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Racing Museum Offering Free Giveaway on Jan. 19

Photo provided by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will give its first 25 visitors a free, commemorative, packable museum blanket with paid admission on Monday, Jan. 19, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The museum will be open on the holiday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

The Museum, which is otherwise closed on Monday and Tuesday from January through May and Sept. 8 through December, will be open on the following Monday holidays in 2026: 

• Feb. 16, Presidents’ Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (featuring “The Forgotten Foundation: How Black Equestrians Helped Build American Thoroughbred Racing” lecture at 11 a.m.)

• May 26, Memorial Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

• Sept. 7, Labor Day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

• Oct. 12, Columbus Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Additional Monday giveaways and special programming on those dates will be announced soon.