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Museums in San Francisco, CA you can visit free or discounted with a membership
Always call ahead. Rules change and each museum sets its own.
37 places in San Francisco, 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 Francisco, CA.
American Bookbinders Museum
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Aquarium of the Bay
Asian Art Museum
California Academy of Sciences
- EBT card $5 or less entry
California Historical Society
- Time Travelers Free entry Free Admission 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.
Cartoon Art Museum
- ROAM Free entry
Children's Creativity Museum
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
Chinese Historical Society of America
- NARM Free entry
- ROAM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
- Time Travelers Free entry Free Admission, 10 Percent Discount on Pre-Arranged Tour 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.
de Young Museum
- NARM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
- EBT card $5 or less entry
- Bank of America card Free on the 1st full weekend
di Rosa SF (di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art)
- Mod/Co Free entry For members whose annual dues are $150 or more (Mod/Co logo on the card).
Exploratorium
- ASTC Free entry If you buy a membership here, these levels include ASTC: Group: Exploratorium for All Curious Family Membership, Dual Explorers Membership, Curious Family Membership, Family Plus Membership, Supporter Membership, Patron Membership, Innovators Membership Proof of residence required. Not valid within 90 miles of your home museum or home.
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Western Reciprocal Free entry
Gardens of Golden Gate Park – Conservatory of Flowers
Gardens of Golden Gate Park – Japanese Tea Garden
GLBT Historical Society
Gray Area
Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco
International Art Museum of America
- EBT card $5 or less entry
Legion of Honor
- NARM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
- EBT card $5 or less entry
- Bank of America card Free on the 1st full weekend
Letterform Archive
Museo Italo Americano
- NARM Free entry
Museum of Craft and Design
Museum of the African Diaspora
Root Division
- NARM Free entry
San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum
- EBT card $5 or less entry
San Francisco Historical Society
- ROAM Free entry
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- MARP Free entry
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
- NARM Free entry
San Francisco Zoo & Gardens
- EBT card $5 or less entry
San Francisco Zoological Gardens
- AZA 50% off entry AZA code 50%: members of participating zoos get 50% off.
Tenderloin Museum
- Time Travelers Free entry Free 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
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
- ROAM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
The Haas-Lilienthal House
- ROAM Free entry
- Time Travelers Free entry Free Admission, Free or Discounted Tour(s), 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.
The Walt Disney Family Museum
- NARM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
- ROAM Free entry May be restricted for concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and ticketed events.
- Time Travelers Free entry Free Admission 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.
USS Pampanito
- NARM Free entry
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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
- AZA: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- Time Travelers: official list, checked Oct 13, 2026
- MARP: 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