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ASTC Passport Program :: FREE admission to museums nationwide

Shared March 5, 2016

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Early in our full-time travel journey our sister-in-law recommended checking into the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) – we are so glad we did! This association represents science centers, museums and related institutions across the country.

When you have a membership to a participating museum in the ASTC program you qualify for the Travel Passport Program – allowing you FREE admission to participating ASTC museums across the country!

Only a month or so into our travels we picked up an annual membership for the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana while traveling through. The annual membership cost our family of four was $85 (although we would have spend $48 in admission fees during our first visit, so our extra out of pocket was only $37).

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Since then, we have used our Museum of the Rockies membership to get FREE admission for our family to science museums, children’s museums, zoos, natural history museums and many other institutions all across the country!

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We have conservatively calculated that we have already saved about $317 in admission fees (that’s factoring in the initial $85 investment in the membership).  And more importantly it’s provided us the opportunity to learn at these amazing institutions all across the country.

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