50 Great Ideas
for Under $50

for couples
or a family of four.




Click on a region below to view
its current 50 Under $50 listing.

*Prices subject to change; children's prices may be subject to age restrictions. The age for children's admission will vary with each attraction.

*Family of Four refers to two adults and two children.

Greater Boston

Ice Skating on the Boston Common Frog Pond
Two Adults: $28 (rate + $9 skate rental)
Family of Four: $38 (rate + $9 skate rental)

Community Ice Skating at Kendall Square
Two Adults: $26 (rate + $8 skate rental)
Family of Four: $38 (rate + $5 skate rental)

The Museum of African American History
Two Adults: $10.00
Family of Four: $16.00

Blue Hills Trailside Museum
Two Adults: $6.00
Family of Four: $9.00

Museum of Bad Art
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

United States Naval Ship Building Museum
Two Adults: $16.00
Family of Four: $28.00

Lyman Estate Greenhouses
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Winter Skate at Patriot Place
Two Adults: $24 (rate + $4 skate rental)
Family of Four: $44 (rate + $4 skate rental)

The Sports Museum at TD Garden
Two Adults: $20.00
Family of Four: $30.00

 
North of Boston & Greater Merrimack Valley

Hiking at Bradley Palmer State Park
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Witch Dungeon Museum
Two adults:$16.00
Family of Four: $28.00

Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
Two adults: $10.00
Family of Four: $10.00

National Streetcar Museum
Two adults: Free
Family of four: Free

Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
Two Adults: $18.00
Family of Four: $25.00

Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Two Adults: $12.00
Family of Four: $18.00

Wolf Hollow: Wild Wolf Learning Center (Sundays only)
Two Adults: $15.00
Family of Four: $25.00

The Museum of Printing
Two Adults: $16.00
Family of Four: $26.00

 
South of Boston

Women at Work Museum
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Winter Hiking at World's End
Two adults: $12.00
Family of Four: $12.00

Lawson Tower
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Ice Skating at FMC Ice Sports
Two Adults: $20 (rate + $5 rental)
Family of Four: $40 (rate + $5 rental)

New Bedford Fire Museum
Two Adults: $4.00
Family of Four: $8.00

Doll E. Daze Museum
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Pottery Painting at Claychick Pottery
Two Adults: $16 (+ piece to paint)
Family of Four: $32 (+ piece to paint)

Fuller Craft Museum
Two Adults: $16.00
Family of Four: $16.00

 
Cape Cod & The Islands

Whydah Pirate Museum
Two Adults: $20.00
Family of Four: $36.00

Nantucket Atheneum
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

World of Reptiles and Birds Park (winter hours vary, call ahead)
Two Adults: $10.00
Family of Four: $20.00

Dragonfly Fine Arts Gallery
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

The Vestal Street and Loines Observatories
Two Adults: $10.00
Family of Four: $18.00

Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory Tour
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Cahoon Museum of American Art
Two Adults: $16.00
Family of Four: $16.00

Chatham Railroad Museum
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

 
Central Massachusetts

Higgins Armory Museum
Two Adults: $24.00
Family of Four: $38.00

Hike or Cross Country Ski at Douglas State Forest
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Harvard Forest & Fisher Museum
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Lancaster Marketplace (Sundays only)
Two adults: $4.00
Family of Four: $4.00

Wachusett Brewing Company (21+)
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Museum of Russian Icons
Two Adults: $14.00
Family of Four: $14.00

Animal Adventures "Adventure-Tour"
Two Adults: $24.00
Family of Four: $48.00

Worcester Art Museum
Two Adults: $28.00
Family of Four: $28.00

 
Western Massachusetts

Ice Skating at the Mullins Community Ice Rink
Two Adults: $20 (rate + $4 skate rental)
Family of Four: $36 (rate + $4 skate rental)

Yankee Candle Company & Bavarian Christmas Village
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

The Titanic Museum
Two Adults: $8.00
Family of Four: $12.00

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Two Adults: $18.00
Family of Four: $22.50

Winter Hiking at Bartholomew's Cobble
Two Adults: $10.00
Family of Four: $12.00

W.E.B. Du Bois Center at Great Barrington
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

Wistariahurst Museum
Two Adults: $14.00
Family of Four: $14.00

Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History
Two Adults: $30.00
Family of Four: $46.00

Winter Hiking at Rocky Mountain Park
Two Adults: Free
Family of Four: Free

 

 




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