admission discounts

Members may purchase guests admission at 20% off the regular admission price.  You have the option to purchase member guest tickets when you log in as a member to reserve your tickets online.

The Children’s Museum offers several free admission days each year, typically one each season.  Check the Calendar of Events for our next day.

Those who receive food or medical benefits with an EBT card can get reduced admission to the Children’s Museum as part of the Museums for All program:

• All PA ACCESS card holders and PA ACCESS EBT card holders receive $2 admission each, up to 4 people (including the cardholder). PA ACCESS or ACCESS EBT card and photo ID for EACH ADULT being admitted on the card required. Adult IDs must show same address as cardholder. Limit one card per household.
• All SNAP EBT card holders from any state receive $2 admission each, up to 4 people (including the cardholder).

To receive this discount, choose the “Museums for All” category when purchasing tickets online. 

You must present a valid ACCESS or SNAP card at Admissions when you visit to receive this discount.

Blue Star Museums

May 26 – Sept 3, 2023

We offer free admission to active, retired and veteran military members, including active Reserve and active National Guard members, plus up to 5 family members of the military ID cardholder, as part of the Blue Star Museums program.

When purchasing tickets online, please use code MIL23 to receive this discount.

Active military members do not need to be present.  Military ID card must be presented if the military member is in attendance.  If they are not, family members must present a dependent ID card (DD Form 1173) to receive this discount.

We offer $3 off admission up to 4 people for active UPMC Health Plan members. UPMC Health Plan card required.

We offer free admission to any therapeutic staff support, counselor, doctor, therapist or nurse that accompanies a visitor as part of their professional responsibilities. Please provide employee identification at the Admissions Desk to receive admission.

If you are a member of another children’s museum in the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) Reciprocal Network, you can receive 50% off admission up to 6 people listed on your institution’s membership.

Please visit the ACM website for a complete listing of participating museums.

When purchasing tickets online, please use code ACM23 to receive reciprocal admission.

You must present a current membership card from an ACM Reciprocal Network museum with the ACM Reciprocal Network logo on the card and a valid photo ID with proof of residence at Admissions when you visit to receive this discount.

If you are a current member of an institution in the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Travel Passport Program, you can receive free admission for up to 2 adults and up to 3 children listed on your institution’s membership.

Please visit the ASTC website for a complete listing of participating institutions and restrictions.

When purchasing tickets online, please use code ASTCTP23 to receive reciprocal admission.

You must present a current membership card from an institution in the ASTC Travel Passport Program and a valid photo ID with proof of residence at Admissions when you visit to receive this discount.

Note:  You must live more than 90 miles away (“as the crow flies”) from Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh for benefits to apply.  Membership to Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is not reciprocal with membership to Carnegie Science Center (Pittsburgh, PA) or the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum (Canton, OH), and vice versa.