Adventure Science Center
We're proud to participate in the Museums for All program to make it affordable for all families to experience incredible hands-on science learning.
Free and nearly free ways into Nashville 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 and four Museums for All or EBT discounts. Every row says who gets in, so you know before you go.
Every week or month
We haven’t found a Nashville 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 ↗
We're proud to participate in the Museums for All program to make it affordable for all families to experience incredible hands-on science learning.
SNAP/WIC/TANF/EBT cardholders receive $5 admission per adult (18 & over), maximum 4 adults per cardholder. Visitors aged 17 & under admitted free.
We are proud to participate in Museums for All. We offer $3 per person admission with a photo ID and a EBT/SNAP/WIC card (limit up to four adults per EBT card).
For families who participate in SNAP, WIC or TANF Cheekwood provides admission to the Gardens Only for $3 per person (up to four people) or Garden & Mansion for $5 per person (up to four people). You also receive free parking.
Before 2027
Dated free days still ahead in the next few weeks.
Frist Art Museum · Nashville
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 Nashville 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.
Frist 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. Adventure Science Center, Lane Motor Museum, Frist Art Museum, Cheekwood Estate & Gardens 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.
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.
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