Moonlight Hours

Visit the Museum for free!

Since reopening in 2008, the San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum has offered free hours, or Moonlight Hours, the third Thursday of each month from 5 – 7 PM.

To date, more than 28,000 guests have visited during Moonlight Hours. This program is just one way the Museum keeps its promise to make this valuable community resource available to as many children as possible. 

In general, free hours are a way to broaden a children’s museum’s visitor base and reach out to underserved communities. Museums can inspire the development of new skills and interests, ignite creativity and enrich social connections. By removing financial barriers, museums and their benefactors also remove the social and academic barriers families face when they are not exposed to high-quality museum experiences.

You can sponsor Moonlight Hours! Contact Michelle at mjenkins@slocm.org to learn more.