Visit Quad Cities and 16 area museums are teaming up this year to provide free and reduced admission as well as other deals as part of this year’s QC Museum Week.
Also, for the first time this year, museums-goers can pick up a Museum Week Passport at any participating museum during the June 11-18 QC Museum Week event.
All week several museums throughout the Quad Cities region will welcome visitors with activities, new exhibits, discounted admissions, tours, special programs and more. Full details can be found here.
Each museum will have Museum Week Passports on hand to pick up. Visitors who get the passport stamped at three or more museums during the week will be able to drop it in a box at the final museum they visit. Three lucky winners will receive gift baskets filled with goodies, tickets, memberships and two vouchers for free admission to the Beyond Van Gogh Exhibit at the RiverCenter in downtown Davenport, Visit Quad Cities said in a news release.
“This is the eighth year for Quad Cities Museum Week, and the event continues to grow as more people participate in this annual event to celebrate our cultural assets in the QC,” according to Charlotte Doehler-Morrison, Visit Quad Cities’ vice president of marketing of communications.
“Sixteen museums are participating this year, and each of our museums offers something completely different to appeal to various audiences and ages,” she added. “We invite people to get out, explore with family and friends, and discover new stories, experiences and adventures.”
Quad Cities’ museums offer adventures, discovery and hours of fun, and there is a museum in the QC to meet everyone’s interests, from art, science and technology, to local, national and world history, Visit Quad Cities said. There are exhibits and stories just waiting to be discovered, Visit Quad Cities says.
This year’s QC Museum Week participants include:
- Buffalo Bill Museum – Buy two admissions for the price of one when you mention QC Museum Week.
- Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead – Complimentary admission when you mention QC Museum Week.
- Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House – Complimentary tours and two free concerts.
- Colonel Davenport House – Pioneer Days event June 10-11. Active-duty military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve, and up to five family members are offered free regular home tour admissions from May 20 through Sept. 4.
- Dan Nagle Walnut Grove Pioneer Village – Complimentary admission.
- Davenport School Museum – Complimentary admission.
- Family Museum – Buy one, get one free admission when you mention QC Museum Week.
- Figge Art Museum – $5 off museum admission.
- German American Heritage Center – Complimentary admission.
- Hauberg Estate – Complimentary architectural tour.
- Hauberg Museum at Black Hawk State Historic Site – Special activities and prizes and complimentary admission.
- Iowa 80 Trucking Museum – 10% off gift shop purchase and complimentary admission.
- Karpeles Manuscript Museum – 25% off at gift shop, special tours, colonial kids games, and complimentary admission.
- Putnam Museum & Science Center – Admission discounted to $5, and catch the new summer movie “Dino Dana: The Movie” at the Giant Screen Theatre.
- The Sawmill Museum – Buy one adult ticket and get another adult or child ticket free.
Museums encourage visitors to post about their museum experiences on social media using the hashtag #QCMuseumWeek.
Museum Week was launched in 2015 through a partnership between Visit Quad Cities and area museums. The event celebrates the wealth of museums in the Quad Cities bi-state region, creating greater awareness of what each offers, and why they are essential to the quality of life in the community.
Visit Quad Cities also offers a free QC Family Pass that is good throughout the year for many attractions in the QC. Enjoy special discounts right from the convenience of your mobile device.
For more information, go to www.qcmuseumweek.com.
