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05-02-2024 10:50 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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The Portland Art Museum is offering two free opportunities to experience exhibitions and programs this week—Free First Thursday on Thursday, February 1, and Miller Family Free Day on Sunday, February 4. Visitors can enjoy Africa Fashion in its final weeks (closing February 18), Black Artists of Oregon, and the newly reopened Throughlines, after its temporary closure due to construction on the Museum’s campus transformation project. Both free days will feature programs with artists from the exhibitions, and Free First Thursday also features a free program at PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater of films by local Black artists selected by Black Artists of Oregon curator Intisar Abioto (sold out, but a waitlist is available).
In addition, Bank of America offers its cardholders free admission to the Portland Art Museum on the first full weekend of each month through the Museums on Us partnership, with the next free admission opportunity for cardholders this coming Saturday and Sunday, February 3 and 4.
The community welcomed the return of Free First Thursdays to the Portland Art Museum in January, thanks to generous support provided by the Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All Program. Museum admission is now free on the first Thursday of every month from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and programs at the newly opened PAM CUT Tomorrow Theater in Southeast Portland will also be free. The museum also has new hours starting offering extended evening access: Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Approximately 45,000 visitors visit the Portland Art Museum for free or at reduced cost annually. Free First Thursdays are in addition to the museum’s existing admissions access programs, including free admission for kids aged 17 and under, veterans and active duty military, and quarterly Miller Family Free Days. Reduced-cost admission is also available for seniors, students, and individuals on supplemental nutrition assistance, and through select Multnomah County Library branches. The museum and PAM CUT offer free events as part of regular programming, including Art & Conversation, a popular program that is now back on the schedule.
