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Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
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Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi

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Nebraska
Nevada
New Hamphire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Puerto Rico

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The following ACM Members are listed by state, and then separated by museums that participate in the Reciprocal Program, and those that do not. Museums not part of the program do not allow free admission for family membership cards with the Reciprocal logo or sticker.

Alabama

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Hands-On Museum (Tuscaloosa)
Children's Museum of the Shoals (Florence)
Earlyworks (Huntsville)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Imagination Place (Gadsden)

California

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Bay Area Discovery Museum (Sausalito)
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert (Rancho Mirage)
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
Children's Museum of Stockton
Discovery Museum (Eureka)
Escondido Children's Museum
Habitot Children's Museum (Berkeley)
Imagination Workshop, The Temecula Children's Museum

Kern County Museum (Bakersfield)
Kidzone (Hemet)
Kidzone Museum (Truckee)
Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles)
The New Children's Museum (San Diego)
Zimmer Children's Museum (Los Angeles)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Museum at La Habra
Children's Museum of the Sierra (Oakhurst)
Fairytale Town (Sacramento)
Gull Wings Children's Museum (Oxnard)
Imagine U Children's Museum (Visalia)
Kidspace Children's Museum (Pasadena)
Monterey County Youth Museum - MY Museum (Monterey)
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The Paso Robles Children's Museum

 
Arizona

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Arizona Museum for Youth (Mesa)
Children's Museum of Phoenix
Tucson Children's Museum
 

Arkansas

The Following Museum is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Museum of Discovery: Arkansas' Museum of Science and History (Little Rock)

   

Colorado

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Denver

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Durango
Mountain Top Children's Museum (Breckenridge)
Sangre de Cristo Arts Center/Buell Children's Museum (Pueblo)
WOW! Children's Museum (World of Wonder) (Lafayette)

Connecticut

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut (Niantic)
Imagine Nation Children's Museum (Bristol)
Kidcity Children's Museum (Middletown)
Lutz Children's Museum (Manchester)
The Children's Museum (West Hartford)
Stepping Stones Museum for Children (Norwalk)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Connecticut Children's Museum (New Haven)

   

District of Columbia

The Following Museum Is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Discovery Creek Children's Museum

Florida

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Tampa
My Jewish Discovery Place Children's Museum (Fort Lauderdale)
*Miami Children's Museum (Admission for Young at Art members is NOT free)
Schoolhouse Children's Museum (Boynton Beach)
*Young At Art (Davie) (Admission for Miami Children's Museum members is NOT free)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Science Explorium (Boca Raton)
The Children's Museum of the Highlands (Sebring)
Explorations V Children's Museum (Lakeland)
Great Explorations, The Children's Museum (St. Petersburg)
Junior Museum of Bay County (Panama City)
Seminole County School Student Museum (Sanford)

 

Georgia

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta
InterActive Neighborhood for Kids (Gainesville)

   
Hawaii

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Hawaii Children's Discovery Center (Honolulu)

Illinois

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Chicago Children's Museum
Children's Discovery Museum (Normal)
Children's Museum of Illinois (Decatur)
The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn
Discovery Center Museum (Rockford)
Discovery Depot Children's Museum (Galesburg)
DuPage Children's Museum (Naperville)
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago (Glenview)
Orpheum Children's Science Museum (Champaign)
Wonder Works, A Children's Museum in Oak Park

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Bronzeville Children's Museum (Evergreen Park)
Chain O' Lakes Area Artworks Children's Museum (Ingleside)
The Children's Museum at Edwardsville

Children's Neighborhood Museum (Round Lake)

The Exploration Station. . .A Children's Museum (Bourbonnais)
John G. Shedd Aquarium (Chicago)

 

Indiana

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum (Mishawaka)
Healthworks! Kids' Museum (South Bend)
Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Kidscommons (Columbus)

 

   

Iowa

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Family Museum of Arts and Science (Bettendorf)
Children's Discovery Center (Clinton)
The Iowa Children's Museum (Coralville)
Phelps Youth Pavilion (Waterloo)

Kansas

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Exploration Place (Wichita)
Children's Museum of Kansas City
Wonderscope Children's Museum (Shawnee)
   
Kentucky

The Following Museum Is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Explorium of Lexington
Louisiana

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Children's Museum of Acadiana (Lafayette)
Louisiana Children's Museum (New Orleans)
T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum (Alexandria)
   
Maine

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Children's Discovery Museum (Augusta)
Children's Museum of Maine (Portland)
Maine Discovery Museum (Bangor)

Maryland

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Chesapeake Children's Museum (Annapolis)
Port Discovery, the Children's Museum in Baltimore

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:

The Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park (Frederick)

   

Massachusetts

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Boston Children's Museum
Cape Cod Children's Museum (Mashpee)
Children's Museum in Easton (North Easton)
Our World, Children's Global Discovery Museum (Cohasset)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Amelia Park Children's Museum (Westfield)
Children's Museum at Holyoke

Michigan

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Curious Kids' Museum (St. Joseph)
Grand Rapids Children's Museum
Impression 5 Science Center (Lansing)
Kids 'N' Stuff: An Interactive Experience for Kids (Albion)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Flint Children's Museum
Great Lakes Children's Museum (Traverse City)
Shalom Street (West Bloomfield)

   

Minnesota

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Duluth Children's Museum
Minnesota Children's Museum (St. Paul)

Mississippi

The Following Museum Is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Lynn Meadows Discovery Center (Gulfport)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Kidzeum (Grenada)

   

Missouri

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Bootheel Youth Museum (Malden)
The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Discovery Playhouse (Cape Girardeau)
Kaleidoscope
(Kansas City)
Worldways Children's Museum (St. Louis)

