Admission & hours
Reservations are recommended; not required.
Hours
Museum Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Last admission 4:30 pm
Summer Weekends 2025 Kids are Free at the Bruce!
Beginning Saturday, July 5, and running through Sunday, August 31.
During this time, up to four children per accompanying adult can enjoy weekends at the Bruce without paying the $20 admission fee. To participate in the “Summer Weekends 2025 Kids are Free at the Bruce” program, visitors must purchase their tickets from the Visitor Services team at the main entrance.
Reservations are recommended; not required. Groups of 10 or more people require advance reservations. Discounted admission, memberships, and free admission Tuesdays are not extended to groups of 10 or more people. Please note that number of tickets is limited to 9 people. If you would like to schedule a group program, please contact Alessandra Uka.
Contact us at:
1-203-869-0376
The Museum Café
Tuesday - Sunday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Bruce Museum Store
Tuesday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free Parking is available on the Museum property.
The Museum grand hall, Museum store, and Aux Délices at the Bruce Café are all open free to the public.
Closed Mondays and major holidays:
- Christmas Eve - early closing 1pm*
- Christmas Day - closed
- News Year's Eve - early closing 1pm*
- New Year's Day - closed
- Sunday, Easter - closed.
- Memorial Day - closed
- Juneteenth - closed
- July 3 - early closing - 1pm
- Independence Day - closed
- Labor Day - closed
- Thanksgiving Eve early closing- 3pm.*
- Thanksgiving - closed
- Annual Cleaning - September 8, 2025–September 16, 2025
*Early closing at 1pm. last admission at 12:30pm.
*Early closing at 3pm. last admission at 2:30pm.
Admission
Admission is free on Tuesdays from 10 am–5 pm.
Admission Wednesday-Sunday from 10 am-5 pm:
Members - Free
Adults - $20
Senior Citizens (62+) - $15
Children under 5 - Free
Student - $15
A note about discounted admission: discounts and free admission for reciprocal museum memberships are applied in person only. Do not reserve tickets online if you wish to redeem discounted admission.
The Bruce Museum is accessible to individuals with disabilities. *click here to learn more about our accessibility initiatives*
The Bruce Museum is a participant in Museums for All, which supports free admission with the presentation of one EBT card for up to four individuals in the same group (effective during regular business hours).
Bruce Museum is a participant in the Blue Star Museums program.
On the first full weekend of every month, general admission to the Bruce Museum is free for all Bank of America cardholders thanks to our partnership with the Bank of America Museums on Us program.
