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Austin Museums - For Free!

Every year (this will be the 11th), the Austin Museum Partnership and member museum in the Austin area hold a city-wide, discover (or rediscover) Austin Museums Day - for free!

This is a great chance to get out and explore the numerous museums in the Austin area, ones you've seen before, ones you didn't know existed. You certainly can't beat the price!

This year, the date is September 14, 2008.

Museums participating are:

Arthouse at the Jones Center

Austin Children's Museum

Austin Museum of Art - Downtown (I prefer Laguna Gloria, myself, but it's not on the tour)

Austin Nature & Science Center

Blanton Museum of Art

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center

Capitol Visitors Center

Elisabet Ney Museum

French Legation Museum

George Washington Carver Museum

The German Free School (German-Texas Heritage Society)

Harry Ransom Center

Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum

Mexican American Cultural Center

Mexic-Arte Museum

Neill-Cochran House

O. Henry Museum

Beverly S. Sheffield Education Center

South Austin Museum of Popular Culture

Susanna Dickenson Museum

Texas Folklife Gallery - Downtown

Texas Memorial Museum

Texas Military Forces Museum

Texas Museum Museum

Texas State Capitol

Texas State Cemetery

Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum

Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve

The links above are to the actual websites. The link to the Austin Museums Day at top will show you what activities are going on at each museum to celebrate the day, and when.

This is by no means a complete listing of Austin museums, just the ones that are participating in this event. This should, however, certainly be enough to keep anyone busy for the day! Hope to run into you there!

Posted Wednesday Sep 03