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Museums in Columbia, SC you can visit free or discounted with a membership

Always call ahead. Rules change and each museum sets its own.

7 places in Columbia, SC are on at least one program list. Program lists checked Oct 13, 2026; sources are at the bottom of this page. The benefit shown is what each program's list says; your card must show the program's logo.

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• EdVenture Children's Museum: Columbia

  211 Gervais St.WebsiteCall ahead: (803) 779-3100
  • EBT card $5 or less entry

• Historic Columbia Foundation

  1601 Richland St.Call ahead: (803)252-7742
  • NARM Free entry
  • SERM Free entry

• McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina

  816 Bull StreetCall ahead: (803)777-7251
  • SERM Free entry

• Riverbanks Zoo & Garden

  Call ahead: 803-779-8717
  • AZA 50% off entry AZA code 50%: members of participating zoos get 50% off.

• South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum

  Call ahead: 803-737-8094
  • NARM Free entry

• South Carolina State Museum

  301 Gervais StreetWebsiteCall ahead: 803-898-4978
  • NARM Free entry
  • ROAM Free entry
  • EBT card $5 or less entry

• The Columbia Museum of Art

  Main at Hampton StreetWebsiteCall ahead: (803)343-2198
  • NARM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
  • SERM Free entry
  • EBT card $5 or less entry
  • Bank of America card Free on the 1st full weekend

Sources

• NARM: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
• ROAM: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
• AZA: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
• SERM: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
• EBT card: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
• Bank of America card: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026

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