Priceless culture may be free

So you’ve spent a sackful on airfare and lodging, and now you have to shell out for admissions too? Not always. Some museums offer free adult admission at certain times:

Museum: Art Institute of Chicago; www.artic.edu

Hours: 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays; 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays

Admission: $7-$12

Free: 5-9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays

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Museum: British Museum, London; www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturdays-Wednesdays; 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays

Admission: Free

Free: Always

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Museum: De Young Museum, San Francisco; www.thinker.org

Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays;9:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m. Fridays, closed Mondays

Admission: $6-$10

Free: First Tuesday of every month

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Museum: BTD Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia; www.hermitagemuseum.org

Hours: 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays; Closed Mondays

Admission: $13 (350 rubles)

Free: First Thursday of every month

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Museum: Louvre, Paris; www.louvre.fr

Hours: BTD 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Mondays; Closed Tuesdays

Admission: $7.65-$16.56 (6-13 euros)

Free: First Sunday of every month

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Museum: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; www.themodern.org

Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; (10 a.m.-8 p.m. first Friday of every month); 11 a.m.--5 p.m. Sundays Closed Mondays

Admission: $4-$8

Free: Wednesdays and first Sunday of every month

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Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; www.mfa.org

Hours: 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays; 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays

Admission: $6.50-$15

Free: 4-9:45 p.m. Wednesdays

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Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; www.nga.gov

Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays

Admission: Free

Free: Always

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Museum: Pergamon Museum, Berlin; www.smb.spk-berlin.de

Hours: BTD 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursdays; Closed Mondays

Admission: $5-$15.13 (4-12 euros)

Free: 6--10 p.m.Thursdays

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Museum: Prado, Madrid; museoprado.mcu.es

Hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays; Closed Mondays

Admission: $3.82- $7.65 (3-6 euros)

Free: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sundays

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