's outdoor learning center (weather permitting)
10:00am-7:00pm (last entrance at 6:00pm)
11:00am-10:00pm
10:00am - 6:00pm
On top of holding our Future Senator program several times throughout the day for our younger visitors, guests waiting for Institute programming will find themselves able to converse with senators from our past. Several actors from around the Commonwealth will portray famous and interesting Massachusetts senators and give guests an insight into some of the issues they tackled during their tenure.
9:00am - 4:00pm
Arts and crafts in the tent on the Great Lawn, special display of collection vehicles outside in the park, a balloon sculptor, scavenger hunts, and much more!
11:00am - 4:00pm
Fresh Pop Corn and a Gashleycrumb Tinies Scavenger Hunt.
9:00am - 5:00pm
Exhibit of The History of the Olympics on Stamps, arts and crafts with stamps, Olympic stamp hunts and games for prizes, free stamps to take home, meet Olympians from past Olympics.
10:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am – 5:00pm
10:00am - 3:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
Special Storytime with Lita Judeg, Very Hungry Caterpillar Dance Party, and Music with The Harmaniacs.
10:00am - 4:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am - 5:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
Visitors can enjoy the Main Gallery: Sails, Paddles and Screws: The History of Maritime Travel & Culture, the Kid's Cove Fun Space, and a temporary exhibition entitled, Maritime: Local Artisans Expressions of the Sea.
9:30am - 5:00pm
Glass Marble maker Raj Kommineni will be on-site in a tent outdoors making his fabulous art marbles.
10:00am - 7:00pm
Crafts for all ages 11-3 pm
4:00pm-8:00pm - Childrens activites and pop-up performaces 8:00pm - Showtime
Boston Common, Parkman Bandstand
8:00pm performance of William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost - A high-spirited romantic comedy filled with dazzling wordplay, strong comic characters and a few unexpected twists.
9:00am - 6:00pm
Rose Kennedy Greenway
10:00am - 5:00pm
9:30am - 4:30pm
Upon arrival, please visit one of the ticketing centers along the street to receive a button that will give you access to the museum for the day. Museum houses will be open for walk-through tours of the first floors. Activity “zones” will be set up along the street, giving visitors the opportunity to experience everything from period re-enactors to historic trades and handicrafts.
10:00am - 5:00pm
Special activities for children (face painting, etc) and tours of historic buildings, plus additional demonstrations and craft activities throughout the day.
10:00am - 8:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
Visit Salisbury Mansion at 40 Highland Street 10am to 1pm for activities and 1pm to 4pm for tours of the manison
10:00am - 6:00pm
Outdoor science and engineering-themed hands-on activities (weather permitting).
9:00am - 5:00pm
Explore revolutionary and literary treasures in the museum galleries, and be inspired by nature and art with crafts, hands-on activities, a scavenger hunt, and a community art project.
10:00am - 5:00pm
10:00am - 5:00pm
Enjoy self-guided tours of the Homestead and The Evergreens from 10 am to 5 pm; Museum guides will be on hand to answer questions. On the grounds, visit the craft tent for Dickinson-related fun for all ages. Try the scavenger hunt through the houses and win a prize! Guided architecture walks, exploring the history of the Homestead and Evergreens, will be offered at 10:30 am and 2 pm. "Grounds of Memory," the museum’s self-guided audio tour of the grounds, will also be available all day.
11:00am - 4:00pm
Join a fun, wet day diving into something we all need – water! The museum was once a major hub in the Boston water system, and they've got the pumps to prove it. Explore water as it moves through our lives, and as we move it to meet our needs. You will look closely at pumping and filtering technology, build small engines, and, of course, get wet!
10:00am - 9:00pm
Activities for the whole family—including art-making, performances, conversations on art, and more—will take place all morning and afternoon. Details to follow. Weather permitting: 12:30-1:30 Boston Landmarks Orchestra performance outdoors.
9:00am - 6:00pm
9:00am - 8:30pm
10:00am - 5:00pm
10:00am - 4:30pm
10:00am - 5:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm (last entry at 3:00pm)
9:30am - 5:00pm
Boston Common near Brewer Fountain (Tremont Street at Temple Place)
10:00am-3:00pm (ticket giveaway begins at 10:00am)
Tickets will be distributed on a first come first served basis beginning at 10:00am. One ticket per-person. Freedom Trail Players dressed in 18th-century costume will be at the ticket giveaway station as a photo opportunity as well.
10:00am - 4:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
10:00am - 5:00pm
10:00am - 5:00pm
Exhibitions on view during Free Fun Friday include Tiny Titans: .Dinosaur Eggs and Babies; Finding Raven: Art and Stories from the Northwest Coast; Spark!Lab; Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, Aquarium.
9:30am - 4:00pm
