Choose your Membership
All memberships are valid for one year from the date of purchase
Family Basic Membership
$168 ($143 for Palo Alto residents)
- Unlimited admission for family members living in the same house
- Two free single-use guest passes, valid for one year
Family Plus Membership
$210 ($179 for Palo Alto residents)
- Unlimited admission for family members in the same household
- Unlimited admission for 1 named adult caregiver
- Four free single-use guest passes, valid for one year
Supporting Membership
$310 ($279 for Palo Alto residents)
- Unlimited admission for family members in the same household
- Unlimited admission for 1 named adult caregiver
- Five free single-use guest passes, valid for one year
- Provides a $100 tax-deductible contribution to the Junior Museum
To Purchase Your Family Membership
Members enjoy unlimited visits plus other benefits, for an entire year. Members must make advanced reservations for their visits by purchasing $0.00 tickets online AFTER they have purchased their membership and received their confirmation email.
Become a Member
Purchase Member Tickets
On January 28th, we will be launching a new ticketing and membership online portal. If you are a current Junior Museum & Zoo Member, your account information will be migrated to our new online portal, and your membership number (which is your phone number) will remain the same.
Starting January 28th, you will see a link on Enjoy! Online that will direct you to the new Membership portal, where you can renew and upgrade your membership, make visit reservations, and purchase additional guest passes. This new link will also be emailed to you and posted here at 7 a.m. the morning of January 28th.
Discounted Membership
This program is eligible to low-income families or families with members who have disabilities. Membership may only be purchased for those immediate family members who receive the benefits, their children or siblings, and their parents or guardians. The discounted Membership benefit does not extend to friends or family members not living with the family member eligible for the benefit.
Acceptable proof of eligibility:
- EBT, WIC, BIC, Medicaid, Medical, or CA Healthy Families membership cards.
- Enrollment confirmation paperwork from Kaiser MFA, Kaiser Community Health Care, or the Free and Reduced-Price School Lunch Program.
- It is not necessary to provide proof of a disability.
Application Process:
- Provide proof of program eligibility by presenting one of the documents listed above via email to JMZMembership@cityofpaloalto.org. Or, if you have a disability, please let us know in that email (though it is not necessary to specific the specific disability). If you do not have email, please contact us at 650-329-2111 or come to the Junior Museum and we will help you purchase a discounted Membership.
- Wait for your confirmation email from us that we have flagged your Enjoy! Online account. It can take up to 72 hours for us to do this, so plan accordingly.
- After you have purchased your membership you can reserve your Membership tickets through Enjoy! Online. You will be charged $0 for your tickets. Due to capacity limits, we cannot guarantee entry into the Museum without a reservation through purchase of the $0 tickets.
Purchase Member Tickets