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Museums and lectures
The trick to checking out the local institutions is finding out when free days are offered. With the exception of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, most museums offer a chance to stroll about for free. Planning ahead can get you into the rest of them for free. The Boston Public Library and several other area libraries offer free passes to places such as the New England Aquarium, the Children's Museum, and yes, even the Gardner Museum. Call the BPL a few weeks in advance to check out a pass good for four.
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Ford Hall Forum, 617-373-5800. The April 21 lecture is at Boston Center for the Arts, 5 Comm. Ave., Boston. [Get directions].
John F. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston. 617-929-4500. [Get directions].
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The 72-acre Franklin Park Zoo is free the first Saturday of each month (mark your calendar for May 1). Harvard University has an eclectic collection of museums (everything from the Museum of Comparative Zoology to the Fogg art museum), all of which are free on Saturdays between 9 a.m. and noon. The bottom line: Before you decide to visit any kind of museum or zoo, call ahead.
This being a college town, lectures abound. For example, the Ford Hall Forum series, held at various venues, has hosted Larry Flynt, Ted Turner, and TK. On April 21, Steven Druker, executive director of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, speaks at the Boston Center for Adult Education about the risks of genetically altered crops.
The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum regularly hosts lectures for adults and events for children. On April 18, the library hosts a tribute to filmmaker Henry Hampton from 2 to 5 p.m. It includes screenings of his films and a panel discussion.
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