Check out this list of homeschool-family-friendly events and free days all around Colorado.  Have one to add to the list? Contact us here. Check back often for updates!

Always Free Museums:

• Aurora History Museum
• Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum
• Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
• Golden History Museum
• Nevadaville, Colorado, Ghost Town
• Bishop Castle

Find a list of contests for homeschoolers here.

August

• Thursday, August 15, Free Day at the Plains Conservation Center
• Wednesday, August 21, Free open house for homeschooling families at Classical Ballet Academy, 10:00-12:30. Contact info@classical-ballet-academy.com for more information.
• Sunday, August 25, Free entrance day into National Parks (For a historical field trip, check out Dinosaur National Monument or Canyon of the Ancients).
• Monday, August 26, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Tuesday-Wednesday, August 27-28, Rocky Mountain Bird Conservatory Bird Banding Days

September

• Tuesday, September 3, Free day at the Children’s Museum of Denver (4–8 pm).
• Tuesday, September 3, Free Day at the Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
• Saturday, September 14, Laura Ingalls Wilder Days
• Saturday, September 14, Free Day at the Longmont Museum
• Saturday, September 21, Migrating Raptors free event at the Plains Conservation Center
• Saturday, September 28, Free entrance day into National Parks
• Sunday, September 29, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

October

• Tuesday, October 1, Free day at the Children’s Museum of Denver (4–8 pm).
• Thursday, October 10, Free Day at the Colorado Railroad Museum
• Saturday, October 12, Free Day at the Longmont Museum
• Monday, October 14, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

November

• Monday, November 4, Free Day at the Denver Zoo
• Tuesday, November 5, Free day at the Children’s Museum of Denver (4–8 pm).
• Tuesday, November 5, Botanic Gardens Chatfield location free day
• Friday, November 8, Free Day at the Denver Zoo
• Saturday, November 9, Free Day at the Longmont Museum
• Monday, November 11, Free Day at the Denver Botanic Gardens York Street
• Monday, November 11, Free entrance day into National Parks
• Sunday, November 17, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Thursday, November 21, Free Day at the Plains Conservation Center

December

• Tuesday, December 3, Free day at the Children’s Museum of Denver (4–8 pm).
• Sunday, December 8, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Saturday, December 14, Free Day at the Longmont Museum
• Thursday, December 19, Free Day at the Plains Conservation Center

Please note: CHEC does not sponsor or endorse these events. This list is intended only as a guide to Colorado homeschooling events. Please use discretion.  (Posted events are subject to the discretion of the webmaster.)