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Homeschool Discounts in Idaho

Big-ticket Idaho museums and attractions with homeschool discount days — typically 30–50% off for kids, sometimes free.

✓ Programs verified July 2026 · 9 confirmed programs · 0 call-to-confirm · 10 museums free

Idaho's homeschool programs cluster in the Treasure Valley and pay off fast against some steep regular gates. The Discovery Center of Idaho's monthly Homeschool Days cut a $27/$18 admission to $10 a child, the Idaho State Museum runs themed $4-per-student days twice a month with a classroom program included, and the Boise Art Museum's $100 flat ArtReach fee covers a full co-op of 35 with studio art-making. In Nampa, the Warhawk Air Museum's $4 field trips put kids inside one of the Northwest's best warbird collections — with one parent free per family.

Eastern Idaho holds its own: the Museum of Idaho's homeschool co-op rate drops a $20 adult gate to $5 a student, and ARTitorium on Broadway runs a September Homeschool Week where a dollar admits each member of the family. Pocatello's Idaho Museum of Natural History prices Homeschool Days at a flat $4 a head, Twin Falls' Herrett Center stacks free galleries with $3–8 group programs in Idaho's largest planetarium, and the Museum of North Idaho schedules fall Homeschool Days in Coeur d'Alene. Most programs want preregistration, so book before you drive.

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Always ask about homeschool rates

Many venues give 30–50% off (sometimes free) and never advertise it. Call ahead and ask for a homeschool, education, or co-op rate before you pay.

State parks & history

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Free Idaho homeschool printables

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Nature journal

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Confirmed homeschool pricing

Published price on the venue's own homeschool page — most under $20 per child.

Offers
Homeschool Days
Monthly · School-year dates, Aug–Mar
$10
per kid · adult $15

Discovery Center of Idaho

Boise · Advance tickets required

Boise's hands-on science center caps ticket sales on Homeschool Days so the exhibit floor stays workable, and sells take-home activity kits built around the current headline exhibition. One Homeschool Day per family per exhibition keeps demand sane — watch the calendar and buy early.

Regular admission: $27 adult / $18 youth — Kids almost half off; adults save $12
Homeschool page at dcidaho.org →
Offers
Homeschool Days
2x monthly · First Friday + third Wednesday
$4
per kid · adult $5

Idaho State Museum

Boise · 2 and up · Preregistration required — no walkups

The state history museum in Julia Davis Park themes each Homeschool Day — Pioneer Days, keystone species, curator-for-a-day — with a hands-on classroom activity running until 3pm on top of the galleries. Timed entry keeps groups spread out; pick an arrival slot when you register.

Regular admission: $10 adult / $5 youth — Youth admission with a program added
Homeschool page at history.idaho.gov →
Offers
Group Visits
Tue–Fri · 90-minute ArtReach visits
$100 flat
per kid

Boise Art Museum

Boise · Email 2+ weeks ahead

BAM's In-Museum ArtReach gives homeschool groups the same educator-led gallery discussion and studio project its school groups get, aligned to state standards and grouped by age. The teacher preview pass lets one parent scout the exhibitions in advance for free.

Regular admission: $9 adult / $5 student — Beats regular admission at any group size
Note: The $100 ArtReach fee is separate from general museum admission ($9 adult / $5 student) — plan for both at the desk.
Homeschool page at boiseartmuseum.org →
Offers
Field Trips
Tue–Fri · Plus Homeschool Family Days 2x/year
$4
per kid · adult free

Warhawk Air Museum

Nampa · Book 2 weeks ahead via form

Two-hour field trips pair a docent-led tour of rare P-40 Warhawks and a P-51C Mustang with a hands-on class — Morse code and circuits, forces of flight, or veteran story sessions where students meet Vietnam and Gulf War vets in person. Scavenger hunts cover every age band.

Regular admission: $20 adult / $5 children — Adults drop from $20 to free
Homeschool page at warhawkairmuseum.org →
Offers
Field Trips
By booking · Homeschool co-op visits
$5
per kid · adult $7

Museum of Idaho

Idaho Falls · Book through the group portal

Eastern Idaho's blockbuster museum — the one that lands Genghis Khan and deep-sea dinosaur exhibitions between Yellowstone and the Tetons — prices homeschool co-ops at $5 a student against a $20 adult gate. The Discovery Room and STEM stations stretch a visit to a half day.

Regular admission: $20 adult / $14 youth — About 65% off for kids, 65% for adults
Homeschool page at museumofidaho.org →
Offers
Homeschool Classes
September · Homeschool Week + year-round trips
$1
per kid

ARTitorium on Broadway

Idaho Falls · 5 and up · Groups of 10+ call ahead

The Idaho Falls Arts Council's interactive art playhouse — green-screen animation, art-making stations, theater — practically gives itself away to homeschoolers each September. Friday homeschool art classes individualize to the students who show up; call for the current schedule.

Regular admission: $5 / $20 family — 80% off during Homeschool Week
Homeschool page at artitoriumonbroadway.org →
Offers
Homeschool Days
Select days · Spring dates ran Apr–May; next TBA
$4
per kid · adult $4

Idaho Museum of Natural History

Pocatello

Idaho's official natural history museum on the ISU campus runs flat-rate $4 Homeschool Days where adults get in at the kids' price. Half a million specimens back it up, from Ice Age megafauna to the buzzsaw-jawed Helicoprion — Pocatello's hometown fossil superstar.

