South Shore Boston Weekend Events Sat Jan 18th, Sun Jan 19th & Mon Jan 20th

• Admission will be free starting 11 A.M. Monday on a first come first serve basis. That includes admission to the entire art museum and special exhibitions.
• Entry will be timed every 30 minutes with the last entry at 4 P.M.
• There will be special performances by local artists including storyteller Gcina Mhlophe, and Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola.
• The museum will also be holding a social justice project entitled “Wee The People.” It’s an interactive family friendly workshop on the legacy of MLK.
• Visitors are encouraged to bring donations of new toiletries to create care packages for families served by the Elizabeth Stone House, a Roxbury-based organization that partners with adult and child survivors of domestic violence.

Institute Of Contemporary Art

• Admission will be free starting 10 A.M. Monday.
• There will be two new exhibitions opening up on MLK Day: “Tschabalala Self: Out of Body,” and “Caroline Caycedo: Cosmotarrayas.”
• There will also be an art-making area where visitors can create a personal banner to represent something they believe in.
• You can also catch a free screening of the film A Wall is A Wall: Short Film Program in the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater, on loop 11 A.M.- 4 P.M.

Museum Of Fine Arts

• Admission will be free starting 10 A.M. until 5 P.M. on Monday. It involves dozens of events, installations, interactive art pieces, performances, tours, talks, and walks.
• Events include commemorative remarks from Mayor Marty Walsh at noon in the Shapiro Family Courtyard.
• Music researcher and MFA community arts liaison DJ Dayglow will be spinning feel-good soul, funk and Motown all day long.
• Hear about youth empowerment from student athletes as they discuss what MLK Jr. means to them.
• Art made by students from the museum’s ten Community Arts Initiative partners, created specifically for the MFA’s MLK Day celebration, will also be on display.
• Spoken word and speech recitation will start at 11:30 A.M. and 2:30 P.M featuring BAM scholars who participated in the curatorial team for “Black Histories, Black Futures.”
• Art-making activities start at 10 A.M.
• Story Hour and Dance Performances will run throughout the day.

Stone Zoo & Franklin Park Zoo

• Admission will be free starting 10 A.M. on Monday with the last admission at 3:30 P.M.
• Guests are invited to write messages of hope and peace on murals located throughout the Tropical Forest Pavillion at Franklin Zoo and the Animal Discovery Center at Stone Zoo.
• There will be several ‘zoo keeper chats’ happening at both locations. Between 10:30 A.M. and 3 P.M. at Franklin Zoo, you can learn about the red panda, birds, camels, gorillas, and farm animals. Between 10:30 A.M. and 2 P.M. at Stone Zoo, you can learn about the snow leopard, North American river otter, and the black bear.