• Beardsley Zoo: $5 admission per person. (Regular admission: $14 adults, $12 children 3-11)
• Connecticut’s Old State House: Free admission for up to 2 adults and 2 children.

• Connecticut State Parks Pass: Pass admits passenger vehicles to all state parks and forests and Fort Trumbull, Dinosaur Place & Gillette Castle. The pass is valid from January 1 through December 31, 2010.

• Dinosaur State Park: Included in Connecticut State Parks Pass.

• Discovery Museum: Provides free admission for 2 adults and 4 children.

• Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk: $2.00 discount per person on Aquarium and Imax combination admission.

• Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration: $4.00 discount off regular admission for up to 2 adults, and $3.00 off regular admission for up to 2 children.

• Peabody Museum: $5 off admission for 2 adults/2 children, or 1 adult/3 children, up to 4 admissions.

• Shore Line Trolley Museum:  Half price for families of up to 6 people, 2 adults and 4 children.

• Wadsworth Atheneum: Free admission for 2 adults/2 children (through age 17).

Museum Pass Rules:

• Borrowers must be Connecticut state residents (except for CT State Parks Pass) and at least 18 years old.

• Each family may borrow one pass per 3-day period. Passes may not be renewed or reserved in advance.

• Overdue charges are $1.00 per day to a maximum of $10.00

• Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

• If the pass is damaged or lost, the borrower is responsible for the replacement cost, plus any fines that have accumulated.

• The borrower will abide by the rules established by each museum.

You can check the status of all our museum passes here.

FREE CONNECTICUT MUSEUMS

Admission is free at these locations with no pass required.

Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT	Yale Center for British Art New Haven, CT
Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium New Haven, CT	Knights of Columbus Museum New Haven, CT
Nautilus and Submarine Force Museum Groton, CT	Connecticut College Arboretum New London, CT
Flanders Nature Center Woodbury, CT	Davison Art Center Middletown, CT
White Memorial Conservation Center Litchfield, CT	Weir Farm & Burlingham House Visitor Center Wilton, CT
National Helicopter Museum Stratford, CT	New England Civil War Museum Vernon, CT
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History & Archeology Center Storrs, CT	Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry Storrs, CT
Museum of Connecticut History Hartford, CT	William Benton Museum of Art Storrs, CT
Connecticut State Capitol Tours Hartford, CT