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Homeschool Discounts in Colorado

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

Updated June 2026 · 8 confirmed programs · 1 call-to-confirm

Colorado's flagship museum sets the tone: the Denver Museum of Nature & Science runs four completely free Home School Days a year — and gives free admission to any school or organized youth group of ten or more, homeschool co-ops included, every other day too. Add the American Numismatic Association's free registered field trips in Colorado Springs and the always-free Garden of the Gods youth programs, and a Colorado homeschool circuit can cost almost nothing.

The Pikes Peak region is the densest cluster: Colorado Springs alone offers Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's drop-off Hands-On Homeschool Fridays, the Space Foundation's monthly Homeschool Days with a free adult per family, and the mining museum's $10 second-Wednesday sessions where parents and siblings tag along free. Most programs require advance registration — and the popular ones sell out — so book before you load the car.

Confirmed homeschool pricing

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

Recurring
4x per year
Plus free group visits year-round
Free
per kid · adult Free

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Denver · Timed tickets; reserve online early

Colorado's flagship museum — dinosaurs, gem vaults, Egyptian mummies, wildlife dioramas with hidden painted elves, and a Rockies view from the City Park atrium. The free Home School Days add education-collections activities in the Morgridge Family Exploration Center from 10am to 2pm.

Regular admission: $25.95 adult / $20.95 ages 3–18 — Free vs a $21–26 gate
Homeschool page at dmns.org →
Recurring
Fridays
9am–noon; 2026/27 dates posting
$35.75
per kid

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo — Hands-On Homeschool

Colorado Springs · Grades 1–8 · Register online; sessions cap small

Giraffe feeding, mountain-side exhibits, and a teaching zoo that takes its education arm seriously. Hands-On Homeschool is a true drop-off: kids get three hours of hands-on learning and an animal encounter while parents explore or take a morning off.

Homeschool page at cmzoo.org →
Recurring
Monthly
K–12 themed STEM days
$15
per kid · adult free

Space Foundation Discovery Center

Colorado Springs · K–12 · Register per session

Mars rover yard, Science On a Sphere, and space-race artifacts at the Space Foundation's working headquarters. Homeschool Days turn the whole center into a space-themed STEM classroom for the day, with siblings priced to come along.

Regular admission: $13 adult / $7 ages 4–15
Homeschool page at discoverspace.org →
Recurring
2nd Wednesdays
Monthly; 2026 registration open
$10
per kid · adult free

Western Museum of Mining & Industry

Colorado Springs · Built for 3rd–5th, all welcome · Register via the museum's booking page

Working steam engines, stamp mills, gold panning, and 27 acres of mining history with two resident burros. Homeschool Days run in the museum library and spill out across the historic campus — a different boom-era topic every month.

Regular admission: $14 adult / $7 ages 4–12
Homeschool page at wmmi.org →
When
3x in 2026
Apr 15, Sept 17, Oct 15
$8
per kid · adult $12

Butterfly Pavilion

Westminster (~15 mi from Denver) · All ages · Register online per date

The country's first stand-alone invertebrate zoo — a tropical conservatory of 1,600 free-flying butterflies, a tarantula named Rosie you can hold, and horseshoe crabs at the touch tank. Homeschool Days fold it all into a structured theme.

Homeschool page at butterflies.org →
Recurring
Weekly
Youth programs + annual Homeschool Day
Free–$5
per kid

Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center

Colorado Springs · Programs skew elementary · Register online for programs

America's most famous free city park doubles as a field-science classroom — 300-foot sandstone fins, hogback geology you can see from the visitor center deck, and a city parks team running cheap-or-free youth education all year.

Regular admission: Park is free ('forever free' by deed)
Homeschool page at gardenofgods.com →
Year-round
Field trips
Registered groups
Free
per kid · adult Free

ANA Money Museum

Colorado Springs · Register the group ahead

America's largest museum of money — gold-rush coins, a working 1860s-style coin press, colonial currency, and million-dollar 1804 silver dollars on the Colorado College campus. Economics, history, and metallurgy in one compact, free field trip.

Regular admission: $8 adult / Free 12 & under — Everyone free on registered visits
Homeschool page at money.org →
Year-round
Field trips Tue–Fri
Rail Days event Apr 30–May 1, 2026
$4
per kid

Colorado Railroad Museum

Golden · PreK–12 programs · Reservation form, Tue–Fri 9am–2pm

A hundred narrow-gauge locomotives in a 15-acre railyard between Golden's Table Mountains, with a working turntable and seasonal steam-ups. Field-trip programs span 'Trains!' for preschoolers to westward-expansion history for older grades.

