The Museums for All Initiative is a program from the Institute of Museum and Library Services that is working to make Museums accessible to families who may not otherwise be able to visit.
Through Museums for All, those receiving food assistance (SNAP benefits) can gain free or reduced admission to more than 900 museums throughout the United States simply by presenting their SNAP EBT (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Electronic Benefit Transfer) card.
Description: A museum visit can inspire the development of new skills and interests, ignite creativity and enrich social connections. Museums for All will help expand access to museums and also raise public awareness about how museums in the U.S. are reaching their entire communities. By removing the financial barrier, Museums for All also removes the social and academic barrier families face when they are not exposed to high-quality museum experiences.
In Virginia the following museums are currently listed as participants:
- Agecroft Hall & Gardens
(Richmond, VA) - Amazement Square
(Lynchburg, VA) - The American Civil War Museum
(Richmond, VA) - The Birthplace of Country Music Museum
(Bristol, VA) - Children’s Museum of Blacksburg
(Blacksburg, VA) - Children’s Museum of Richmond
(Richmond, VA) - Children’s Museum of Virginia
(Portsmouth, VA) - Colonial Williamsburg
(Williamsburg, VA) - Danville Science Center
(Danville, VA) - Explore More Discovery Museum
(Harrisonburg, VA) - George Mason’s Gunston Hall
(Lorton, VA) - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
(Richmond, VA) - The Mariners’ Museum and Park
(Newport News, VA) - Maymont
(Richmond, VA) - Menokin
(Warsaw, VA) - Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
(Winchester, VA) - NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility Visitor Center
(Wallops Island, VA) - National Sporting Library & Museum
(Middleburg, VA) - Norfolk Botanical Garden
(Norfolk, VA) - The Poe Museum
(Richmond, VA) - Science Museum of Virginia
(Richmond, VA) - Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
(Winchester, VA) - Taubman Museum of Art
(Roanoke, VA) - The Valentine
(Richmond, VA) - Virginia Museum of History & Culture
(Richmond, VA) - Virginia Museum of Natural History
(Martinsville, VA) - Wilton House Museum
(Richmond, VA) - Wonder Universe
(Christiansburg, VA)
- Airlie Gardens
(Wilmington, NC) - Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
(Blowing Rock, NC) - Cameron Art Museum
(Wilmington, NC) - Cape Fear Botanical Garden
(Fayetteville, NC) - Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
(Wilmington, NC) - Charlotte Nature Museum (for NC and SC residents only)
(Charlotte, NC) - The Children’s Museum of Wilmington
(Wilmington, NC) - Children’s Playhouse
(Boone, NC) - Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
(Belmont, NC) - Discovery Place (for NC and SC residents only)
(Charlotte, NC) - Discovery Place KIDS – Huntersville (for NC and SC residents only)
(Huntersville, NC) - Discovery Place KIDS – Rockingham (for NC and SC residents only)
(Rockingham, NC) - Ingram Planetarium
(Sunset Beach, NC) - Kaleideum Downtown
(Winston-Salem, NC) - Kaleideum North
(Winston-Salem, NC) - Kidzu Children’s Museum
(Chapel Hill, NC) - Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
(Chapel Hill, NC) - Museum of Coastal Carolina
(Ocean Isle Beach, NC) - Nido & Mariana Qubein Children’s Museum
(High Point, NC) - Zing Zumm, Children’s Museum of Jacksonville
(Jacksonville, NC)
