FREE Admission to NRA National Firearms Museum on Sept. 28th

Get into the NRA National Firearms Museum for free this Saturday, September 28, 2013. As part of Smithsonian magazine’s 9th Annual Museum Day Live! event, the National Firearms Museum will open its doors at no charge to those have downloaded a free event ticket from Smithsonian.com/museumday.

The NRA National Firearms Museum is the finest firearms collection in the Western Hemisphere. More than 2,700 of America’s most significant firearm treasures are showcased among 15 galleries spanning six centuries. On September 28th, Senior Curator Doug Wicklund will lead a guided tour of the galleries.

Museum Day Live! tickets can be downloaded at Smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present a Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. To learn more about the NRA National Firearms Museum, visit nramuseum.org.

Participating museums emulate the policy of the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. by providing free admission. Last year’s Museum Day event drew over 400,000 participants, and this year’s event expects record-high participation.