| Museum | Regular Admission | Location: |
| Blanton Museum of Art | Adults : $9 Seniors : $7 Current UT faculty/students/staff : Free College students with valid ID :$5 Youth (13 - 21) : $5 Children 12 & under : Free Free parking is available for any stay under 30 minutes at any university garage. Parking is available at the Brazos Garage and Trinity Garage to members and general admission visitors for $3 if you present your ticket and pay at The Blanton's Visitor Services Desk.Be sure to bring you ticket with you to be validated. You can also park at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (located across the street from The Blanton), in their underground parking garage that charges $8 per vehicle for all day | 200 E MLK Boulevard |
| AMOA - Arthouse | The Jones Center Suggested donation, $5 Parking is available at paid street meters, as well as a variety of private garages and lots. They suggest using public transportation. Laguna Gloria Suggested donation, $3 amble parking | The Jones Center: 700 Congress Avenue Laguna Gloria: 3809 West 35th Street |
| Austin Children's Museum | Admission is $6.50 per person. Children 12-23 months are $4.50. Children under 12 months are free. | 201 Colorado Street |
| Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum | Exhibits: $9 adults, $8 students; $7 seniors/military $6 youths age 4 - 17 FREE under 4 IMAX Theatre: $8 adults $7 seniors/military/students $6 youths age 4 - 17 Combination tickets are available. Special pricing for feature-length IMAX films. * There is a fee of $8 that covers full day Underground parking in the garage (no re-entry). | 1800 N. Congress Ave |
| French Legation Museum | $5 per person | 802 San Marcos Street |
| The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | $9 Adults $7 Seniors 65 years and older $7 Students 13 years and older $3 Children 5 through 12 Free for Members and Children 4 years and under | 4801 La Crosse Avenue |
| Mexic-Arte Museum | $5 adults $4 senior citizens and students $1 children 12 and under Free Admission for Mexic-Arte Museum Members SUNDAYS ARE FREE ADMISSION! DECEMBER IS FREE ADMISSION! | 419 Congress Avenue |
| The Neill-Cochran House | $5 per person. Free to children 15 years old and younger | 2310 San Gabriel Street |
| The Republic of Texas Museum | $5.00 Adults $2.00 DRT Members $3.00 Seniors $2.00 Students/Teachers | 510 E. Anderson Lane |
| The Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum | Adults: $3.50 Seniors: $2.50 Student: $1.00 Under 6: FREE Active Military and Families FREE * Free parking in their parking lot as well as across the street at the softball fields near Zilker Park. | 605 Robert E. Lee Road |
| The Austin Fire Museum | Free | 401 East 5th Street |
Capital Visitors Center | Free | 112 East 11th Street |
| The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | Free | Sid Richardson Hall at UT |
The Elisabet Ney Museum | Free | 304 East 44th Stree |
The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center | Free | 1165 Angelina Street |
| German-Texan Heritage Society | Free | 507 East 10th Street |
| Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum | Free | 411 East 5th Street |
| The Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum | Free | 5805 N. Lamar Blvd |
| Humanities Texas | ???? | 1410 Rio Grande Street |
| O Henry | Free | 409 East 5th Street |
| Texas Medical Association History of Medicine Gallery | Free | 401 W. 15th St |
| Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural Science Center’s | Free | 2400 Trinity St |
| The Texas Military Forces Museum | Free | 2200 West 35th St., Bldg. 6 |
| Goodwill Computer Museum | Free | 1015 Norwood Park Blvd |
| Texas Music Museum | Free | 1009 E 11th |
| Texas State Capital | Free | 1100 Congress Street |
| German-Texan Heritage Museum | Free | 507 East 10th Street |
| Tiny Park | Free | 1101 Navasota Street Suite 2 |
| Visual Arts Center | Free | 23rd and Trinity Streets |
| The Williamson Museum | Free | 716 S. Austin Ave |
| Women and Their Work | Free | 1710 Lavaca |
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Free Museums Galore - Sunday Sept. 23, 2012
Every year museums all around Austin team together to offer a free day at the museum. This year that 15th annual day comes on September 23, 2012. It will be a great day to see some art and/or learn some history. Below is a list of the museums that are participating. I have tried to group them into two groups; always free and regularly have an admission. Just a reminder some places don't have free parking, so parking may be an added expense.
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This might catch on. Actually I remember when most museums were free, all of the time.
ReplyDeleteStan I do to.
DeleteWe only have a few museums around my area (more state parks than anything) but every month or so, they offer a "get in for free" day. I try to take advantage of those often!
ReplyDeleteI wish I lived closer to Austin though. It looks like you've got a lot of great museums there!
Austin is awesome, you should visit sometime....
DeleteMy wife and I have been here two years and loving it. The little town I grew up in Kansas had one museum and a municipal park and that was about it. However, drive about 15 miles there were two historic sites from the civil war (Battle of mine creek) and pre-Civil War (Mar des Cygne Massacure). If you were to drive about the same distance the opposite way there is a park that used to be a Mission which was a stop for the Indians on what is now known as the trail of tears. I never even knew it was there until I returned home for my 10th high school reunion which was held at that site.