Financial Access
Out-of-school Funded Trips to the Museum
Booking is fast and convenient!
Call 617-723-2500 or TTY 617-589-0417, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., daily.
Please have the following ready when you call:
- Contact information
- Tax ID number
- Date and time of your visit
You will be mailed a pending confirmation notice first (call back only if any information is incorrect). Your approval notice with specific funding and balance due, if applicable, will be sent approximately two weeks after you book the reservation.
A group is eligible for funding if their organization meets all of the following criteria:
- Has non-profit status with tax-exempt number
- Meets during out-of-school time and works with under-represented youth or adults (i.e. after school, ESL, or faith-based programs, or shelters)
- Finds the admission cost a barrier to visiting the Museum of Science.
Please note that:
- Your group must have at least one chaperone for every ten people under the age of 18.
- Free Exhibit Halls admission does not include extra venues such as Omni films, Butterfly Garden, Planetarium show, or traveling exhibits. If you are interested in these extras, let us know at time of reservation, as funding is sometimes available. If there is no funding available, a rate of $3 - 5 per person will be charged for each extra.
- Reservations must be made at least three weeks in advance.
Additional guidelines:
- Summer reservations accepted beginning April 28, 2008 and subject to the availability of funding.
- Eligible organizations receive up to 50 free Exhibit Halls admissions per school year and 50 free Exhibit Halls admissions in summer, subject to availability.
- There is a limited number of reservations available for vacation weeks and holidays.
Additional discount opportunities:
- Agencies with fewer than 10 people in their group that are unable to schedule a trip in advance and meet the above criteria can contact youth and community programs to request a pass form (PDF).
- Most local public libraries offer free or discounted Museum passes for families and individuals.
Please contact youth and community programs if you have any comments or questions: 617 589-0418, 617-589-0417 (TTY), mcabrera@mos.org, or communityrelations@mos.org.