Regular admission: $12 adult / $5 ages 2–17 — $4–6/student incl. optional train ride
Homeschool page at coloradorailroadmuseum.org →

Worth calling about

These venues run homeschool programs but don't publish pricing online. Call before you go.

Recurring
Homeschool Days
York St, Chatfield Farms & Plains Conservation Center
Call
no public price

Denver Botanic Gardens

Denver · Designed for 5+, all welcome

Twenty-four acres of gardens and a tropical conservatory in Denver plus a working farm and prairie center as satellites — the homeschool programs rotate plant-science themes through hands-on stations families work through together.

Regular admission: $18.25 adult / $12 ages 3–15 (York St)
How to reach them: The Gardens run a full homeschool program track — self-paced Homeschool Days with activity stations, plus prairie-ecosystem programs at the Plains Conservation Center — but per-program pricing only posts with each event's registration. Email familyprograms@botanicgardens.org or watch the events calendar for the next date and price.
Homeschool page at botanicgardens.org →

Plus more free and cheap educational outings in Colorado

Already on DiscoverCheapUS — free and low-cost Colorado attractions homeschool families plan whole field-trip days around.

Denver

9 free or cheap
  • U.S. Mint Denver TourFree
  • Colorado State CapitolFree
  • Denver Art MuseumFree 18 & under / $22–30 adults / Several free days a year
  • Denver Museum of Nature & Science$25.95 adults / $20.95 ages 3–18 / ~10 free days a year
  • Denver Botanic Gardens$18.25 adults / $12 ages 3–15 / Free 2 & under
  • Clyfford Still MuseumFree 17 & under / $15 weekdays / $18 weekends
  • Molly Brown House Museum~$15 self-guided / ~$20 guided
  • RedLine Contemporary Art Center$10 adults / $3 students & youth
  • Red Rocks Park & AmphitheatreFree on non-event days
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Colorado Springs

10 free or cheap
  • Garden of the GodsFree
  • Colorado Springs Pioneers MuseumFree
  • North Cheyenne Cañon Park & Helen Hunt FallsFree
  • Manitou Springs Mineral Springs TourFree
  • ANA Money Museum$8 adults / Free 12 & under / $6 students
  • Space Foundation Discovery Center$13 adults / $7 ages 4–15 / Free 3 & under
  • Western Museum of Mining & Industry$14 adults / $7 ages 4–12 / $9 students
  • Rock Ledge Ranch Historic SiteFree grounds / $8 adults, $4 ages 3–17 on program days
  • ProRodeo Hall of Fame$12 adults / $7 ages 6–12 / Free 5 & under
  • Paint Mines Interpretive ParkFree
See all Colorado Springs attractions →

Golden

6 free or cheap
  • Golden History Museum & ParkFree
  • Colorado Railroad Museum$12 adults / $5 ages 2–17
  • Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave$5 adults / $1 ages 6–17 / Free under 5
  • Mines Museum of Earth ScienceFree
  • Dinosaur RidgeFree self-guided / $20 bus tours ($14 ages 3–11)
  • Lookout Mountain Nature Center & PreserveFree
See all Golden attractions →

Pueblo

8 free or cheap
  • Pueblo Neon AlleyFree
  • Pueblo Levee Mural ProjectFree
  • El Pueblo History Museum$10 adults / $8 seniors 60+ / Free children & members
  • Mineral Palace ParkFree
  • Bishop CastleFree (donations welcome)
  • Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum$10 adults / Free under 7 / $8 seniors & veterans
  • Pueblo Zoo$15.25 adults / $11.25 ages 3–17 / Free 2 & under
  • Rosemount Museum$8 adults / $4 ages 6–18 / Free 5 & under
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Fort Collins

5 free or cheap
  • CSU Annual Flower Trial GardenFree
  • Fort Collins Museum of Discovery$15.50 adults / $12.75 youth, students, seniors / Free under 2
  • Gardens on Spring Creek$12.50 adults / $10.50 ages 2–17
  • Fort Collins Municipal Railway Trolley$2 adults / $1 children & seniors / Free under 3
  • The Farm at Lee Martinez ParkSmall admission fee / $8 pony rides
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Boulder

6 free or cheap
  • NCAR Mesa Lab Visitor CenterFree
  • Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory Tour$6 per person (5+ years)
  • Boulder Dushanbe TeahouseFree entry / Tea & meals ~$10-22
  • University of Colorado Boulder CampusFree to walk / CU Art Museum free
  • Fiske Planetarium$12 adults / $8 ages 4–17 / Free 3 & under (+$1.50 fee)
  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA)Pay what you wish
See all Boulder attractions →

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