Best Student Discounts at Philadelphia Arts Venues

We’ve done some research to put together this nifty, one-stop-shop of the best ways you can get the most out of that student i.d. card at local arts venues in Philly—everywhere from movie theaters to museums to games at Citizens Bank Park. (Just remember to take said i.d. card.)

Ritz Five in Old City

Movie Theaters

Rave Cinemas
Student price: $8.25 weekdays and Sundays, $8.75 Fridays and Saturdays
If this price is still too steep, consider going on $5.50 Tuesdays and use the extra cash to get drinks at the Rave’s bar.

Landmark Theaters (Ritz at the Bourse, Ritz East, and Ritz Five)
Student price: $7.75 except Saturdays and holidays. $7 on “Bargain Wednesdays”
Go for the newest hipster films, stay for the intimate theater experience.

International House
Student Price: $7
Although most screenings are free, take advantage of the cheap ticketed films to watch independent movies from around the world.

The Wilma Theater lit up at night.

Performing Arts

The Wilma Theater
Student price: $10

The Opera Company of Philadelphia
Student price: $10 for amphitheatre seating two hours before performance time (or half-price to sit anywhere else.)

Philadelphia Orchestra
Student price: $10 online, $8 at the door
Or check out their website for occasional free concerts.

FringeArts (from late August to Mid-September)
Student price: $20 tickets for most shows or $5 off for $15 or more tickets.

Philadelphia Theatre Company
Student price: $10 student rush available every day starting three hours before curtain, and all day Friday, in person only. Students are also invited to volunteer to usher, which will get them a free seat to the show.

The Kimmel Center
Student price: $10 tickets with free online membership to KimmelSTIX
For Kimmel Center and Broadway performances.

Spine-tinglers line the shelves at the Mütter Museum.

Museums

Rosenbach Museum & Library
Student price: $5, free on Tuesdays
With exhibits like Sendak in the ’60s and manuscripts from authors like James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll, and William Blake, this place is a goldmine for the literati. The reading room isn’t too shabby either.

Mütter Museum
Student price: $10 or $16 in conjunction with Penn Museum
Pieces of Einstein’s brain? Sure, why not.

Penn Museum
Student price: $10 or $16 in conjunction Mütter Museum
No need for 80 days, go around the world here in just a couple hours.

Get up close and personal with Picasso at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Student price: $14, or an invaluable Student Membership for $40, which grants you a year’s worth of free access to the museum, entry to Art After 5, Mount Pleasant, Cedar Grove, the Perelman Building, and more.
For the truly cost conscious, there’s also pay-what-you-wish Sundays after 5 p.m.

The Barnes Foundation
Student price: $10 collection, $15 collection + exhibition
Or free first Sundays of the month.

Institute of Contemporary Art
Student price: The low, low cost of free.

National Museum of American Jewish History
Student price: Anyone 21 and under gets in for $11.

National Constitution Center
Student price: $13

You’re not a true Philadelphian until you’ve gotten lost in the Magic Gardens.

Miscellaneous

Eastern State Penitentiary
Student price: $10
Creepy is the new cool.

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Student price: $5
A Philly classic.

Phillies Games
Student price: Check out their website for specific dates, but generally $8 off tickets under $38.