225 institutions in Texas honor a reciprocal card or access program, clustered in Austin, Houston, Fort Worth: 63 NARM, 20 ASTC Passport Program, 10 AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program, 21 AHS Garden Network, 9 ACM, 85 Museums for All, 17 Time Travelers. The lookup on this page sorts them by distance from your ZIP and applies each program's rules. Rosters pulled 2026-09-05.
| Program | Texas rows | Share | Biggest cluster |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARM | 63 | 28% | Houston (10) |
| ASTC Passport Program | 20 | 9% | Houston (3) |
| AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program | 10 | 4% | Abilene (1) |
| AHS Garden Network | 21 | 9% | Dallas (3) |
| ACM | 9 | 4% | Victoria (1) |
| Museums for All | 85 | 38% | Fort Worth (7) |
| Time Travelers | 17 | 8% | Houston (3) |
Of the 190 pairings among Texas's 20 ASTC science centers, 18 fall within 90 miles — inside-state reciprocity that the rule voids. The closest pair: Children's Museum Houston and The Health Museum, 0 miles apart. The farthest: La Nube STEAM Discovery Center and Space Center Houston at 693 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.
41 institutions in Texas sit on multiple rosters, which makes them the safest bets for a reciprocal visit: Bosque Museum (NARM + Time Travelers + Museums for All); Children's Museum Houston (NARM + ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All); Don Harrington Discovery Center (ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All + ACM); Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All + ACM); Gregg County Historical Museum (NARM + Time Travelers + Museums for All); Longview World of Wonders (ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All + ACM); Nasher Sculpture Center (NARM + Museums for All + AHS Garden Network); Thinkery (ASTC Passport Program + Museums for All + ACM); and 33 more.
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin | Austin |
| Bullock Texas State History Museum | Austin |
| Kimbell Art Museum | Fort Worth |
| Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | Fort Worth |
| The Menil Collection | Houston |
| San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) | San Antonio |
| Asia Society Texas | Houston |
| Blanton Museum of Art***at the University of Texas at Austin | Austin |
| Children's Museum Houston | Houston |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | Houston |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | Fort Worth |
| Children's Museum Houston | Houston |
| Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History | Corpus Christi |
| Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary | McKinney |
| Don Harrington Discovery Center | Amarillo |
| Bledsoe Miller STEAM Center | Waco |
| Space Center Houston | Houston |
| Texas Science & Natural History Museum | Austin |
| The Health Museum | Houston |
| Thinkery | Austin |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Dallas Zoo | Dallas |
| Fort Worth Zoo | Fort Worth |
| Houston Zoo | Houston |
| San Antonio Zoological Society | San Antonio |
| Texas State Aquarium | Corpus Christi |
| Gladys Porter Zoo | Brownsville |
| Caldwell Zoo | Tyler |
| Abilene Zoological Gardens | Abilene |
| Cameron Park Zoo | Waco |
| SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium | Grapevine |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Houston Botanic Garden | Houston |
| Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | Austin |
| Zilker Botanical Garden | Austin |
| Fort Worth Botanic Garden and Botanical Research Institute of Texas | Fort Worth |
| Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden | Dallas |
| Texas Discovery Gardens | Dallas |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | Dallas |
| San Antonio Botanical Garden | San Antonio |
| Longview Arboretum | Longview |
| Keystone Heritage Park and El Paso Desert Botanical Garden | El Paso |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Thinkery | Austin |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | Fort Worth |
| The DoSeum, San Antonio's Museum for Kids | San Antonio |
| Longview World of Wonders | Longview |
| The EPC Museum dba La Nube: The Shape of Imagination | El Paso |
| Science Spectrum | Lubbock |
| Don Harrington Discovery Center | Amarillo |
| Children's Discovery Museum of the Golden Crescent | Victoria |
| Children's Museum of Brownsville | Brownsville |
| Institution | City |
|---|---|
| Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum | Austin |
| Czech Center Museum Houston | Houston |
| Houston Fire Museum | Houston |
| Pioneer Farms | Austin |
| Texas State Historical Association | Austin |
| The Heritage Society | Houston |
| Dallas Heritage Village | Dallas |
| Dallas Historical Society | Dallas |
| Witte Museum | San Antonio |
| Gregg County Historical Museum | Longview |
For SNAP EBT cardholders, 85 Texas participants charge between nothing and $5 per person, up to four people, during normal hours: Bullock Texas State History Museum · Houston Maritime Education Center and Museum · Houston Toy Museum · LBJ Library and Museum · Meow Wolf Houston's Radio Tave · Texas Science & Natural History Museum · The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center · The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria and 77 more. Program rules.
Beyond membership cards, 19 Texas institutions on this site have verified free-admission routes: Dallas Museum of Art, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth Zoo, Kimbell Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and 13 more. City guides: Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin. Outdoors, check the Texas library state-park pass situation.
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63 Texas institutions are on the current NARM roster, including Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin, Bullock Texas State History Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Check your tier first — NARM benefits start at a specific membership level, and some museums flag event exclusions or a 15-mile local rule.
Yes — everywhere. Of the 190 pairings among Texas's 20 ASTC science centers, 18 fall within 90 miles — inside-state reciprocity that the rule voids. The closest pair: Children's Museum Houston and The Health Museum, 0 miles apart. The farthest: La Nube STEAM Discovery Center and Space Center Houston at 693 miles, which does clear the rule.
Yes — 85 participants in Texas. Show a SNAP EBT card and photo ID; up to four people pay $5 or less each.