General admission for two people, plus member discounts in stores and restaurants at participating museums (exact discount amount set by each institution). Requires membership at a 'higher level' (above the base/entry tier) at a participating home museum -- the exact qualifying tier is set individually by each member museum (not standardized program-wide). ROAM is a free program for museums to join (no fee to ROAM itself), created in February 2013. Read from the official ROAM roster — though the current roster was not reachable at our last check, so treat details as historical until you confirm. Use the lookup on this page to see the ones near your ZIP with the rules computed.
As of February 2024 (per secondary reporting, not the primary roster itself), ROAM had 526 participating museums across 46 US states/territories and 8 Canadian provinces. Could not verify a current 2026 figure -- the live roster page 404s. — published as a UNAVAILABLE as of this research date -- the official member list subpage (previously a sortable state/city/museum table plus a Google Map) is not currently reachable (404). The ROAM FAQ page instead now just says to see the list 'on our website here' and directs unresolved questions to roam.museums@gmail.com. at sites.google.com. Rosters change quarterly; our map was pulled 2026-09-05 and is refreshed on that rhythm.
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General admission for two people, plus member discounts in stores and restaurants at participating museums (exact discount amount set by each institution).. Requires membership at a 'higher level' (above the base/entry tier) at a participating home museum -- the exact qualifying tier is set individually by each member museum (not standardized program-wide). ROAM is a free program for museums to join (no fee to ROAM itself), created in February 2013.
See the official roster at sites.google.com/site/roammuseums/home (main site is reachable; the specific member-list subpage 404s as of 2026-09-04).
COULD NOT BE CURRENTLY VERIFIED -- ROAM's official 'List of ROAM Museums' subpage (sites.google.com/site/roammuseums/home/list-of-roam-museums) currently returns 404 (page removed/moved) as of this research date. A December 2018 archival snapshot of that same official page (re-hosted as a PDF by a member museum, the Harn Museum of Art at UF) states: '+ ROAM privileges do not extend to other institutions members within a 25 mile (40 km) radius' -- alongside '* ROAM privileges may be restricted for concerts/lectures/special exhibitions/ticketed events' and '‡ ROAM privileges do not apply to [a specific named gallery/exhibition/attraction]' (same per-institution-marked-exception pattern as NARM). This is a 7+ year old snapshot and should NOT be treated as current, only as an indication of the program's general structure.