Museums in California That Offer Free Access for SNAP Users

Museums in California That Offer Free Access for SNAP Users
A courtyard behind the Santa Barbara Historical Museum in Santa Barbara, Calif. Courtesy of Bill Gough
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Those enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with an active card can get reduced or free admission to over 1,200 museums in the United States.

Museums for All, a national program that began in 2014, allows low-income families to become regular visitors to a variety of museums. Each SNAP card allows four guests entry at the same reduced price, which ranges from free to $3. More than 8 million visitors have used the program since its inception. Over 100 participating museums in California are listed below by region.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

The museum at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California, contains instructional exhibits about animal life in prehistoric times. (Courtesy of Bill Neely)
The museum at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California, contains instructional exhibits about animal life in prehistoric times. Courtesy of Bill Neely
The entrance to the Santa Barbara Historical Museum in Santa Barbara, Calif. (Courtesy of Bill Gough)
The entrance to the Santa Barbara Historical Museum in Santa Barbara, Calif. Courtesy of Bill Gough

A museum staff member cleans part of the an exhibit at the Urban Nature Research Center in the Los Angeles' Natural History Museum, on April 13, 2016. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)
A museum staff member cleans part of the an exhibit at the Urban Nature Research Center in the Los Angeles' Natural History Museum, on April 13, 2016. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo

Berkeley

Oakland

Sacramento

San Francisco

San Jose

Northern California

Gina Sanchez
Gina Sanchez
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Gina Sanchez, a licensed acupuncturist, received a BA from UC Santa Cruz and a MSOM from Samra University of Oriental Medicine.