https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 02:22:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1381209 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:43:51 +0000 sandy 1381209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have memberships to the zoo and the children's museum and we go all the time. The zoo a lot more in the spring/summer/fall and the children's museum year round. We go the children's museum during a groupon sale for half off and we love it and will renew again. Our museum is "pay what you can" so no admission charge but as a member you get free parking, free classes (cost $10 for non members), and there are member only times (an hour before and on Mondays)...it's definitely worth it for us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1381158 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:32:28 +0000 twodoghouse 1381158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work for a park district that operates a zoo (and in the next two years the children's museum will be opening under the park district too) so I (and immediate family) get in for free. When I become a SAHM, though, I plan on getting a zoo membership so we can go a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1381139 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:25:25 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 1381139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nannied LO has an Audubon Zoo membership and I love it. He lives walking distance to the zoo but we also get into the aquarium and insectarium. It keeps us busy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1381129 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:22:00 +0000 MamaBehr 1381129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a zoo membership and go pretty frequently. We also have a membership to the Museum of Natural Science, or the "Dino Museum" as my kids like to call it. We love going to both! (though my kids go through the Museum of Natural Science in an hour and a half hahaha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1381050 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:05:02 +0000 HabesBabe 1381050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither :( Our local childrens museum and zoo both kinda suck. We have a pretty decent aquarium in the next county over, but I don't know how often we'd go if we did get a pass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380932 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:39:53 +0000 travelgirl1 1380932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have an aquarium membership and it's fabulous, it was $100 but a Christmas gift from my dad and I've already been the three times to get the value. The babies love it, always pointing at the tanks and going "ahhhhh". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380920 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:35:38 +0000 T-Mom 1380920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a zoo and three museum memberships. My DH is a sucker for buying memberships since they pay for themselves after a few visits. I don't agree about having so many, but he really wanted it. We get a lot of use out of it, and the grandparents are also on the memberships so everyone is able to take the kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380918 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:35:22 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1380918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a zoo membership. It's pricey here (~$250+parking) but worth it after three or four visits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380907 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:31:54 +0000 babypugs 1380907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have both! Even though she's only three months old, we've already gone enough to break even. One trip for three people is about the cost of a membership!</p> <p>ETA Both are less than ten minutes from our house and it's almost always warm enough to go outside here, so those were also deciding factors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380866 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:21:54 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1380866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have children's museum membership and it has totally paid off. We will likely renew in May. We love it and go at least once a month. </p> <p>If the zoo wasn't so far away, we would consider a membership there as well. But it's nearly an hour and a half drive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380860 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:20:37 +0000 pui 1380860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe when we have kids we'd do season passes to the zoo, The Science Centre or Canada's Wonderland, but for now going once a year is enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380852 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:19:23 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1380852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have a children's museum membership and just got one to the natural history museum. it's been so cold this winter we've been going to a museum every week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380850 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:19:08 +0000 littleveesmommy 1380850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a 2-year membership to the Brooklyn Children's Museum at 50% off (~$75 per year) and we definitely maximize usage! We go about 1-2 times a month plus they have reciprocal membership to Liberty Science Center 4 times a year that we go for free (reg. tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for kids) as well as other local science/childrens museums. Once spring hits I want to get a zoo membership at Bronx Zoo which gets us free admission to 4 city zoos and the NY Aquarium! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380829 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:13:47 +0000 Ra 1380829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The zoo is 10 mins from our house so we will get a membership this year when the weather gets a little better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380826 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:13:26 +0000 Running Elley 1380826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a zoo membership and its awesome!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380822 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:13:03 +0000 Dandelion 1380822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a museum membership that's good for a few places in our area. We love it. It's great for days off from school. It has paid for itself many times over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380811 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:11:44 +0000 mrsjyw 1380811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't last year, but we will get one this year :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380799 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:09:28 +0000 pelikila 1380799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have both this year. In previous years we've just have the zoo membership. I think next year we'll keep the zoo membership but not the children's museum membership due to preference. We go several times a year (probably 4-6 times) at least. It is usually where my friends and I do playdates so we can talk and our boys can run. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380798 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:09:28 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1380798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. And we are contemplating adding another one-- we just checked out the butterfly house/marine cove and it was fabulous. They are going to have several touch pools, a lovely (small) aquarium with an excellent variety, and then the butterfly house is spectacular. We have a zoo membership, and children's museum membership. We get our money's worth out of them. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380787 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:07:34 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1380787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh fun! I want to get the one to the Zoo but its a couple hours away, but close to all our family. It pays for itself very quickly though, and its open every day of the year but Christmas. There's a local museum we might get one to as well! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380779 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:06:23 +0000 Anagram 1380779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband's job gives us free or extremely discounted passes to most of the major museums in NYC. unlimited amount of times per year. Sadly,we've only used the passes a couple of times when we have visitors in town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380771 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:04:26 +0000 .twist. 1380771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to for the older boys, but we got them so rarely that they were wasted. The weather sucks here too, so when we did get them, the weather would be crappy or something would come up and we couldn't go anyway. </p> <p>I would like to get one again when L is a bit older and hopefully we will get more use out of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380763 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:02:07 +0000 littlecasita1122 1380763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one to a local ecotarium, we've visited 4 times since we bought it so I think we've made the membership cost worth it now and it's still good until July. It's a great space for our LO to run around and explore and it's been a nice change of scenery instead of going to the mall during the winter months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380759 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:01:18 +0000 looch 1380759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had a zoo membership in the past, but it was too far away for us us to do anything more than break even on it.</p> <p>Our museum pass just expired this weekend, we broke even on that after three visits, so well worth it for us. We plan to renew it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380758 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:01:02 +0000 mediagirl 1380758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: that's awesome! We were gifted a children's museum membership, as well. The best thing is, with our membership, we can get in free or at a discounted rate to tons of museums throughout the US! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-zoomuseum-membership#post-1380754 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:59:36 +0000 Bao 1380754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was gifted a children's museum pass for Christmas and we love it! We were also thinking of getting a zoo pass eventually since it would pay for itself in two visits. Both memberships are around $70 for our family for a year, so very reasonable...and bonus that one was gifted! Do you have a membership to any museums or the zoo? Do you get a lot of use out of them? </p>