Portland Art Museum is free 1st Thursday monthly 10am–7pm. Free admission on the first Thursday of every month, 10am-7pm (Tomorrow Theater programs also free that day). Also: Miller Family Free Day/'Free Quarterly Museum Days' (special free days, specific dates not listed on the discounts page); Multnomah County Library Discovery Pass = 2 free adult admissions; Blue Star Museums program = free for active-duty military + families between Armed Forces Day and Labor Day; Bank of America/Merrill Lynch cardholders get one free general admission on the first full weekend of each month (per the museum's own site — not independently verified on bankofamerica.com). Not stated as required Verified on Portland Art Museum's own page, last checked 2026-09-04.
| Free day | 1st Thursday monthly 10am–7pm |
|---|---|
| Who qualifies | Everyone (First Thursday); library cardholders (Discovery Pass); active military + family (Blue Star, seasonal) |
| Reservation | Not stated as required |
| What's included | General admission galleries |
| Regular adult price | Adult pricing shown inconsistently on the fetched page ($24.50 in the pricing table vs. $27.50 mentioned elsewhere) — verify current price at time of publishing |
| Source | portlandartmuseum.org · checked 2026-09-04 |
Regular adult admission at Portland Art Museum is $24.50, so timing the visit to the free window keeps $49 in a couple's pocket and up to $98 for a family of four — each month it comes around. And since this free day is open to everyone, it's the cheapest possible way through the door. The catch is capacity, not money: free slots are reserved in advance and the popular dates go first, so the reservation is the real currency here.
Regular tickets (Adult pricing shown inconsistently on the fetched page ($24.50 in the pricing table vs. $27.50 mentioned elsewhere) — verify current price at time of publishing) are on portlandartmuseum.org — book direct, there's no markup. 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.
OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) (no regular free day) · Oregon Zoo (no regular free day) — or see the full free museum days in Portland guide.
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Free admission on the first Thursday of every month, 10am-7pm (Tomorrow Theater programs also free that day). Also: Miller Family Free Day/'Free Quarterly Museum Days' (special free days, specific dates not listed on the discounts page); Multnomah County Library Discovery Pass = 2 free adult admissions; Blue Star Museums program = free for active-duty military + families between Armed Forces Day and Labor Day; Bank of America/Merrill Lynch cardholders get one free general admission on the first full weekend of each month (per the museum's own site — not independently verified on bankofamerica.com).
Not stated as required
General admission galleries
Adult pricing shown inconsistently on the fetched page ($24.50 in the pricing table vs. $27.50 mentioned elsewhere) — verify current price at time of publishing. That's what a well-timed visit saves you.
At $24.50 per adult, two adults keep $49 and a group of four paying adult prices keeps up to $98 per visit — before parking and extras.