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More Than 15 Philadelphia Museums Offering Free Admission On Saturday

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Attention, Philadelphians: This weekend might be a good one to check out the city's museum scene.

That's because Saturday, Sept. 27th is Smithsonian Museum Day Live, when institutions across the country open their doors for free.

In Philadelphia, the following museums are taking part:

• The Penn Museum
• National Museum of American Jewish History
• African American Museum in Philadelphia
• Academy of Natural Sciences
• American Philosophical Society Museum
• Woodford Mansion
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia
• Wyck Historic House
• The Print Center
• Chemical Heritage Museum
• Battleship New Jersey
• Rosenbach Museum and Library
• Historic St. George's UMC
• Philadelphia History Museum at Atwater Kent
• Abington Art Center
• Glencairn Museum

To get your free admission to any of Philadelphia's participating museums, register here, then download and print your Smithsonian Museum Day ticket.

You can also search for museums by state and zip code here.

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