The official rosters put 88 Indiana institutions on one program or another, clustered in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, South Bend: 22 NARM, 9 ASTC Passport Program, 3 AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program, 8 AHS Garden Network, 2 ACM, 21 Museums for All, 23 Time Travelers. Enter your ZIP in the lookup to sort them by distance with each program's rules applied. Rosters pulled 2026-09-05.
| Program | Indiana rows | Share | Biggest cluster |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARM | 22 | 25% | Indianapolis (4) |
| ASTC Passport Program | 9 | 10% | Muncie (2) |
| AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program | 3 | 3% | Evansville (1) |
| AHS Garden Network | 8 | 9% | Fort Wayne (1) |
| ACM | 2 | 2% | South Bend (1) |
| Museums for All | 21 | 24% | Fort Wayne (3) |
| Time Travelers | 23 | 26% | Indianapolis (2) |
Indiana has 9 ASTC science centers on the map, forming 36 possible pairs — and 19 of those pairs sit inside 90 miles of each other, so members of one can't use the other. The closest pair: Minnetrista Museum & Gardens and Muncie Children's Museum, 5 miles apart. The farthest: Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science and Science Central at 253 miles, which does clear the rule. Both legs count: your home science center and your home address each have to be 90+ miles away. How the ASTC rule works.
18 institutions in Indiana sit on multiple rosters, which makes them the safest bets for a reciprocal visit: Minnetrista Museum & Gardens (NARM + ASTC Passport Program + AHS Garden Network); Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County (NARM + ASTC Passport Program); Children's Museum of South Bend (Museums for All + ACM); Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science (ASTC Passport Program + Time Travelers); Fort Wayne Museum of Art (NARM + Museums for All); Friendship Botanic Gardens (Museums for All + AHS Garden Network); Hayes Arboretum (Museums for All + AHS Garden Network); Imagination Station (ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All); and 10 more.
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Fort Wayne |
| Indiana Historical Society | Indianapolis |
| Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites | Indianapolis |
| Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library | Indianapolis |
| Newfields**, 317-923-1331, discovernewfields.org Lafayette, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette | Indianapolis |
| South Bend Museum of Art | South Bend |
| Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science | Evansville |
| Evansville Wartime Museum | Evansville |
| Minnetrista Museum & Gardens | Muncie |
| Art Barn School of Art | Valparaiso |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites | Indianapolis |
| Science Central | Fort Wayne |
| Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science | Evansville |
| Minnetrista Museum & Gardens | Muncie |
| Muncie Children's Museum | Muncie |
| WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology | Bloomington |
| Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County | Crawfordsville |
| Imagination Station | Lafayette |
| Terre Haute Children's Museum | Terre Haute |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo | Fort Wayne |
| Potawatomi Zoo | South Bend |
| Mesker Park Zoo & Botanical Garden | Evansville |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory | Fort Wayne |
| Newfields | Indianapolis |
| Potawatomi Conservatories | South Bend |
| Minnetrista Museum & Gardens | Muncie |
| Friendship Botanic Gardens | Michigan City |
| Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest | Valparaiso |
| Hayes Arboretum | Richmond |
| Wellfield Botanic Gardens | Elkhart |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Children's Museum of South Bend | South Bend |
| Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville | Evansville |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art | Indianapolis |
| Indiana Historical Society | Indianapolis |
| Studebaker National Museum | South Bend |
| The History Center | Fort Wayne |
| The History Museum | South Bend |
| Evansville Museum of Arts, History. and Science | Evansville |
| LST Ship Memorial, Inc. | Evansville |
| Model T Museum | Richmond |
| Monroe County History Center | Bloomington |
| Porter County Museum | Valparaiso |
For SNAP EBT cardholders, 21 Indiana participants charge between nothing and $5 per person, up to four people, during normal hours: Fort Wayne History Center · Fort Wayne Museum of Art · Science Central · Studebaker National Museum · The History Museum · Minnetrista · The Barker Mansion · Auburn Cord Deusenberg Automobile Museum and 13 more. Program rules.
Beyond membership cards, 4 Indiana institutions on this site have verified free-admission routes: Newfields, Eiteljorg Museum, Indiana State Museum, Children's Museum of Indianapolis. City guides: Indianapolis. Outdoors, check the Indiana library state-park pass situation.
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22 Indiana institutions are on the current NARM roster, including Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. It only works if your home membership is at the NARM tier; per-museum flags can exclude events or locals within 15 miles.
Yes — everywhere. Indiana has 9 ASTC science centers on the map, forming 36 possible pairs — and 19 of those pairs sit inside 90 miles of each other, so members of one can't use the other. The closest pair: Minnetrista Museum & Gardens and Muncie Children's Museum, 5 miles apart. The farthest: Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science and Science Central at 253 miles, which does clear the rule.
Yes: 21 Indiana institutions participate in Museums for All, where a SNAP EBT card plus photo ID admits up to four people for free to $5 — no membership needed.