Discovery Center of Idaho
SNAP EBT cardholders can receive $5 admission per person for up to four people. This admission option is available in person only; please bring your EBT card.
Free and nearly free ways into Boise museums and zoos in 2027, each one checked on the venue’s or program’s own page: one Bank of America Museums on Us partner, four Museums for All or EBT discounts and one library pass. Every row says who gets in, so you know before you go.
Every week or month
We haven’t found a Boise museum or zoo that posts a regular free day for everyone. The programs below still get many families in free or for a few dollars.
Bank of America cardholders
Active Bank of America, Merrill and Private Bank credit or debit cardholders get one free general admission on the first full weekend of each month. Bring the card and a photo ID; it covers the cardholder only. Bank of America’s partner list ↗
Bank of America posts each weekend on its partner page; the next ones are under Coming up below. We don’t list 2027 weekends until Bank of America posts them.
SNAP and EBT
Museums for All gives families receiving SNAP benefits free or reduced admission with an EBT card and photo ID. Each venue sets its own price and group size, quoted from its page below. About Museums for All ↗
SNAP EBT cardholders can receive $5 admission per person for up to four people. This admission option is available in person only; please bring your EBT card.
EBT Cardholders (Up to 4 family members): $3
*EBT/ARC: $5 adult admission, free youth admission. *Active Military: $1 off each admission.
The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey is committed to providing world-class nose-to-beak experiences with raptors for everyone in our community.
Library card
Passes you can borrow with a library card, as the venue describes them.
Library Passport Program through local libraries (the packet also gets you free rides on Valley Regional Transit to the garden).
Before 2027
Dated free days still ahead in the next few weeks.
Boise Art Museum · Boise
Good to know Only the cardholder gets in free, so bring the card and an ID.
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Good questions
We haven’t found a museum or zoo in Boise that posts a regular free day for everyone yet. Bank of America cardholders get in free on the first full weekend of each month at the places listed below. Families with SNAP (EBT) benefits get free or reduced admission at the places in the EBT section.
Boise Art Museum is a Bank of America Museums on Us partner. Active Bank of America, Merrill and Private Bank credit or debit cardholders get one free general admission on the first full weekend of each month; bring the card and a photo ID. Bank of America posts each weekend on its partner page.
Yes. Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho State Museum, Idaho Botanical Garden, World Center for Birds of Prey offer free or reduced admission to families with SNAP (EBT) benefits, most through Museums for All. Bring your EBT card and a photo ID; each listing below has the venue’s own price and limits.
Idaho Botanical Garden: Library Passport Program through local libraries (the packet also gets you free rides on Valley Regional Transit to the garden).
Each free day and discount comes from the museum’s, zoo’s or program’s own page and links to it. If a page doesn’t say who gets in, we leave it out. We only list a date, time or price when that page shows it, and anything we can’t confirm stays off. These were last checked Oct 20, 2026, and we recheck them every month. How we choose and check.
Littles Weekly
One short email every Friday morning with the best things to do with little ones in Boise that weekend, free days included.