Free museums
544 museums across the US with free general admission. Policies change, so check the museum's website before you go.
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National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH
Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Sully Square, VA
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, OH
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, DC
Denver Art Museum
Denver, CO
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD
National World War II Museum
New Orleans, LA
Jewish Museum
New York, NY
Hull House
Chicago, IL
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, MA
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Provo, UT
American Folk Art Museum
New York, NY
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, AR
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Fort Worth, TX
Museum of the Bible
Washington, DC
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
City of Ithaca, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, LA
The Broad
Los Angeles, CA
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE
Skyscraper Museum
New York, NY
Noguchi Museum
New York, NY
Bronx Museum of the Arts
New York, NY
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Houston, TX
Des Moines Art Center
Des Moines, IA
Menil Collection
Houston, TX
El Paso Museum of Art
El Paso, TX
Smith College Museum of Art
Northampton, MA
USS Becuna
Philadelphia, PA
Museum of American Finance
New York, NY
National Naval Aviation Museum
Escambia County, FL
Glenstone
Travilah, MD
Museum of the African Diaspora
San Francisco, CA
Nasher Museum of Art
Durham, NC
Smart Museum of Art
Chicago, IL
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Ridgefield, CT
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Santa Fe, NM
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NC
Portland Museum of Art
Portland, ME
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Winston-Salem, NC
Ackland Art Museum
Chapel Hill, NC
Currier Museum of Art
Manchester, NH
Harn Museum of Art
Gainesville, FL
Harry Ransom Center
Austin, TX
Heckscher Museum of Art
Town of Huntington, NY
McNay Art Museum
San Antonio, TX
Free museums near me
Some of the best museums in the country cost nothing to visit. This page lists the 544 museums in our directory whose general admission is free, from national institutions to small-town historical societies. The most are in California (57), Texas (46), New York (25), Ohio (23) and North Carolina (22).
Use the filters above to find free museums near you by state, sort them by distance, or narrow them by type, such as art museums, history museums, university museums or science museums. Many museums that do charge also offer free days, evenings or community passes, so it's worth checking a museum's page even if it isn't listed here.
Free admission usually covers the permanent collection; special exhibitions, parking and events may still have a fee. Policies change, so check the museum's website before you go.