Visitors can check out Aurora Museums After Dark

Posted March 26, 2018 11:00 pm

By Marissa Amoni Aurora Downtown

Aurora Museums After Dark will welcome visitors to downtown museums after hours on three Thursdays this year, starting the week of spring break.

The Aurora Regional Fire Museum, SciTech Hands On Museum, G.A.R. Museum, The Pierce Center, and Santori Public Library will stay open for a few extra hours for families to enjoy March 29, June 21 and Sept. 20.

The museums are open 5 to 8 p.m. for Aurora Museums After Dark and admission is free.

The downtown museums highlight STEAM activities for all ages. Families are encouraged to pick up a museum passport and have it validated at all locations to enter a raffle for a museum membership.

Aurora Museums After Dark is sponsored by Aurora Downtown, a nonprofit organization of downtown business and property owners within Special Service Area 1.

Brian Failing, executive director of the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, came up with the idea last summer.

"It allows us to bring families downtown to enjoy all that our great museums have to offer, and it allows us an opportunity to collaborate on new programming," he said.

For details, visit auroradowntown.org.

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