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1-Year Nationwide Museum Membership: ASTC, ROAM & NARM Museums Expired

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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is offering 1-Year Admission for 2 Adults + Children for $150 - 50% off with code JOINTHEPACK = $75. Enrollment in auto-renew is required to receive the 50% off.

This museum is a member of the ASTC, ROAM, and NARM museum associations. As a result, admission to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will also grant you nationwide admission to numerous association museums.

Participating museums by association:Note: Review the terms and conditions for each association and museum for more details. In general, this admission offer isn't eligible if a museum is near your home residence or the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Go to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History membership page
  2. Click the 'Pack' membership level, $150 for 1 year of admission for 2 adults + children
  3. Click the checkbox for 'Renew this membership automatically when it expires'
  4. Enter the names to include on the membership
    • Optional: Add printed member cards for $5
  5. Click 'Add to cart'
  6. If the 50% off discount isn't automatically applied, enter discount code JOINTHEPACK and click 'apply'
  7. Your total should be $75

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  • About this Offer:
    • Few museums are a member of all three associations, so discounted membership at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a great deal for access to a wide variety of museums nationwide.
    • Most museums will not accept associate admission if they are located near your home residence. This deal is good for those on road trips and those who travel often.
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Are you planning to travel? Do you love going into museums or science centers? Would you like to get in free to a bunch of places?

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History Cleveland Museum of Natural History [blackbaudhosting.com] is having a special on their "Pack" membership - $75 (50% off) for a year of membership. The Pack membership includes 1 year of admission for 2 adults + children of the household + caregiver pass + 2 guests per visit. Reciprocity with ASTC, NARM, and ROAM.

Enroll in auto renew and receive 50% with the code JOINTHEPACK

Note: museum memberships and reciprocal organizations are pretty scattered, but (a) it's rare to see an ASTC, ROAM, and NARM under a single banner (the one in Calif that used to have it no longer does) and (b) you generally need to be more than (15/25/50/90 miles) from your "home" museum (and your home for science centers) to get reciprocal benefits. That's to keep big museums from poaching entry fees from members in their own metro area, of course, but it can drive some frugal users to get an out-of-state membership and bypass all the locals. There is very little within 90 miles of Cleveland, so you're unlikely to hit a blackout museum.

Okay, but what kind of coverage are we looking at? Here links to the three lists:

ASTC - https://www.astc.org/membership/f.../passport/

ROAM - https://sites.google.com/site/roa...am-museums

NARM - https://narmassociation.org/members/ (link to the full PDF list [narmassociation.org] is at the bottom of the page

That's a lot of museums in a lot of cities. For $75 there's a good chance it will pay for itself in a single visit - definitely so if you have a couple of kids. And science centers are a great way to keep younger kids entertained for half a day.

https://1023.blackbaudhosting.com...Membership

Disclaimer: there is no disclaimer; I'm not affiliated with the Cleveland Museum in any way except that I bought this (at full price) for my family earlier this year. Heck, I don't even live in Cleveland. I've only had the chance to use it once so far and was given the "premium" wrist band for access to all of the museum extras just by mentioning we were ROAM members. YMMV (we also made a small donation on the way out; I'm cheap, but not heartless)
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I have used the NARM benefit with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Membership. I can answer a few questions.

- You will get your membership in the mail but many now have digital memberships. You can use either for the NARM Benefit.
- In my experience, every museum I've gone to didn't check I had a membership to the original museum. I just mentioned I wanted to use my NARM benefit.
- Many museums with NARM benefits will have a special "$0" price tag when buying tickets online or a promo code you use for NARM tickets. I successfully bought the tickets and no one checked for eligibility at the door so it was seamless.
- For NARM, the stipulation I've seen is the # of free tickets is usually equal to the package you bought at the original museum. If you bought a solo membership, 1 free ticket. Family membership, 2 free tickets.
- OP mentions there are no blackouts in the Cleveland area. The botanical gardens are fantastic in Cleveland and is on the black out list.
- NARM membership list is here: https://narmassociation.org/members/

Edit: I forgot to mention this, but keep in mind a number of museums on all the lists always have free entry. I find it a bit dishonest that the list gets bloated by free museums.
Astc website says, "Make sure the science center or museum you are visiting is not located within 90 miles of either your home residence or the science center or museum that you belong to."
check the ROAM, NARM, and ASTC links above for participating museums.

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07-09-2022 at 12:15 PM.
07-09-2022 at 12:15 PM.
Some on the ATSC list "Proof of Residence Required" - does that mean they check to make sure you live 90 mi away from the home museum?
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07-09-2022 at 12:34 PM.
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So if I live in Florida can I buy this pack and use it for museums in Florida?
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07-09-2022 at 01:04 PM.

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07-09-2022 at 01:04 PM.
Quote from NinjaProdigy :
So if I live in Florida can I buy this pack and use it for museums in Florida?

I have been buying the family membership ($25) at Carnegie Museum for years and use it in FL all the time. When relatives come to visit, I buy them a family membership as a gift ($25). It is sad that local museums charge 5 times as much and drive ppl away to purchase a membership elsewhere.
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07-09-2022 at 01:06 PM.
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I have been buying the family membership ($25) at Carnegie Museum for years and use it in FL all the time. When relatives come to visit, I buy them a family membership as a gift ($25). It is sad that local museums charge 5 times as much and drive ppl away to purchase a membership elsewhere.

It says the family membership is $150. Where are you seeing it for $25?
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07-09-2022 at 01:09 PM.
07-09-2022 at 01:09 PM.
Unless the membership is for an expensive museum you plan to go to more than once, the network benefits rarely pay for itself. It might be different if you have a lot of children
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07-09-2022 at 01:16 PM.
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Astc website says, "Make sure the science center or museum you are visiting is not located within 90 miles of either your home residence or the science center or museum that you belong to."
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07-09-2022 at 01:49 PM.
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Quote from jkloisdafoiwdaf :
Unless the membership is for an expensive museum you plan to go to more than once, the network benefits rarely pay for itself. It might be different if you have a lot of children
Visiting The Franklin Institute once would definitely pay for it. I live in Philly though so no go for me. Have to check the "radial distance" for my sister. She is about 110 miles away by car but likely will fall into the 90 mile circle.
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Check the prices of your local museums that are a part of NARM [narmassociation.org]. An annual membership varies in price based on the museum and you will be supporting them to receive the same offering. Some museum's have member only nights which you'll want to be a direct member of to receive those benefits.
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07-09-2022 at 02:16 PM.
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Quote from jomarrod :
I have been buying the family membership ($25) at Carnegie Museum for years and use it in FL all the time. When relatives come to visit, I buy them a family membership as a gift ($25). It is sad that local museums charge 5 times as much and drive ppl away to purchase a membership elsewhere.

Which Carnegie Museum are you getting a family membership for $25?
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Have been buying local science museum family membership for $85 for years. One summer we stopped at 17 reciprocal museums. All for "free". Great for making stops on road trips. Sometimes these pay for themselves in one visit.
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07-09-2022 at 03:01 PM.
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Quote from ymarker :
Some on the ATSC list "Proof of Residence Required" - does that mean they check to make sure you live 90 mi away from the home museum?

We have ATSC for years, the museums rarely check IDs. Worst case scenario they do, just pay out of pocket for the tickets.
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90 miles as the crow flys hahah I just bought this 2 weeks ago for $129 dang it.. used it today in Santa Barbara
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Does anyone have a discount code for their $250 membership?
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