Montana

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Bozeman
Children's Museum, Missoula
The Children's Museum of Montana (Great Falls)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:

The Children's Museum of Northeast Montana (Glasgow)

   

Nebraska

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Discovery ZONE (Norfolk)
Children's Museum of Central Nebraska (Hastings)
Kearney Area Children's Museum
Lincoln Children's Museum
North Platte Area Children's Museum
Omaha Children's Museum

Nevada

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada (Carson City)
Lied Discovery Children's Museum (Las Vegas)

   

New Hampshire

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Metamorphosis (Derry)
Children's Museum of Portsmouth

New Jersey

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Community Children's Museum (Dover)
Garden State Discovery Museum/Center for Learning (Cherry Hill)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Jersey Explorer Children's Museum (East Orange)
Liberty Science Center (Jersey City)

   

New Mexico

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
¡Explora!

New York

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Manhattan
The Children's Museum at Saratoga (Saratoga Springs)
The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier (Binghamton)
Explore & More...A Children's Museum (East Aurora)
Long Island Children's Museum (Garden City)
The Mid-Hudson Children's Museum (Poughkeepsie)
Sciencenter (Ithaca)
Staten Island Children's Museum
Strong National Museum of Play (Rochester)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Maritime Museum at Port Jefferson
Children's Museum of the Arts (Manhattan)
Children's Museum of the East End (Bridgehampton)
Sony Wonder Technology Lab (Manhattan)
World Awareness Children's Museum (Glens Falls)

 

North Carolina

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Charlotte At Play - A Child's Museum
Children's Museum of Winston-Salem
The Children's Playhouse (Boone)
Exploration Station (Lumberton)
Fascinate-U Children's Museum (Fayetteville)
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, ArtQuest (Greensboro)
Greensboro Children's Museum
Iredell Museums, Inc. (Statesville)
Kidzu Children's Museum (Chapel Hill)
Marbles Kids Museum (Raleigh)
The Children's Museum of Wilmington

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children’s Museum and Science Center (Rocky Mount)
Hands On! A Child's Gallery (Hendersonville, NC)
ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center (Charlotte)
KidSenses, Inc. (Rutherfordton)
Museum of Life and Science (Durham)
Old Salem Children's Museum (Winston-Salem)

   
North Dakota

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:

The Children's Museum at Yunker Farm (Fargo)

Ohio

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (Dayton)
Children's Museum of the Valley (Youngstown)
Duke Energy Children's Museum at Cincinnati Museum Center

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Cleveland

   
Oklahoma

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Jasmine Moran Children's Museum (Seminole)

Oregon

The Following Museum Is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:

Portland Children's Museum

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village (Salem)
Kids' Imagination Discovery Space (KIDS) (Medford)
Working Wonders Children's Museum (Bend)

   
Pennsylvania

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
expERIEnce Children's Museum (Erie)
Hands-on House, Children's Museum of Lancaster
Please Touch Museum® (Philadelphia)


NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:

The Crayola Factory (Easton)
The Franklin Institute (Philadelphia)
Puerto Rico

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Museo del Nino de Puerto Rico (San Juan)
 
Rhode Island

The Following Museum Is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Providence Children's Museum
   
South Carolina

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry (Charleston)
The Children's Museum of South Carolina (Myrtle Beach)
EdVenture Children's Museum (Columbia)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Sandbox: An Interactive Children's Museum (Hilton Head)
Tennessee

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Memphis
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge
Cookeville Children's Museum
Creative Discovery Museum (Chattanooga)
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring (Murfreesboro)
East Tennessee Discovery Center (Knoxville)
   

Texas

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Austin Children's Museum
Children's Discovery Museum (Victoria)
The Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley (Bryan)
Children's Museum of Brownsville

The Discovery Science Place (Tyler)
Don Harrington Discovery Center (Amarillo)
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Imaginarium of South Texas (Laredo)
San Antonio Children's Museum
The Woodlands Children's Museum

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of Houston
Mayborn Museum Complex (Waco)
McKenna Children's Museum (New Braunfels)
Museum of the Southwest - Children's Museum (Midland)
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (Abilene)
Northeast Texas Children's Museum (Commerce)

Utah

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Discovery Gateway (Salt Lake City)
Museum of Church History and Art (Salt Lake City)
Treehouse Children's Museum (Ogden)
 

Virginia

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Amazement Square (Lynchburg)
Children's Museum of Richmond
Harrisonburg Children's Museum
The Portsmouth Museums
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum (Winchester)
Virginia Discovery Museum (Charlottesville)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Science Museum of Virginia (Richmond)

   

Washington

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Children's Museum of Skagit County (Mount Vernon)
Children's Museum of Tacoma
The Hands On Children's Museum (Olympia)
Imagine Children's Museum (Everett)
KidsQuest Interactive Museum (Bellevue)
Mobius Kids (Spokane)

NOT Part of the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum, Seattle
Children's Museum of Walla Walla
Whatcom Children's Museum (Bellingham)

Wisconsin

The Following Museums Are in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Above & Beyond Children's Museum (Sheboygan)

Betty Brinn Children's Museum (Milwaukee)
Central Wisconsin Children's Museum (Stevens Point)
Children's Museum of Eau Claire
Children's Museum of Fond du Lac
The Building for Kids - Fox Cities Children's Museum (Appleton)
Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum of LaCrosse, Inc.
Madison Children's Museum
Northwoods Children's Museum (Eagle River)

   

West Virginia

The Following Museum Is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
The Children's Museum of the Ohio Valley (Wheeling)

Wyoming

The Following Museum Is in the ACM Reciprocal Program:
Wyoming Children's Museum and Nature Center (Laramie)












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