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Card to Culture
Overview
Find Participating Organizations’ Discounts
Card to Culture provides EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders free or steeply discounted admission to a variety of arts, humanities, and science organizations across the Commonwealth. Check out the list of participating organizations in your area:
About Card to Culture
Mass Cultural Council is proud to partner with the Department of Transitional Assistance, Massachusetts Health Connector, and the Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program on Card to Culture, the nation’s most comprehensive effort to expand cultural access for low-income and working families.
Organizations that run cultural programming voluntarily offer free access or steeply discounted rates to EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer), WIC (Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program), and/or ConnectorCare health insurance cardholders. They also receive training, communications, and policy support from Mass Cultural Council. At the same time, the partner agencies administering these cards promote participating organizations to their constituencies.
- Organizations that do not run cultural programs—but work directly with low-income populations—participate by promoting the program to their constituencies.
- Individual EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders do not need to apply to participate. They are eligible to receive these discounts (as linked in the previous sentence) when they visit a participating organization.
All organizations supported by Mass Cultural Council are encouraged to participate in this voluntary program. There are many working examples for museums, performing arts organizations, membership-based organizations, schools, etc. (For example, hear about Boston’s Children’s Museum’s experience with offering EBT card discounts.)
- 1762 Akin House Museum and Cultural Heritage Center
- 19 Carter
- A Far Cry
- Abilities Dance Boston
- Academy of Creative Arts at Trinity (ACAT)
- Academy of Music Theatre
- Acme Theater Productions
- Actors’ Shakespeare Project
- Addison Gallery of American Art
- Afri(K)que Limited
- Alden House Historic Site
- Alive Dance Collective
- All Newton Music School
- Amelia Park Children’s Museum
- American Antiquarian Society
- American Heritage Museum
- American Repertory Theater
- Amesbury Carriage Museum & Industrial History Center
- Amherst Cinema
- Amherst Historical Society and Museum
- Analog By Choice
- Andover Center for History & Culture
- Andover Choral Society
- ANIKAYA
- Antenna Cloud Farm
- Apollinaire Theatre Company
- Applause Academy
- Aquinnah Cultural Center & Wampanoag History Museum
- Arcadia Players
- Arisia, Inc Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention
- Arlington Center for the Arts
- Arlington Jazz
- Arpeggione Ensemble
- Art Lab Everett
- Artisans Asylum
- Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
- Arts|Learning
- ArtsBrookline
- ArtsEmerson
- ArtSpace
- Artspace Greenfield
- ArtsWorcester
- Ashmont Hill Chamber Music
- Asian American Ballet Project
- Assabet Valley Mastersingers
- Aston Magna Music Festival
- atac: downtown arts + music
- Attleboro Arts Museum
- Back Bay Chamber Music Society
- Back Bay Chorale
- Backyard Growers
- BalletRox
- Barrington Stage Company
- Battleship Cove
- Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College
- Beauport, the Sleeper – McCann House
- Becket Arts Center
- Bellforge Arts Center
- Belmont Porchfest
- Belmont World Film
- Berkshire Art Center
- Berkshire Botanical Garden
- Berkshire Busk!
