ACM: Association of Children's Museums Reciprocal Network

50% off general admission for up to six people, including the cardholder, at participating children's museums A family membership at a participating museum whose card carries the red 'R' Reciprocal Network logo — not every membership level includes it, so check before you buy Read from the official ACM roster — 217 US institutions in our map, pulled 2026-10-02. Use the lookup on this page to see the ones near your ZIP with the rules computed.

The rules that matter

• No blanket distance rule — but individual institutions can add their own restrictions; the roster marks them and our lookup carries the flags through.
• The cardholder must be present and be one of the six people; ID may be required. Additional visitors pay full admission.
• Unusually, ACM's own page says reciprocal privileges DO extend to special exhibits.
• Not covered: gift shop or café purchases, parking, special events, programs, summer camps or birthday parties.
• ACM asks families to call ahead — its own directory and its July 2026 brochure disagree on about a dozen museums.

The official roster

The Reciprocal Network brochure (as of July 2026) — published as a PDF brochure at findachildrensmuseum.org. Rosters change quarterly; our map was pulled 2026-10-02 and is refreshed on that rhythm.

Where the 217 participants are

California (23): Cayton Children's Museum, Chabot Space & Science Center, Chico Children's Museum, Children's Creativity Museum, Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose…

New York (14): Bronx Children's Museum, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Explore & More - The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children's Museum, Long Island Children's Museum…

Illinois (12): Chicago Children's Museum, Children's Discovery Museum, Children's Museum in Oak Lawn, Children's Museum of Illinois, Discovery Center Museum…

Wisconsin (12): Above & Beyond Children's Museum, Betty Brinn Children's Museum, Building for Kids Children's Museum, Central Wisconsin Children's Museum, Children's Imaginarium…

Michigan (11): Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Curious Kids' Museum, Discovery City Children's Museum, Flint Children's Museum, Grand Rapids Children's Museum…

North Carolina (11): Children's Museum of Alamance County, COGNITION of Davie County, Inc., Exploration Station, Hands-On Learning Center, Fascinate-U Children's Museum, Iredell Museums…

Massachusetts (9): Amelia Park Children's Museum, Boston Children's Museum, Children's Museum of Franklin, Children's Museum of Greater Fall River, Discovery Museum…

Ohio (9): AHA! A Hands-On Adventure, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Buckeye Imagination Museum, Children's Museum of Findlay, Cincinnati Museum Center…

Texas (9): Children's Discovery Museum of the Golden Crescent, Children's Museum of Brownsville, Don Harrington Discovery Center, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Longview World of Wonders…

Florida (8): Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, Florida Children's Museum, Glazer Children's Museum, Golisano Children's Museum of Naples, Great Explorations, The Children's Museum…

Connecticut (7): Connecticut Children's Museum, EverWonder Children's Museum, KidsPlay Children's Museum, Lutz Children's Museum, New Britain Youth Museum and Hungerford Nature Center…

Tennessee (7): aMuse'um Columbia Children's Museum, Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, Creative Discovery Museum, Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Imagine Foundry…

The 12 states with the most participants on the current roster (43 states in all). The lookup above maps every one by distance from your ZIP.

Pair it with a free day

A reciprocal membership plus a free-day calendar covers most trips: see free museum days in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles — or the full free-days index.

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