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Membership Form

Click here to download our membership brochure. Print it, fill it out and mail it in with your check. That's all it takes for year-round fun at A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village. See more membership benefits below.

Members Receive

• Free admission to the Village for one full year.
• Two complimentary one time use guest passes.
• Free general admission to 273 Association of Science Technology Centers (ASTC) worldwide and in Oregon! See the list of museums. Those within a 90-mile radius of us provide reciprocal admission by special arrangement. Call us to verify.
• Museum store discount of 10%.
• Reduced fees for birthday parties, summer camps, workshops, and classes.
• Invitations to Members Only events.
• Annual subscription to our newsletter DISCOVERY! With advance notice of upcoming Village events.
• Two for One coupons for visits to participating Northwest children's museums.

Prices

Family (up to five children - living in your household)

Family Membership includes up to two parents and up to five children living in the same household (additional children in the member household can be added for $5.00 per child).

 

one-year pass

$70

two-year pass

$130

Grandparent (limit five grandchildren per visit)

Grandparent Membership includes up to two grandparents and up to five grandchildren on any one visit.

 

one-year pass

$60

two-year pass

$110

You & Me (one adult + one child)

You and Me Membership includes one adult and one child (both names listed on the membership card).

one-year pass

$50

two-year pass

$90

Reduced Fee Family Membership
(up to five children - living in your household)

Families receiving public assistance, including WIC, OHP, TANF, SNAP (Oregon Trail card) and CHIP. A letter from DHS is required to verify the current receipt of benefits. This membership includes all the benefits of the family membership with the exception of the ASTC reciprocal membership. Click here for the membership form in English or Spanish.

one-year pass

$35

Add-a-child
$5 per year
Add-a-nanny
$20 per year

To become a member: Call (503) 371-3631, email the Membership Manager,
or stop by the Discovery Village.

 

Interested in a Scholarship? Check out "Pass the Pass".

Corporate members, as well as those holding Family, Grandparent, and You & Me memberships, are given the opportunity to donate back the guest passes they receive with their membership. These passes are then awarded to those who would otherwise not be able to visit the Village. To apply for these free admission passes, please send a letter requesting passes for your family, attention: Membership Manager, A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village, 116 Marion St. NE, Salem, OR 97301. Include names and ages of all those applying (recipients must all be living in the same household), and a brief explanation of your need. Passes will be awarded as they become available on a first-come, first-serve basis.