Discounts

Museums for All: Show your EBT card and photo ID for $1 admission for each member of your household. See the complete list of participating museums.

Military Discount for Active Service Personnel and Veterans: $1 off each admission ticket for active duty military personnel, veterans, and their household family members. Offer valid any day. On Veterans Day, we offer free admission to active-duty military personnel, veterans, and their household family members. Valid military ID required.

Free Admission for NY K – 8 Teachers: New York Teachers (K-8) are welcome to one complimentary admission per year to preview the museum. Simply show your school ID to receive your one free admission. To learn more about booking a field trip please contact Cori Thompson.

AAA Discount: $1 off each admission ticket. Offer valid any day. Valid AAA membership card required.

WCNY Connect Card: 2 for 1 admission. Offer valid any day. Valid WCNY Connect Card required.

Group Rates

Discounted admission rates are available for group visits of 10 or more with advance reservations. In order to receive the group rate discount, you must make a reservation at least one week in advance of your visit.

Members From Other Museums

Members from other museums that participate in the ASTC Passport Program can show their membership card, with ASTC logo, and photo ID to receive free admission for the 2 adults listed on the membership card and their children living in the same household.

For Grandparent level memberships, reciprocal admission includes free admission for the 2 adults listed on the membership card and up to 2 of their grandchildren.

Members from ACM museums can show their membership card, with ACM reciprocal logo, and photo ID to receive 50% off admission for up to 6 people.

General Museum

The Sciencenter is a Smoke Free and Tobacco Free Zone.

We ask that all guests wear shoes and shirts while at the Sciencenter.

Read our Visitor Code of Conduct here.

Sick Policy

The Sciencenter works to provide a safe and healthy environment for all our guests. Towards this end, the following Sick Policy be followed by our guests, our staff and our volunteers.

If you or your child have a fever or are too sick to go to work or school, then you are too sick to visit the museum.

The following guidelines are more specific and we request that guests with these symptoms not visit the museum. Staff may be called upon to identify the following symptoms and to ask a guest to leave. If a guest is asked to leave, free passes to return will be given to the guest.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath
• Flu
• Conjunctivitis or “pink eye” infection
• Diarrhea or vomiting
• Common Cold
• Impetigo
• Lice
• Strep Throat (child must be on antibiotics for 48 hours before coming to the museum.)
• Any of the following contagious diseases: measles, mumps, rubella, roseola, and chicken pox.

Inclusion and Personal Safety

The Sciencenter is an inclusive organization that values diversity. We aspire to be an environment for our guests and our team where diversity is understood, recognized, respected, and celebrated to enrich the community overall and the individual lives of all members of the community. As a trusted community resource, we are a welcoming and sensitive place for all people regardless of gender, age, race, religious background, language, socio-economic status, ability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.

Please let the Front Desk staff know if you have any concerns, whatsoever.

Photos and Video

In order to protect the guest experience, photography and videography is permitted at the Sciencenter for personal use only. For safety reasons, use of tripods is not allowed.

For media inquiries, or special requests such as student projects, please contact our Marketing and Communications Manager, Cydney Wixon, at cwixon@sciencenter.org.