Across the official rosters, 293 New York institutions take part, clustered in New York, Manhattan, Buffalo: 111 NARM, 20 ASTC Passport Program, 7 AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program, 26 AHS Garden Network, 14 ACM, 100 Museums for All, 15 Time Travelers. Put your ZIP in the lookup and they come back sorted by distance, rules computed. Rosters pulled 2026-09-05.
| Program | New York rows | Share | Biggest cluster |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARM | 111 | 38% | New York (17) |
| ASTC Passport Program | 20 | 7% | Brooklyn (2) |
| AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program | 7 | 2% | Buffalo (1) |
| AHS Garden Network | 26 | 9% | Buffalo (2) |
| ACM | 14 | 5% | New York (2) |
| Museums for All | 100 | 34% | Manhattan (12) |
| Time Travelers | 15 | 5% | Brooklyn (3) |
With 20 ASTC centers in New York, there are 190 center-to-center pairs; 65 are closer than 90 miles, and for those the passport is worthless. Nearest neighbors are Cradle of Aviation Museum and Long Island Children's Museum (0 mi); the widest gap, 325 mi, separates Buffalo Museum of Science from Long Island Explorium — far enough to qualify. It's measured twice — from your home science center and from your home address — in straight-line miles. How the ASTC rule works.
49 New York institutions appear on two or more rosters — the ones where almost any card in your wallet works: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff (NARM + Museums for All + AHS Garden Network); Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House (NARM + Museums for All + AHS Garden Network); Hanford Mills Museum (NARM + Time Travelers + Museums for All); Long Island Children's Museum (ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All + ACM); Sciencenter (ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All + ACM); The Corning Museum of Glass (NARM + ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All); Adirondack Experience (NARM + Museums for All); Albany Institute of History & Art (NARM + Museums for All); and 41 more.
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| American Folk Art Museum | New York |
| The Frick Collection | New York |
| Museum of Arts and Design | New York |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York |
| The Corning Museum of Glass | Corning |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester |
| Bard Graduate Center | New York |
| Center for Jewish History | New York |
| Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum | New York |
| El Museo del Barrio | New York |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Brooklyn Children's Museum | Brooklyn |
| Buffalo Museum of Science | Buffalo |
| Corning Museum of Glass | Corning |
| Intrepid Museum | New York |
| Cradle of Aviation Museum | Garden City |
| Long Island Children's Museum | Garden City |
| National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) | New York |
| Rochester Museum & Science Center | Rochester |
| Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution | Ithaca |
| Sciencenter | Ithaca |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Zoo | Buffalo |
| Aquarium of Niagara | Niagara Falls (Buffalo listing) |
| Seneca Park Zoo | Rochester |
| Staten Island Zoo | Staten Island |
| Rosamund Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park | Syracuse |
| Utica Zoo | Utica |
| Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo | Millbrook |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens | Buffalo |
| Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House | Buffalo |
| Cornell Botanic Gardens | Ithaca |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn |
| Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden | Staten Island |
| The New York Botanical Garden | Bronx |
| Wave Hill | Bronx |
| Bridge Gardens | Bridgehampton |
| Frank Lloyd Wright's Graycliff | Derby |
| Lasdon Park, Arboretum, and Veterans Memorial | Katonah |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | New York |
| Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling | New York |
| Explore & More - The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children's Museum | Buffalo |
| The Strong National Museum of Play | Rochester |
| Sciencenter | Ithaca |
| The Children's Museum at Saratoga | Saratoga Springs |
| Brooklyn Children's Museum | Brooklyn |
| The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier | Binghamton |
| Staten Island Children's Museum | Staten Island |
| Bronx Children's Museum | Bronx |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| The Buffalo History Museum | Buffalo |
| Brooklyn Historical Society | Brooklyn |
| New York Transit Museum | Brooklyn |
| Onondaga Historical Association | Syracuse |
| The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum | Brooklyn |
| Graycliff Conservancy | Derby |
| Ontario County Historical Society | Canandaigua |
| Hanford Mills Museum | East Meredith |
| Huntington Historical Society | Huntington |
| Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village | Amherst |
No membership involved: a SNAP EBT card and photo ID get up to four people into these 100 New York participants for free to $5, any normal day: The Silent Clowns Film Series · Children's Museum of Manhattan · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Japan Society · Museum of Arts and Design · Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators · Museum of Modern Art · Neue Galerie New York and 92 more. Program rules.
If you don't hold a qualifying card, 13 New York institutions here still have verified free routes: American Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, MoMA, The Met, Brooklyn Museum, Guggenheim and 7 more. City guides: New York. Library cardholders can also reserve museum passes: Culture Pass. And for the outdoors, see whether a New York library card borrows a state park pass.
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111 New York institutions are on the current NARM roster, including American Folk Art Museum, The Frick Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of the City of New York. The fine print: NARM-level membership required, and individual museums may exclude special events or members living within 15 miles.
Yes — everywhere. With 20 ASTC centers in New York, there are 190 center-to-center pairs; 65 are closer than 90 miles, and for those the passport is worthless. Nearest neighbors are Cradle of Aviation Museum and Long Island Children's Museum (0 mi); the widest gap, 325 mi, separates Buffalo Museum of Science from Long Island Explorium — far enough to qualify.
100 New York institutions take part in Museums for All: EBT card plus ID, up to four people, free to $5 apiece, no membership.