{"id":2661,"date":"2017-05-17T01:57:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T05:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2661"},"modified":"2017-05-18T09:14:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T13:14:46","slug":"highland-house-free-fun-fridays-summer-2012-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2661","title":{"rendered":"Free Fun Fridays 2017 Schedule This Summer in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2001\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_2001\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/P1020999.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2001\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/P1020999-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a whale skeleton at the New Bedford Whaling Museum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/P1020999-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/P1020999-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_2001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A whale skeleton New Bedford Whaling Museum (photo by Eric)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"display: block; float: left; padding: 5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0542617997214413\"; \/* Cheap-Travel-Side-Ad *\/ google_ad_slot = \"4615336226\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; \/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\n<p>One of the best free cultural attractions programs in Massachusetts is the The Highland Street Foundation&#8217;s Free Fun Fridays program. This amazing incentive offers free public admission to 85 major cultural attractions for 10 weeks during the 2017 summer across Massachusetts.\u00a0The schedule runs from June 23 to through Aug. 25 with specific featured attractions offered each week.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule runs from June 24 to through Aug. 26 with eight sites open for each Free Fun Fridays. They are, at this time of writing:<br \/>\n<strong>JUNE 23<\/strong><br \/>\nLyric Stage Company of Boston<br \/>\nMary Baker Eddy Library<br \/>\nThe Sports Museum<br \/>\nClark Art Institute<br \/>\nThe Mount: Edith Wharton\u2019s Home<br \/>\nWorcester Art Museum<br \/>\nPeabody Essex Museum<br \/>\nThe Discovery Museums<br \/>\n<strong>JUNE 30<\/strong><br \/>\nBoston Children\u2019s Museum<br \/>\nMIT Museum<br \/>\nNorman Rockwell Museum<br \/>\nSpring\ufb01eld Museums<br \/>\nEcoTarium<br \/>\nMaritime Gloucester<br \/>\nNew Bedford Whaling Museum<br \/>\nThe Gardens at Elm Bank (Mass Hort)<br \/>\n<strong>JULY 7<\/strong><br \/>\nIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum<br \/>\nNew England Historic Genealogical Society<br \/>\nVentfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum<br \/>\nMahaiwe Performing Arts Center<br \/>\nAmelia Park Children\u2019s Museum<br \/>\nFalmouth Museums on the Green<br \/>\nPilgrim Hall Museum<br \/>\nChildren\u2019s Museum in Easton<br \/>\nThe Hall at Patriot Place<br \/>\n<strong>JULY 14<\/strong><br \/>\nEdward M. Kennedy Institute<br \/>\nThe Metropolitan Waterworks Museum<br \/>\nHarvard Museums of Science &amp; Culture<br \/>\nLarz Anderson Auto Museum<br \/>\nProvincetown Art Association and Museum<br \/>\nEdward Gorey House<br \/>\nMuseum of Russian Icons<br \/>\nCape Ann Museum<br \/>\n<strong>JULY 21<\/strong><br \/>\nMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston<br \/>\nTanglewood<br \/>\nBoston Athen\u00e6um<br \/>\nThe Museum of the NCAAA<br \/>\nFruitlands Museum, The Trustees<br \/>\nSpellman Museum of Stamps &amp; Postal History<br \/>\nLynn Museum<br \/>\nHancock Shaker Village<br \/>\nSandwich Glass Museum<br \/>\n<strong>JULY 28<\/strong><br \/>\nJFK Presidential Library and Museum<br \/>\nCommonwealth Museum<br \/>\nArnold Arboretum<br \/>\nThe Eric Carle Museum<br \/>\nBerkshire Theatre Group<br \/>\nHistoric Deer\ufb01eld<br \/>\nCape Cod Museum of Art<br \/>\nWenham Museum<br \/>\nTower Hill Botanic Garden<br \/>\n<strong>AUGUST 4<\/strong><br \/>\nCommonwealth Shakespeare Company<br \/>\nOld State House<br \/>\nThe Greenway Carousel<br \/>\nFort Devens Museum<br \/>\nChildren\u2019s Museum at Holyoke<br \/>\nInternational Volleyball Hall of Fame<br \/>\nThe Old Manse, The Trustees<br \/>\nJFK Hyannis Museum<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 11<\/strong><br \/>\nFranklin Park Zoo<br \/>\nFuller Craft Museum<br \/>\nCape Cod Maritime Museum<br \/>\nWorcester Historical Museum<br \/>\nGrif\ufb01n Museum of Photography<br \/>\nFitchburg Art Museum<br \/>\nJacob\u2019s Pillow Dance<br \/>\nSmith College Museum of Art<br \/>\nNaumkeag, The Trustees<br \/>\n<strong>AUGUST 18<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Institute of Contemporary Art\/Boston<br \/>\nOld Sturbridge Village<br \/>\nFreedom Trail \u00aeFoundation<br \/>\nButtonwood Park Zoo<br \/>\nCape Cod Children\u2019s Museum<br \/>\nConcord Museum<br \/>\nBerkshire Museum<br \/>\nEmily Dickinson Museum<br \/>\n<strong>AUGUST 25<\/strong><br \/>\nBoston Harbor Islands National and State Park<br \/>\nUSS Constitution Museum<br \/>\nPlimoth Plantation<br \/>\nMASS MoCA<br \/>\nNantucket Whaling Museum<br \/>\nThe Children\u2019s Museum of Greater Fall River<br \/>\nMuseum of African American History<br \/>\nCape Cod Museum of Natural History<br \/>\nHeritage Museums &amp; Gardens<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6924\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_6924\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6924\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge-638x425.jpg 638w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sturbridge-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_6924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village. Photo credit: MA Office of Travel and Tourism Flickr page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more information, please log onto the <a href=\"http:\/\/highlandstreet.org\/sites\/default\/files\/free-fun-friday-2017-english-version.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Free Fun Fridays<\/a> page through the Highland Street Foundation web site.<\/p>\n<p>The Newton-based Highland Street Foundation is a phenomenal local organization, contributing to many charitable causes in Massachusetts. Please check out its altruistic, giving mission by logging onto the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highlandstreet.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Highland Street Foundation Web Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best free cultural attractions programs in Massachusetts is the The Highland Street Foundation&#8217;s Free Fun Fridays program. 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