The Discovery Museum announced that from September 16 through 21, 2025, the cost of admission will be $2.50 per person. The annual “Pay and Play Like It’s 1982” promotion celebrates the Museum’s founding in 1982 and is meant as a Thank You to the community for more than four decades of support.
During the promotion, existing discount programs that offer deeper discounts — including $1 admission for EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare Card to Culture card holders, and free admission for active-duty military families, teachers, and children under 1 — will continue to be honored. Standard admission prices are $19.00 for adults and children ages 1 and up; $18.00 for seniors 60+.
Says Ann Sgarzi, the Senior Director of Marketing, “Discovery Museum has changed so much since its founding in 1982. In the last 10 years alone we have become a fully accessible campus, opened Discovery Woods and our giant wheels-accessible treehouse, opened a fully renovated and expanded museum building, converted to 100% on-site solar, won the National Medal for Museum Service, and achieved carbon neutrality. And yet with all that change, we remain true to the roots of our founding: hands-on, open-ended STEM experiences where children and their adults learn about themselves, their capabilities, and the world around them through joyful play.”
The Museum is open during the school year from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday; it is open with free admission the first Friday night of the month from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m.