Regular admission: $9 adult / $4 youth — Adults pay the youth price
Homeschool page at isu.edu →
Offers
Field Trips
By booking · Tue–Fri
$3–8
per kid

Herrett Center & Faulkner Planetarium

Twin Falls · Written confirmation required

The College of Southern Idaho's museum stacks six free galleries of Ice Age fossils and ancient tools with Idaho's largest planetarium, a public observatory, and an education team that builds custom field trips. A co-op of 25 unlocks the full menu at school-group rates.

Regular admission: Galleries free / planetarium $7.50 — Planetarium nearly half the public rate
Homeschool page at herrett.csi.edu →
Offers
Homeschool Days
Sep 10 + Nov 19 · 11am (K–5) and 2pm (6–12) sessions
$5
per kid

Museum of North Idaho

Coeur d'Alene · K–12, age-banded sessions

Coeur d'Alene's history museum builds its Homeschool Days on 4th-grade Idaho standards and runs each program twice — a morning session geared K–5 and an afternoon for older students — covering mining geology, Fort Sherman school days, and guided walking tours of the historic downtown.

Regular admission: $6 adult / $2 youth — A guided program for the price of lunch
Homeschool page at museumni.org →

When everything’s free

Big-ticket museums with a recurring free-admission day — open to everyone, no homeschool sign-up needed.

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Admission days
Free-for-all guide

Free museum days across Idaho

Boise · Sun Valley & Ketchum · Idaho Falls · Twin Falls · Ketchum

No group minimums and no booking forms — just show up on the right day. From free weeknights and weekend days to resident-free museums, these are the recurring free-admission days at Idaho’s major museums, each verified on the museum’s own site.

Why it’s here: the cheapest field trip there is — no per-kid ticket and no reservation.
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Gear up for your field trip

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Kids' field journal
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Kids' sketchbook
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Junior ranger activity book
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Already on DiscoverCheapUS — free and low-cost Idaho attractions homeschool families plan whole field-trip days around.

Boise

11 free or cheap
  • Idaho State Capitol BuildingFree
  • Boise DepotFree
  • Boise Art Museum$9 adults / $5 student (1–12) / Free First Thursdays (pay-what-you-can)
  • Idaho State Museum$10 adults / $5 youth (6–17) / Free under 6
  • The Basque BlockFree to explore
  • Freak Alley GalleryFree
  • Anne Frank Human Rights MemorialFree
  • Old Idaho Penitentiary$9 adults / $5 children (6–12) / Free under 6
  • Zoo Boise$15 adults / $12 children (3–11) / Thursdays $12 & $11
  • Idaho Botanical Garden$15 adults / $9 youth (4–12) / Free 3 and under
  • World Center for Birds of Prey$14 adults / $9 youth (4–16)
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Coeur d'Alene

3 free or cheap
  • Museum of North Idaho$6 adults / $2 youth (5–12) / Free under 5
  • Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park (Cataldo Mission)$7/vehicle entry / $5 per person Sacred Encounters Exhibit ($10/family)
  • Mineral Ridge Scenic Area & National Recreation TrailFree
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Sun Valley/Ketchum

7 free or cheap
  • Sawtooth NRA Headquarters & Visitor CenterFree
  • Ernest Hemingway MemorialFree
  • Ketchum Cemetery — Hemingway's GraveFree
  • Ore Wagon MuseumFree (by appointment)
  • Sun Valley Museum of Art (Ketchum Gallery)Free
  • Wood River Museum of History + CultureFree
  • Sawtooth Botanical Garden$7 adults / Free under 12 / Free in winter
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Idaho Falls

6 free or cheap
  • Museum of Idaho$20 adults / $14 youth (4–12) / Idaho residents 25% off
  • ARTitorium on Broadway$5 / $20 family (up to 6) / Free 2 and under
  • Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park$12.50 adults / $9.50 children (3–12)
  • East Idaho Aquarium$12 adults / $9 youth (3–12)
  • The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho$8 adults / $5 youth (6–18) / Free 1st Saturdays
  • Hell's Half Acre Lava Trail SystemFree
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Pocatello

4 free or cheap
  • Museum of Clean$10 adults / $8 children (2–15)
  • Idaho Museum of Natural History$9 adults / $4 youth (4–17) / Free 3 and under
  • Zoo Idaho$7 adults / $5 children (3–11) / Free under 3
  • Fort Hall Replica$6 adults / $3 youth (6–17)
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Twin Falls

3 free or cheap
  • Snake River Canyon Rim TrailsFree
  • Herrett Center for Arts & ScienceFree galleries / Planetarium $7.50 adults, $5.50 children
  • Twin Falls County Historical MuseumFree / donations welcome
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Nampa

4 free or cheap
  • Warhawk Air Museum$20 adults / $12 veterans & seniors / $5 children (5–12)
  • Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge & Lake LowellFree
  • Celebration Park$2 per vehicle day use
  • Nampa Train Depot Museum$5 adults / $2–3 kids & teens / Free under 7 / $10 family of 5
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