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title: "Free Admission: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration"
date: 2026-10-29T09:00:00-04:00
author: Lauren Piandes
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# Free Admission: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day Celebration

 Monday, January 18, 2027 from 10 am—5 pm

 

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 ![Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before his iconic I Have A Dream speech](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ev_MLKJrDayCelebration_1600_Split-Hero.jpg) 

 

 

## Know before you go  

  
All visitors enjoy free admission on this day. All activities are included.

 

Join us for a day of free museum admission celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement.

**Film Screening:** ***Legacy of a Dream***   
10 am–5 pm \| Special Exhibition Gallery C  
24 minutes long, played on a loop throughout the day.

*Legacy of a Dream* presents an account of Dr. King's nonviolent campaign for civil rights and social justice, using only original newsreel and other primary material, unvarnished and unretouched, to cover the period of time between the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 to King’s assassination in 1968. Narrated by James Earl Jones, *Legacy of a Dream* provides an excellent overview of the struggle for civil rights and "the right to protest for right."

**Spoken Word & Poetry Reading**   
Noon–1:30 pm \| Main Atrium  
Join us for a special set of spoken word and poetry performances. Hear from a variety of local and Massachusetts-based poets as they reflect on themes of resilience, joy and justice.

**Drop-in Art-Making: Found Poetry**  
11 am–3 pm \| Create Space Studios  
Stop by PEM’s Create Space studios to create your own “found” poetry. Learn about a variety of writing techniques and collage together your own poems to share!

 

 

 

 

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