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Museum & culture passes

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In Wisconsin

Everything in Wisconsin

Henry Vilas Zoo

Madison has had a free zoo since 1911. No ticket, no catch, just giraffes.

What it costs you: Nothing at allNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

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Chazen Museum of Art

UW-Madison’s art museum is open daily and always free.

What it costs you: Nothing at allNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)

No admission fee for exhibitions on State Street, and most education programs are free too.

What it costs you: Nothing at allNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

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Milwaukee Art Museum free for kids & Wisconsin teachers

Kids 12 and under get into the Milwaukee Art Museum free, and so do Wisconsin K-12 teachers.

What it costs you: Nothing at allNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

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Milwaukee County Zoo Family Free Day

Free zoo day in Milwaukee on October 3, 2026. Bring the whole herd.

What it costs you: Nothing at allEnds Oct 3Verified on Sept 27, 2026

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Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Wausau art museum famous for its bird art. Always free admission.

What it costs you: Nothing at allNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

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Kohler Art Preserve

The world’s first museum dedicated to artist-built environments, in Sheboygan. Entry is free of charge.

What it costs you: Nothing at allNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

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Wisconsin State Capitol free tours

Free guided tours of the Capitol in Madison run daily, year-round.

What it costs you: Account signupNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

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Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee

Wander a Milwaukee park full of big outdoor sculptures, with free admission right now.

What it costs you: Nothing at allNo end dateVerified on Sept 27, 2026

Other states & provinces

21 regions

Montgomery Museum of Fine ArtsAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Museum of Alabama (Archives & History)AlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Birmingham Museum of ArtAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Huntsville Museum of Art free for kids 12 and underAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine ArtAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Alabama State CapitolAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic SiteAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Tuskegee Institute National Historic SiteAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Horseshoe Bend National Military ParkAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Russell Cave National MonumentAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Birmingham Civil Rights National MonumentAlabamaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
The Getty Center & Getty VillaCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
The BroadCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Griffith ObservatoryCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
California Science CenterCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
San Francisco Public Library Discover & GoCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Account signupNo end date
Hammer MuseumCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Cantor Arts Center at StanfordCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
California State Capitol MuseumCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical ParkCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
César E. Chávez National MonumentCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Manzanar National Historic SiteCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Eugene O’Neill National Historic SiteCaliforniaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Yale Peabody MuseumConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Yale Center for British ArtConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Lyman Allyn Art Museum Free First SaturdayConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Yale Collection of Musical InstrumentsConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
William Benton Museum of Art at UConnConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Weir Farm National Historical ParkConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center, New HavenConnecticutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Newfields free for Indiana college studentsIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Eiteljorg Museum Free Day: Dia de MuertosIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allEnds Oct 24
Indiana War Memorial free for military & veteransIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Indianapolis Art CenterIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Lilly Library free tours, including the puzzle collectionIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Indiana Statehouse free toursIndianaWhat it costs you: Account signupNo end date
Lincoln Boyhood National MemorialIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
George Rogers Clark National Historical ParkIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at Notre DameIndianaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Baltimore Museum of ArtMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
The Walters Art MuseumMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
American Visionary Art Museum free admission groupsMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Adkins ArboretumMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Brookside GardensMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
NASA Goddard Visitor CenterMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Reginald F. Lewis Museum free for Maryland public school educatorsMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
GlenstoneMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical ParkMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Clara Barton National Historic SiteMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Monocacy National BattlefieldMarylandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Boston Public Library museum passesMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Account signupNo end date
Gardner Museum free for anyone named IsabellaMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
ICA Boston Free Thursday NightsMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Arnold ArboretumMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Harvard Art MuseumsMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Boston National Historical ParkMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Williams College Museum of ArtMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Smith College Museum of ArtMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Mead Art Museum at Amherst CollegeMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
USS Constitution Museum pay what you canMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
MIT List Visual Arts CenterMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Peabody Essex Museum free for Salem residents and kidsMassachusettsWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Michigan Activity Pass (MAP)MichiganWhat it costs you: Account signupNo end date
Detroit Institute of Arts free for tri-county residentsMichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)MichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Cranbrook Art Museum Free ThursdaysMichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Flint Institute of Arts free for Genesee County residentsMichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Michigan State Capitol free guided toursMichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
River Raisin National Battlefield ParkMichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Keweenaw National Historical ParkMichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Kalamazoo Valley MuseumMichiganWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Culture Pass NYCNew YorkWhat it costs you: Account signupNo end date
Whitney Museum free nights & free 25 and underNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
The Bronx MuseumNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
National Museum of the American Indian, New YorkNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
MoMA free for kids 16 and underNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
New York State MuseumNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Wave Hill Free ThursdaysNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Corning Museum of Glass free for kids 17 and underNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Federal Hall National MemorialNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
General Grant National Memorial (Grant’s Tomb)New YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Hamilton Grange National MemorialNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Stonewall National MonumentNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
African Burial Ground National MonumentNew YorkWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
The Menil CollectionTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Kimbell Art Museum collectionTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Amon Carter Museum of American ArtTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Blanton Museum Free TuesdaysTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
San Antonio Museum of Art free for Bexar County residentsTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Houston Museum of Natural Science Free TuesdaysTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston free for kidsTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Nasher Sculpture Center free for kids, military and SNAP householdsTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Texas State Capitol free guided toursTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)TexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical ParkTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkTexasWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Royal Alberta Museum free daysAlbertaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Vancouver Art Gallery free for kids, teens & First FridaysBritish ColumbiaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Canadian Museum for Human Rights free first SundaysManitobaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Manitoba Museum First FridaysManitobaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
WAG-Qaumajuq Canada Life Free SundaysManitobaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
The Rooms free first Wednesday eveningsNewfoundland and LabradorWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
The Rooms Free Student FridayNewfoundland and LabradorWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia free Thursday nightsNova ScotiaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia free for residents under 25Nova ScotiaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic free Tuesday eveningsNova ScotiaWhat it costs you: Nothing at allEnds Oct 31
AGO free admission for Ontarians under 25OntarioWhat it costs you: Account signupNo end date
Canadian War Museum free Thursday eveningsOntarioWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Confederation Centre Art Gallery by donationPrince Edward IslandWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts free for 25 and underQuebecWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
MBAM free Tuesday mornings for 65 and up, family Saturdays & first SundaysQuebecWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Remai Modern admission by donationSaskatchewanWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
MacKenzie Art Gallery free for youthSaskatchewanWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage CentreNorthwest TerritoriesWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Nunatta Sunakkutaangit MuseumNunavutWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Yukon Arts Centre Public GalleryYukonWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date
Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre by donationYukonWhat it costs you: Nothing at allNo end date

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