ASTC Passport Program
SPI participates in the ASTC Passport Program and welcomes visitors from fellow member institutions. The passport program grants admission benefits to yearly members at participating ASTC centers nationwide.
Each institution has its own admissions policies, so call before you travel to get the details. Reciprocity typically extends only to regular/general admission and not to tickets for additional attractions (special exhibits, planetarium shows, simulator rides or giant-screen films where relevant) or store discounts.
Click here to search for museums which participate in the ASTC Passport Program.
Please note these SPI restrictions to reciprocal admission benefits:
1) These are extended based on the address of your "home" ASTC institution (the local museum location where you hold membership),
Members of ASTC museums located within 90 miles of each other are excluded from the program unless that exclusion is lifted by mutual agreement. Science centers/museums may create their own reciprocal programs with regional partners. ASTC does not require or participate in these agreements, or dictate their terms.
AND
2) ...based on your home residence!
SPI will extend free SPI admission to named ACTC membership card holders from other institutions IF:
a. The institution where the users hold the membership is OUTSIDE of 90 miles of SPI,
AND
b. The home residence of the membership holder is OUTSIDE 90 miles of SPI.
These restrictions are typical of most ASTC passport participant organizations and are intended to protect member institutions from the possibility of users shopping around for memberships while expecting their hometown center to absorb the financial loss of admission revenue which helps enable its operations.
Regional agreements of record benefitting SPI and members of other local ASTC centers
SPI has local agreements with The Works (Newark, Ohio) and COSI (Columbus, Ohio) to extend half price admission rates to each others' NAMED annual members; all member adults in the group should expect to show a matching ID and any accompanying non-member guests will pay the regular admission rate.
SPI also has an agreement with the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland (88 miles away) to extend free admission to each others' NAMED annual members; all member adults in the group should expect to show a matching ID and any accompanying non-member guests will pay the regular admission rate.
(If you'd like your "home" ASTC center to consider partnering with SPI to provide reciprocal benefits, please suggest this to your local management team).
Each institution has its own admissions policies, so call before you travel to get the details. Reciprocity typically extends only to regular/general admission and not to tickets for additional attractions (special exhibits, planetarium shows, simulator rides or giant-screen films where relevant) or store discounts.
Click here to search for museums which participate in the ASTC Passport Program.
Please note these SPI restrictions to reciprocal admission benefits:
1) These are extended based on the address of your "home" ASTC institution (the local museum location where you hold membership),
Members of ASTC museums located within 90 miles of each other are excluded from the program unless that exclusion is lifted by mutual agreement. Science centers/museums may create their own reciprocal programs with regional partners. ASTC does not require or participate in these agreements, or dictate their terms.
AND
2) ...based on your home residence!
SPI will extend free SPI admission to named ACTC membership card holders from other institutions IF:
a. The institution where the users hold the membership is OUTSIDE of 90 miles of SPI,
AND
b. The home residence of the membership holder is OUTSIDE 90 miles of SPI.
These restrictions are typical of most ASTC passport participant organizations and are intended to protect member institutions from the possibility of users shopping around for memberships while expecting their hometown center to absorb the financial loss of admission revenue which helps enable its operations.
Regional agreements of record benefitting SPI and members of other local ASTC centers
SPI has local agreements with The Works (Newark, Ohio) and COSI (Columbus, Ohio) to extend half price admission rates to each others' NAMED annual members; all member adults in the group should expect to show a matching ID and any accompanying non-member guests will pay the regular admission rate.
SPI also has an agreement with the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland (88 miles away) to extend free admission to each others' NAMED annual members; all member adults in the group should expect to show a matching ID and any accompanying non-member guests will pay the regular admission rate.
(If you'd like your "home" ASTC center to consider partnering with SPI to provide reciprocal benefits, please suggest this to your local management team).