- Berkshire Children’s Chorus
- Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
- Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT)
- Berkshire Jewish Film Festival
- Berkshire Museum
- Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)
- Berkshire Opera Festival
- Berkshire Pulse
- Berkshire Theatre Group
- Beverly Main Streets
- Black History in Action
- Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
- Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity
- Boston Athenaeum
- Boston Ballet
- Boston Baroque
- Boston By Foot
- Boston Chamber Music Society
- Boston Children’s Museum
- Boston Choral Ensemble
- Boston City Lights
- Boston City Singers
- Boston Civic Symphony
- Boston Comic Arts Foundation
- Boston Dance Studios
- Boston Early Music Festival
- Boston Festival Orchestra
- Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park: Boston Harbor Now
- Boston JerkFest Caribbean Food Festival
- Boston Jewish Film
- Boston Landmarks Orchestra
- Boston Lyric Opera
- Boston Modern Orchestra Project
- Boston Opera & Zarzuela
- Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
- Boston Public Quartet
- Boston String Academy
- Boston Summer Opera
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Boston Theater Company
- Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
- Boston Yue Opera House
- Breathing Secrets
- Brewster Historical Society
- Brockton Symphony Orchestra
- Brookline Arts Center
- Brookline Symphony Orchestra
- Buttonwood Park Zoo
- Cabot Performing Arts Center (The Cabot)
- Cahoon Museum of American Art
- Calliope Productions
- Cambridge Carnival International
- Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
- Cambridge Chinese Choral Society
- Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
- Cantata Singers
- Cantemus Chamber Chorus
- Cantilena
- Cantilena Chamber Choir
- Cape Ann Art Haven
- Cape Ann Museum
- Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra
- Cape Cod Children’s Museum
- Cape Cod Chorale
- Cape Cod Theatre Company / Harwich Junior Theatre
- Cape Cod Theatre Project
- Cape Cod Toy Library – Toy Library & Outdoor Play Oasis
- Cape Rep Theatre
- Cappella Clausura
- Castle Hill on the Crane Estate – The Trustees
- Castle of our Skins
- Celebrity Series of Boston
- Center for Coastal Studies
- Center for Independent Documentary
- Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston
- Chester Theatre Company
- Children’s Museum Easton
- Chinese Association of Western Massachusetts
- Choral Art Society of the South Shore
- Chorus Pro Musica
- Circus 617
- Circus Up
- CitySpace
- Clark Art Institute
- Close Encounters With Music
- CoDesign Collaborative
- Codman Estate
- Coffin House
- Cogswell’s Grant
- Collage New Music
- Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
- Community Access to the Arts (CATA)
- Community Music School of Springfield
- Conchitas Outdoor Learning and Play
- Concord Art
- Consequence Forum
- Convergence Ensemble
- Convivium Musicum
- Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation
- Coro Allegro
- Cotuit Center for the Arts
- Creative Arts Center
- Creative Malden
- Cultural Center of Cape Cod
- Dance Revelasian
- Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University
- Danvers Historical Society
- deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
- Dedham School of Music
- Delvena Theatre
- Departure Arts
- Dewey Memorial Hall
- Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble
- Discovery Museum
- Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Lowell
- Driff Records Festivals and Concerts
- Dunstable’s Jinglefest
- Easthampton Public Library
- EcoTarium
- Eggtooth Productions
- Emily Dickinson Museum
- Enhance Asian Community on Health – Cultural Programs Division
- Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum
- ETTA Arts and The Rainbow Players
- Eustis Estate Museum
- Eventide Arts
- Fall River Symphony Orchestra
- Falmouth Art Center
- Families Creating Together
- Filmmakers Collaborative
- Fine Arts Work Center
- Firebird Pops Orchestra
- Firehouse Center for the Arts
- Fitchburg Art Museum
- Fitchburg Historical Society
- Fivesparks
- Flying Cloud Institute
- Folk Arts Center of New England
- Follow Your Art Community Studios
- Footlight Club
- Forbes House Museum
- Fort Point Arts Community
- Framingham History Center
- Franklin Park Zoo
- Franklin Performing Arts Company at THE BLACK BOX
- Franklin School for the Performing Arts
- Friends of Minute Man National Park
- Friends of the Middleborough Public Library
- Fruitlands Museum – The Trustees
- Fuller Craft Museum
- Fusion Dance Collective
- Gallery X
- Gedney House
- Global Arts Live
- Gloucester Stage Company
- Gnome Surf
- Gore Place
- Great Barrington Public Theater
- Greater Boston Stage Company
- Grid Books
- Griffin Museum of Photography
- Gropius House
- GrubStreet
- Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
- Hammond Castle Museum
- Hancock Shaker Village
- Happier Valley Comedy
- Harbor Stage Company
- Harvard Historical Society
- Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
