First Friday Evening of the Month = Free Admission to Several Museums and Planetarium

On the first Friday of the month,  several valley museums offer free admission.
Take advantage of any of these on Friday, October 5th!

If you’re going to downtown locations, you may want to look into the
light rail or get there early.  Parking is limited.

The Phoenix Art Museum offers free general admission on select days and times.

** First Fridays from 6 pm – 10 pm
** Wednesday evenings, from 3 pm – 9 pm
(Some exhibits will have special admission fees.)

Normal admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students, & $6 for children.
1625 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685

Nanci left this comment for us after going in August:
The museum’s parking lot was completely full but they offered overflow parking directly across Central Ave in the parking structure. The structure serves the Uptown Phoenix’s Arts District building, 1636 N. Central Avenue, which houses the offices of the Arizona Opera Company. It was free to park there, the attendant just asked that we park on level 3 or 4 and exit to Palm (since the other exits were not open). There were even two gentleman, maybe officers, controlling the lights and stopping traffic so we could cross Central safely. I was worried there would be no parking but was pleasantly surprised to find the overflow lot.  (Thanks, Nanci!)

You can get FREE admission to the Phoenix Children’s Museum
the first Friday of each month, from 5 pm -9 pm.

Admission is normally $11 per person.
215 N. 7th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Light rail and directions here.

Get in free to the Heard Museum on the first Friday of every month from 6-9 PM.

Adults are regularly $18 and kids are $7.50.
2301 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004

The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is free all day on
Thursdays and on Friday and Saturday after 5:00 pm.

On those days, they are open from noon to 9 pm.

Regular admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students, 15 and under are free.
7374 East Second Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Go here to see what exhibits they currently have and for directions.

Mesa Community College has free admission to their planetarium on the first Friday of the month during the spring and fall semesters. Planterium shows run from 6:00-10:00pm, typically every 30 minutes.  If it’s a clear night, you can also enjoy telescope viewing.

NEW!  You can now reserve tickets in advance here.  If tickets are still all reserved, you can still walk up and get them.
Note from their website: For each planetarium show, half of the tickets are available for reserve. Free tickets will be available at the ticket table in front of the planetarium entrance first-come, first-served beginning at 5:30pm on the night of the show, October 5.

The MCC Planetarium underwent major renovations January 2018. The upgrade includes a new 4K projection system, new support computers, and new planetarium software. The new view of our Universe is gorgeous!

Go here for directions on free parking, finding the correct building, and for a few more details.

Here’s the schedule:

Oct 5
Stars of the Pharaohs
Come see this popular show presented with our updated projection system. This show will be presented on a 45-minute schedule. Show times at 6:00p, 6:45p, 7:30p, 8:15p, 9:00p, 9:45p.

Nov 2
Juno at Jupiter
Come learn about NASA’s newest mission to Jupiter. The Juno spacecraft has revealed many discoveries in its first two years orbiting the giant planet Jupiter.

Dec 7
Tour the Universe with Pink Floyd
Updated for our new projection system! Rock out to the classic tunes of Pink Floyd and tour.

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