See King Tut for Free This Weekend, Courtesy of Target

King Tut is in the news again this week. While it seems he had some pretty miserable health problems, he also had a lot of really beautiful and amazing stuff, much of which is on view through March 28, 2010 at San Francisco's de Young Museum. If you haven't seen the show yet, this weekend may be the time to do so, because it's free! That's right, this Saturday and Sunday, February 20 and 21, admission to Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs will be absolutely free, courtesy of the generous folks at Target

The only catch is that the free tickets to see Tut are handed out on a first-come, first-served basis, and a limited number of people can go through the exhibition each day. Expect the free tickets to be gone early in the day. There's a limit of four tickets per adult, and tickets will be timed and dated. The museum box office will open at 8:30 am on Saturday and Sunday; the first exhibition entry is at 9 am.

If you can't get a free ticket to see King Tut, then you can visit the rest of the museum for free, with its permanent collection of American art, contemporary art, and the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the native Americas. There will be plenty of things to do and see, including hands-on art-making activities for the whole family, live music and dance, and a mummy film festival featuring family-friendly flicks like Where's My Mummy? with Scooby Doo and We Want Our Mummy with the Three Stooges, as well as the classic 1932 The Mummy with Boris Karloff. All activities, entertainment, and movies are free, too.

For more information, visit www.tutsanfrancisco.org or call (415) 750-3600.