Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens has no regular free day right now — here's what exists instead. Phipps has no free admission day: adult admission is $22.95, and Phipps' own hours-and-admission page lists no free Tuesdays or other free days. The budget route is EBT: $3 each for up to four people with an EBT card from any state (ACCESS, WIC, SNAP). Students at Pitt, CMU, Carlow and La Roche get in free, though Pitt and La Roche students only during the fall and spring semesters. Advance tickets recommended. EBT and university-student visitors can arrive without booking. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing. Verified on Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens's own page, last checked 2026-10-02.
| Free day | No regular free day |
|---|---|
| Who qualifies | Free: members, children under 2, and students of Pitt, CMU, Carlow and La Roche with ID (Pitt and La Roche during fall/spring semesters only) |
| Reservation | Advance tickets recommended. EBT and university-student visitors can arrive without booking. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing. |
| What's included | General admission |
| Regular adult price | $22.95 adult |
| Source | phipps.conservatory.org · checked 2026-10-02 |
The baseline without a free day: $22.95 adult, which puts a couple at $45.90 and four adults at $91.80 before extras. The routes below — reciprocity, discount programs, or a library pass — are where that number actually comes down.
No upcoming free dates are published right now. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens announces free days on its official page — that's the place to watch.
Regular tickets ($22.95 adult) are on phipps.conservatory.org — the official site is the place to buy; resellers only add fees. And if you hold a museum, science-center or zoo membership from another city, run it through our reciprocity lookup — it may already get you in.
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Phipps has no free admission day: adult admission is $22.95, and Phipps' own hours-and-admission page lists no free Tuesdays or other free days. The budget route is EBT: $3 each for up to four people with an EBT card from any state (ACCESS, WIC, SNAP). Students at Pitt, CMU, Carlow and La Roche get in free, though Pitt and La Roche students only during the fall and spring semesters.
Advance tickets recommended. EBT and university-student visitors can arrive without booking. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing.
$22.95 adult. Time the visit right and that's the amount you keep.
At $22.95 per adult, two adults keep $45.90 and a group of four paying adult prices keeps up to $91.80 per visit — before parking and extras.