Museum Membership Map
Museums in San Diego, CA you can visit free or discounted with a membership
Always call ahead. Rules change and each museum sets its own.
22 places in San Diego, CA 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.
See them on the interactive map, where you can pick the programs on your card and search for San Diego, CA.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Fleet Science Center
- ASTC Free entry If you buy a membership here, these levels include ASTC: Individual: Individual Membership; Group: Individual Plus Membership, Household Exhibit Only Membership, Community Access Membership, Household Plus Membership, Adventurer Membership, Voyager Membership Proof of residence required. Not valid within 90 miles of your home museum or home.
- EBT card $5 or less entry
ICA San Diego / Central
- Mod/Co Free entry For members whose annual dues are $150 or more (Mod/Co logo on the card).
Japanese Friendship Garden
- AHS Free or discounted entry
Junipero Serra Museum
Legacy Center
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Maritime Museum of San Diego
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Marston House Museum & Gardens
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Mingei International Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- NARM Free entry Not valid for members of institutions within 15 miles.
- ROAM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events. Not valid for members of institutions within 25 miles (40 km).
- Mod/Co Free entry For members whose annual dues are $150 or more (Mod/Co logo on the card).
- EBT card $5 or less entry
- Bank of America card Free on the 1st full weekend
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Downtown
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art (MOPA@SDMA)
- NARM Free entry Not valid for members of institutions within 15 miles.
- Mod/Co Free entry For members whose annual dues are $150 or more (Mod/Co logo on the card).
- EBT card $5 or less entry
- Bank of America card Free on the 1st full weekend
San Diego Automotive Museum
San Diego History Center
- NARM Free entry Not valid for members of institutions within 15 miles.
- ROAM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events. Not valid for members of institutions within 25 miles (40 km).
- Time Travelers Discounted entry Discounted Admission, Gift Shop Discount No uniform benefit: each site sets its own (free admission, discounted admission, gift shop discount, etc.). The network paused list updates; the current list is dated January 2026, so confirm with the site before you go.
- EBT card $5 or less entry
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
- ROAM Free entry
San Diego Museum of Art
- NARM Free entry Not valid for members of institutions within 15 miles.
- ROAM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events. Not valid for members of institutions within 25 miles (40 km). Excluded: Selected special exhibitions.
- Mod/Co Free entry For members whose annual dues are $150 or more (Mod/Co logo on the card).
- Western Reciprocal Free entry
- EBT card $5 or less entry
- Bank of America card Free on the 1st full weekend
San Diego Natural History Museum
The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego (Central Campus)
The New Children's Museum
Timken Museum of Art
USS Midway Museum
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Visions Museum of Textile Art
- NARM Free entry Not valid for members of institutions within 15 miles; may be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
Sources
- NARM: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- ROAM: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- ASTC: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- ACM: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- AHS: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- Time Travelers: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- Mod/Co: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- Western Reciprocal: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- EBT card: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- Bank of America card: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026