Museum Day | Santa Fe's State Museums Open Free

Saturday, September 27, 2008
An easy-to-get special pass from the Smithsonian is all you need

Santa Fe, NM (August 23, 2008) & mdash; Museum Day, a project of Smithsonian Magazine, will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2008. All four state museums in Santa Fe will be participating in this free admission event; The Palace of the Governors/New Mexico History Museum, The New Mexico Museum of Art, The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and The Museum of International Folk Art.

Admission on this day only is free to Smithsonian Magazine subscribers who will receive their pass in the magazine's September issue. The general public should go to the following web site http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/admission.html to download their free pass. Another route is to Google the term "Museum Day 2008" where they will be directed to the free Museum Day admission pass site.

The pass is good for a one-time use on Saturday, September 27, 2008 and must be presented for admission; one admission card per household is allowed.

With the museums already open free to New Mexico residents on Sundays this pass means the weekend of September 27 and 28, 2008 provides two consecutive days to visit these museums for free. For New Mexican's not living in Santa Fe this makes a great reason to plan a weekend stay in the city and to visit these Museums.

All four museums will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days.

For information about what is on view and events happening at these Museums, visit the web site Museum of New Mexico.

Please note: On the same day, Saturday, September 27, 2008 there will be a special event taking place; "First New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival" presented by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shops.

Novelist Ana Castillo, Santa Fe Poet Laureate Valerie Martinez, former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, cookbook guru Deborah Madison, and 71 other notable women authors will celebrate the joy of reading and the creative power of New Mexico's women writers. The festival takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Milner Plaza on Museum Hill. Festival admission is free, and also includes free admission to the Museum of International Folk Art and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

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