- Helltown Players
- Heritage Museums & Gardens
- Hibernian Hall
- Highfield Hall & Gardens
- Hispanic American Library
- Historic Deerfield
- Historic Newton
- Historic Northampton
- Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
- Hitchcock Center for the Environment
- Hopkinton Center for the Arts
- Horizon Ensemble
- How Do You See the World? + Mapparium (TM) Experience
- Human Scale Art Space
- ICA/Boston
- Images Cinema
- Imagine Studios
- India Discovery Center
- Ipswich River Community Chorus
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Jacob’s Pillow
- Jameson Singers
- Jason Russell House & Museum – Arlington Historical Society
- Jewish Arts Collaborative
- JFK Hyannis Museum
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- Jookender Community Initiatives
- José Mateo Ballet Theatre
- Jubilate Chorale of Southeastern Massachusetts
- Juventas New Music Ensemble
- KAIROS Dance Theater
- La Donna Musicale
- Lanes Coven Theater
- Latinx Center – Hispanic & Latinx Festival
- LaunchSpace
- Lexington Arts & Crafts Society
- Lexington Historical Society
- Lexington Pops Chorus
- Lexington Symphony
- LFOD Life
- Liars & Believers
- Lich Gate Concerts
- Loading Dock Arts
- Longwood Chorus
- Longwood Symphony Orchestra
- Longy School of Music of Bard College
- Looky Here
- Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra
- Lupinewood Institute
- Lyman Estate
- Lyracle
- Lyric Stage Company of Boston
- Magic Soul House
- Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
- Make-It Springfield
- Mandorla Music
- Manship Artists Residency
- Marblehead Little Theatre
- Marblehead Museum
- Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center
- Marion Art Center (the MAC)
- Maritime Gloucester
- Martha’s Vineyard Film Society
- Martha’s Vineyard Museum
- Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse
- MASS MoCA
- Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Garden at Elm Bank
- Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center
- Masterworks Chorale
- Mattapoisett Museum
- Maudslay Arts Center
- Me2/ “Classical Music for Mental Health”
- Mechanics Hall
- Mel O’Musical
- Merrimack Repertory Theatre
- Metropolitan Chorale
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
- MetroWest Symphony Orchestra
- MetWinds
- Miclot Chamber Music Society
- Middleborough Public Library
- Mill Town Circus produced by Westchester Circus Arts
- Ming Hui Academy Boston
- MIT List Visual Arts Center
- MIT Museum
- Modern Connections
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Mudflat Pottery School
- Multicultural Arts Center
- Multiverse Concert Series
- Museum of Science
- Music Mondays
- Music Worcester
- Musicians of the Old Post Road
- Nantucket Dreamland
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce
- Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts
- Naumkeag – The Trustees
- Nevins Library
- New Alliance Gallery
- New Art Center
- New Bedford Art Museum
- New Bedford Ballet
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- New England Aquarium
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
- New England Classical Singers
- New England Film Orchestra
- New England Jazz Collaborative
- New England Philharmonic
- New England Science Fiction Association / Boskone
- New Marlborough Meeting House
- New School of Music
- Newburyport Chamber Music Festival
- Newhall Fields Community Farm
- Newton Chinese Language School
- Newton Community Pride
- Newton Theatre Company
- Nichols House Museum
- Non-Event
- Norman Rockwell Museum
- North Andover Historical Society
- North End Music and Performing Arts Center
- North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
- North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra
- Northampton Arts Council
- Northampton Community Music Center
- Northampton Karate
- Northeast Arts
- Nutshell Playhouse
- Nye Museum
- Old Colony History Museum
- Old Manse – The Trustees
- Old North Church & Historic Site
- Old Sturbridge Village
- On Stage Theatrical Productions
- Onset Bay Association
- OnStage Dance Company
- Open Door Arts
- Open Door Theater
- Open Mic Classical
- Opera on Tap Boston
- Orchestra Without Borders Boston
- Osamequin Farm
- Otis House
- Partners for Youth with Disabilities
- Paul Revere House
- Payomet Performing Arts Center
- Peabody Essex Museum
- People’s United Methodist Church
- Peregrine Theatre Ensemble
- Performing Arts Center of MetroWest
- Peter H. Peirce Homestead
- Phillips House
- Pilgrim Festival Chorus
- Pilgrim Hall Museum
- Pioneer Valley Ballet
- Platinum City Gaming
- Plimoth Patuxet Museums
- Plugged In Band Program
- Plymouth Center for the Arts
- Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra
- Polish Center of Discovery & Learning
- Polymnia Choral Society
- Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum
- Prescott Community Center
- Preservation Worcester
- Provincetown Art Association and Museum
- Provincetown Dramatic Arts
- Provincetown Public Library
- Punctuate4 Productions
- Puppet Showplace Theater
- Quincy House
