Smithsonian Offers Free Admission To Wyoming Museums
August 13, 2012 6:49 AM 
Museum Day Live! will be the eighth annual event celebrating education through the nation’s wide array of museums and cultural institutions. For one day only, participating locations across the country will emulate the free admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based facilities. The program encourages learning and the dissemination of knowledge nationwide. Last year’s event drew over 350,000 museum-goers to over 1,400 museums.
Starting today, museum-goers can go to smithsonian.com/museumdaylive to download tickets for Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! Tickets grant free admission for two people per household to participating museums on Saturday, September 29, 2012. In Wyoming a number of institutions are participating.
Bradford Brinton Memorial & Museum
Big Horn
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Cody
Carbon County Museum
Rawlins
Chugwater Museum
Chugwater
Dubois Museum
Dubois
Grand Encampment Museum
Encampment
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Jackson Hole
Nici Self Museum
Centennial
University of Wyoming Art Museum
Laramie
Washakie Museum & Cultural Center
Worland
Wyoming Veterans’ Memorial Museum
Casper
Jennifer Hicks, Group Publisher, Smithsonian Media said,
“With September right around the corner, people can start to plan their Museum Day Live! experience now, Our free online ticketing makes accessing museums and cultural institutions easy for anyone that is interested. Over 1,400 museums are expected to participate, making this year’s event even larger than last year.”
For more information, please visit smithsonian.com/museumdaylive.
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