SNAP participants: Free/discounted museum admission

Through Museums for All, those receiving food assistance (SNAP benefits) can gain free or reduced admission to more than 850 museums throughout the United States simply by presenting their SNAP EBT (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Electronic Benefit Transfer) card. Find a participating museum near you or browse our full list of participating museums.

Museums for All is a national, branded access program that encourages individuals of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. It is open to participation by any type of museum — including art, history, natural history/anthropology, and general museums, children’s museums, science centers, planetariums, nature centers, historic houses/sites, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and arboretums.

The cost of museum admission can be a barrier for many low-income families. Participating museums provide reduced admission, ranging from free to $3.00, to visitors presenting their EBT card. This reduced rate is available during all normal operating hours to up to four individuals per EBT card. With a year-round open door policy, Museums for All invites low-income visitors to feel welcome at cultural institutions.

Since the launch of the initiative in 2014/2015, Museums for All has served more than 4 million visitors nationwide at more than 850 museums of all varieties, representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Museums for All is the only nationally coordinated financial accessibility program in the museum field, providing an easy-to-implement structure and the ability for participating museums to customize their implementation. Learn more about Museums for All.

Museums for All is an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency based in Washington, DC. The initiative is administered by the Association of Children’s Museums through a cooperative agreement with IMLS.

Rhode Island

• Coggeshall Farm Museum
  (Bristol, RI)
• Historic New England – Arnold House
  (Lincoln, RI)
• Historic New England – Casey Farm
  (Saunderstown, RI)
• Historic New England – Clemence-Irons House
  (Johnston, RI)
• Historic New England – Watson Farm
  (Jamestown, RI)
• John Brown House Museum – Rhode Island Historical Society
  (Providence, RI)
• Lippitt House Museum
  (Providence, RI)
• Museum of Work & Culture – Rhode Island Historical Society
  (Woonsocket, RI)
• Newport Art Museum
  (Newport, RI)
• Newport Mansions | The Preservation Society of Newport County
  (Newport, RI)
• Providence Children’s Museum
  (Providence, RI)
• RISD Museum
  (Providence, RI)
• The Sailing Museum
  (Newport, RI)

Massachusetts

• Battleship Cove
  (Fall River, MA)
• Beneski Museum of Natural History
  (Amherst, MA)
• Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
  (Pittsfield, MA)
• Berkshire Museum
  (Pittsfield, MA)
• Boston Children’s Museum
  (Boston, MA)
• Cape Cod Children’s Museum
  (Mashpee, MA)
• Children’s Museum in Easton
  (North Easton, MA)
• Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River
  (Fall River, MA)
• Cultural Center of Cape Cod
  (South Yarmouth, MA)
• EcoTarium
  (Worcester, MA)
• Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
  (Boston, MA)
• The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
  (Amherst, MA)
• Heritage Museums & Gardens
  (Sandwich, MA)
• Historic Beverly – Balch House
  (Beverly, MA)
• Historic Beverly – Cabot House
  (Beverly, MA)
• Historic Beverly – Hale Farm
  (Beverly, MA)
• Historic New England – Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House
  (Gloucester, MA)
• Historic New England – Codman Estate
  (Lincoln, MA)
• Historic New England – Coffin House
  (Newbury, MA)
• Historic New England – Cogswell’s Grant
  (Essex, MA)
• Historic New England – Eustis Estate Museum
  (Milton, MA)
• Historic New England – Gedney House
  (Salem, MA)
• Historic New England – Gropius House
  (Lincoln, MA)
• Historic New England – Lyman Estate
  (Waltham, MA)
• Historic New England – Lyman Estate Greenhouses
  (Waltham, MA)
• Historic New England – Otis House
  (Boston, MA)
• Historic New England – Phillips House
  (Salem, MA)
• Historic New England – Quincy House
  (Quincy, MA)
• Historic New England – Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  (Newbury, MA)
• Historic New England – Swett-Ilsley House
  (Newbury, MA)
• Historic New England – Winslow Crocker House
  (Yarmouth Port, MA)
• Martha’s Vineyard Museum
  (Vineyard Haven, MA)
• Museum of Russian Icons
  (Clinton, MA)
• Museum of Science
  (Boston, MA)
• Peabody Essex Museum
  (Salem, MA)
• New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!
  (New Bedford, MA)
• New Bedford Whaling Museum
  (New Bedford, MA)
• Norman Rockwell Museum
  (Stockbridge, MA)
• Old Sturbridge Village
  (Sturbridge, MA)
• Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
  (New Bedford, MA)
• Shirley-Eustis House Association
  (Roxbury, MA)
• Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
  (Williamstown, MA)
• USS Constitution Museum
  (Boston, MA)
• Wenham Museum
  (Wenham, MA)