How to Get Free Admission to Portland Museums and Gardens
Want a deal on local cultural institutions? It can be as simple as using (or getting) a library card. The Portland Art Museum and the Portland Japanese Garden both offer free admission through the Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties’ libraries. It’s a library program that offers a limited number of free passes for a slew of local cultural institutions. See below for where you can go, and for details on reservations.
Want a deal on local cultural institutions? It can be as simple as using (or getting) a library card.
What’s available?
The Portland Art Museum and the Portland Japanese Garden both offer free admission through the Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties’ libraries. The library programs offer a limited number of free passes for a slew of local cultural institutions. See below for where you can go and for details on reservations.
🚨 Tip: The first of the month is a good time to check for available spots at popular destinations!
How many tickets are available?
Check your county’s program for details on how many tickets you can reserve for each venue (and details such as which admit children for free): Clackamas County’s Cultural Pass Express, Multnomah County’s My Discovery Pass, and Washington County’s Adventure Pass.
How do you reserve?
Log into the system with your library card number and pin (for Multnomah, Clackamas, or Washington counties), and check what’s available.
Note: Don’t forget to check back for cancellations.
What are the rules? And other questions?
You can only visit each attraction once per calendar year. You can only have passes to two attractions reserved at any given time. Locations can be reserved up to three months in advance. For busy venues, check back on the first of the month, Multnomah County Library advises. Other questions: consult the frequently asked questions (for Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties).
Multnomah County’s My Discovery Pass 💚
🖼️ Museums
- Five Oaks Museum
- Japanese American Museum of Oregon
- Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
- Portland Art Museum
🌲 Gardens
🎭 Live Performance
- Artists Repertory Theatre
- Boom Arts
- Friends of Chamber Music
- Literary Arts
- Northwest Children’s Theater and School
- Oregon Koto-Kai
- Portland Center Stage at The Armory
- Orchestra Nova Northwest
- Portland Opera
😺 Convention
Washington County’s Adventure Pass 💙
🖼️ Museums
- Five Oaks Museum
- Japanese American Museum of Oregon
- Next Level Pinball Museum
- Pittock Mansion
- Portland Art Museum
- Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals
🌲 Gardens and Parks
🏊🏽 Recreation
🎭 Live Performance
Clackamas County’s Cultural Pass Express 🧡
🖼️ Museums
- End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
- Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
- Gilbert House Children’s Museum
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art
- Oregon Historical Society
- Pittock Mansion
- Portland Art Museum
🌲 Gardens and Parks
- Clackamas County Parks
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
- Lan Su Chinese Garden
- The Oregon Garden
- Oregon State Parks
- Portland Japanese Garden
🎭 Live Performance
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