- Rachel Linsky & Dancers
- Resilient Community Arts
- Rest-Stop-Ranch Respite Retreat Center & Accessible Gardens
- Revels
- Revolutionary Spaces – Old South Meeting House & Old State House
- Rockport Art Association & Museum
- Rockport Music
- Rose Art Museum
- Rose Kennedy Greenway
- Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
- RUACH
- Salem Athenaeum
- Salem Film Fest
- Samuel Slater Experience
- Samvād
- Sandmagination – New England’s Largest Indoor Sandbox
- Sandwich Arts Alliance
- Sandwich Glass Museum
- Sarasa Ensemble
- Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
- Sawyer Free Library
- Scandinavian Cultural Center & Library
- Shakespeare & Company
- Sharon Community Chamber Orchestra
- Shirley-Eustis House Association
- ShowUp
- Silverthorne Theater Company
- Sippican Choral Society
- Skylark
- Smith College Museum of Art
- Snow Farm – The New England Craft Program
- Soca Fusion
- Society for Historically Informed Performance
- Somerville Media Center
- Somerville Museum
- Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance
- SPARK Kindness
- SpeakEasy Stage Company
- Spectacle Collective
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
- Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
- Springfield Museums
- Springfield Symphony Orchestra
- Stage Music Center
- StiggityStackz Worldwide
- Stone Zoo
- Straw Dog Writers Guild
- Studio Theatre Worcester
- Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
- Sustainable CAPE
- Suzuki School of Newton
- Swett-Ilsley House
- Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center
- Technocopia
- Thacher Hall
- The Adams Theater Presents
- The Allen Center/Newton Cultural Alliance
- The Apollo Ensemble
- The Awareness Project
- The Barn at Lee
- The Becket Athenaeum
- The Beethoven Society of Melrose
- The Berkshire Bach Society
- The Bidwell House Museum
- The Boston Cecilia
- The Brattle Theatre
- The Center at Eagle Hill
- The Center for Arts at the Armory
- The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN)
- The Chatham Chorale
- The Chelmsford Children’s Chorus
- The Children’s Museum at Holyoke
- The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra
- The Click
- The Company Theatre Centre for the Arts
- The Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space
- The Dance Complex
- The Du Bois Orchestra
- The Edward Gorey House
- The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
- The Falmouth Chorale
- The Flavor Continues
- The Footlight Club at Eliot Hall
- The Foundry
- The Fourth Wall
- The Gibson House Museum
- The Handel and Haydn Society
- The Handle Factory Community Clay Studio
- The Hanover Theatre
- The Heritage Chorale
- The Heron Center
- The House of the Seven Gables
- The Icon Museum and Study Center
- The Ipswich Art Association
- The LAVA Center
- The Makanda Project
- The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home
- The Nolumbeka Project
- The Opening Doors Project
- The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College
- The Peabody Historical Society and Museum – Smith Barn
- The Performance Project
- The Provincetown Theater
- The Schooner Adventure
- The Shawna Foundation
- The Space Consortium
- The Spectrum Singers
- The Sports Museum
- The Stone Church Cultural Center, Gilbertville
- The Umbrella Arts Center
- The Walpole Footlighters
- The West End Museum
- Theatre III of Acton
- Theatre Espresso
- Tilden Arts Center at Cape Cod Community College
- Triboro Youth Theatre
- Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
- Trust Your Abilities
- TurnPark Art Space
- Twenty Summers
- UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center
- Unbound Visual Arts
- Unicorn Singers
- United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum & USS Salem
- University of Massachusetts Department of Theater
- Urban Media Arts
- Urbanity Dance
- USS Constitution Museum
- Valley Classical Concerts
- ValleyCAST at Open Sky Community Services
- Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
- Vivid Oblivion
- Voices of MetroWest
- Voices Rising
- Volunteer Musicians for the Arts
- WAM Theatre
- We Empower Communities
- Weathervane Community Arts
- Wellesley Theatre Project
- Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
- Wellfleet Historical Society & Museum
- Wellfleet Preservation Hall
- Wendell Meetinghouse
- West Falmouth Library
- West Stockbridge Historical Society
- Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University
- Whistler House Museum of Art
- White Snake Projects, An Activist Opera Company
- Willard House & Clock Museum
- Winslow Crocker House
- Winsor Music
- Winthrop Public Library & Museum
- Wistariahurst Museum
- Women of Note
- Worcester Art Museum
- Worcester Chamber Music Society
- Worcester Children’s Chorus
- Worcester Historical Museum
- Workshop13, Cultural Arts & Learning Center
- World and Eye Arts
- Yiddish Book Center
- Your Theatre
- Yuan3 Chih4 Education
- Zamir Chorale of Boston
- Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
This list of participating organizations is updated quarterly.