Highland Street Foundation Releases Free Fun Fridays 2012 Schedule
Visit 50 Museums and Cultural Institutions across Massachusetts for Free this Summer
BOSTON, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Highland Street Foundation released the schedule for its highly anticipated 2012 Free Fun Fridays program. Free Fun Fridays opens the doors to some of Massachusetts' best cultural institutions at no cost to visitors. This year, a record-breaking 50 venues will participate in Free Fun Fridays, with five cultural institutions in Massachusetts open free-of-charge every Friday for 10 weeks this summer.
| Who: |
The Highland Street Foundation invites all Massachusetts families |
| What: |
4th Annual Free Fun Fridays Summer Program |
| When: |
Every Friday, from June 29 through August 31, 2012 |
| Where: |
Five different museums and cultural institutions each week |
| Free Fun Fridays 2012 schedule included at the end of advisory |
To learn more about the Free Fun Fridays and the Highland Street Foundation, visit www.highlandstreet.org or join us at facebook.com/HighlandStreet and on Twitter @HighlandStreet.
| FRIDAY, JUNE 29 |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 |
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| Tanglewood (Lenox) |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston) |
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| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston) |
Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge) |
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| Peabody Essex Museum (Salem) |
Amelia Park Children's Museum (Westfield) |
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| Heritage Museums and Gardens (Sandwich) |
Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton) |
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| Museum of African American History (Boston and Nantucket) |
Arnold Arboretum (Jamaica Plain) |
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| FRIDAY, JULY 6 |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 |
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| Boston Children's Museum (Boston) |
Battleship Cove (Fall River) |
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| Stone Zoo (Stoneham) |
Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield) |
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| Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis) |
Cape Cod Children's Museum (Mashpee) |
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| Wenham Museum (Wenham) |
Fruitlands Museum (Harvard) |
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| Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown) |
The Sports Museum (Boston) |
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| FRIDAY, JULY 13 |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 |
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| Franklin Park Zoo (Boston) |
Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston) |
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| Children's Museum at Holyoke (Holyoke) |
Edward Gorey House (Yarmouth Port) |
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| Danforth Museum of Art (Framingham) |
New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford) |
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| deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Lincoln) |
Garden in the Woods (Framingham) |
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| Reagle Music Theatre (Waltham) |
Concord Museum (Concord) |
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| FRIDAY, JULY 20 |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 |
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| Buttonwood Park Zoo (New Bedford) |
Boston Harbor Island Alliance (Boston) |
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| Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center (Canton) |
USS Constitution Museum (Charlestown) |
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| Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield) |
American Textile Museum (Lowell) |
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| Pilgrim Monument (Provincetown) |
Old Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge) |
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| Higgins Armory Museum (Worcester) |
Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield) |
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| FRIDAY, JULY 27 |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 |
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| Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Boston) |
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum (Boston) |
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| Children's Museum in Easton (North Easton) |
Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth) |
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| Springfield Museums (Springfield) |
The Discovery Museums (Acton) |
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| New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston) |
MASS MoCA (North Adams) |
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| New Repertory Theatre (Watertown) |
EcoTarium (Worcester) |
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About the Highland Street Foundation:
Since 1989, the Highland Street Foundation has worked to enrich the lives of children and families in Massachusetts by donating more than $130 million to worthy non-profit organizations. From its support of the TADpole playground in Boston Common, to providing tickets to local sporting events to local non-profits, to building capacity and providing technical assistance of hundreds of nonprofit organizations, the foundation is dedicated expanding opportunities families in Massachusetts and beyond.
SOURCE Highland Street Foundation
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