Acton’s Discovery Museum to reopen with free admission
Mitchell Green courtesy JM Coull
Visitors enjoy the treehouse and climbing net at The Discovery Museums' Discovery Woods.
The Discovery Museum in Acton will reopen to the public at the end of the month, with free admission for all visitors through August 23.
The museum will be open to members only from July 14 through July 26, but then open free to the public on July 28 in what the museum is calling Free to Play.
The Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum blending science, nature, and play through the museum and its Discovery Woods accessible outdoor nature playscape and 550-square-foot treehouse.
“Our goal is to provide a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment where families can begin to re-connect outside their homes and where children can have the familiar, joyful experiences that can help signal a return to the normalcy that has been lost during the pandemic,” said Neil Gordon, Discovery Museum CEO, in a press release.
The title sponsor for Free To Play is The TJX Cos., Inc. Highland Street Foundation and Middlesex Savings Bank are premier sponsors; the lead sponsor is MathWorks, Inc. Additional support is provided by Enterprise Bank, Hologic, NETSCOUT and Workers Credit Union.
The museum has put in place health and safety protocols and visitor requirements for its reopening. These include reduced building capacity, advanced tickets for entry, one-way visitor flows and reduced gallery capacities, and expanded cleaning procedures. Staff and visitors ages 5 and up will be required to wear masks on campus at all times, and no food or drink will be allowed.
The museum has been closed since March 14, in accordance with state business requirements. During that time, staff developed at-home activity resources posted online and distributed in hard copy through local food pantries and the Acton-Boxborough schools, as well as online distance learning resources for teachers.
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This does not sound very safe for an extremely hands on museum.
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