Admissions & Hours

Tickets and Visitor Hours

Admission to the Johnstown Flood Museum is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $8 for children from 3-18 (children 2 and under are free). You may also purchase a ticket to both the Johnstown Flood Museum and the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center, which also houses the Johnstown Children’s Museum and Iron & Steel Gallery, featuring “Mystery of Steel,” for $16 for adults, $14 for seniors, and $14 for students. Both visits must occur within five days.

Plan to see both museums on your visit — and for more information on the Johnstown Discovery Network and other heritage attractions in the Johnstown area.

We are also pleased to offer a 20% discount to active members of the military. Please present your military ID to receive this discount for your immediate family.

The Heritage Discovery Center and Wagner-Ritter House & Garden are both located about a half-mile from the Johnstown Flood Museum. Museum staff will be happy to direct you.

Museums 4 All

New in October 2022! The Johnstown Flood Museum is proud to participate in Museums for All, which is designed to make museums more accessible to lower-income families. Any family receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits can present their SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to receive a reduced admission price of $3 per person, up to four people.

Museums for All is an access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and is administered by the Association of Children’s Museums to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly. More than 900 museums participate in the initiative nationwide.

Johnstown Heritage Pass and online ticketing

New in July 2021! Experience what it was like to be an immigrant to Johnstown in the late 1800s – and the steel and coal industries that brought them here. Learn about the 1889 Johnstown Flood, and how industrialization helped cause the disaster. See modern blacksmiths practicing their craft using time-honored methods – all located in the nationally-recognized historic districts of Johnstown. All these stories and more are yours to discover with the Johnstown Heritage Pass. This mobile-only, online pass gives you more than 20% off individual ticket prices to:

  • Heritage Discovery Center
  • Johnstown Children’s Museum
  • Johnstown Flood Museum
  • Wagner-Ritter House & Garden
  • Center for Metal Arts

Individual attraction tickets are available online, too.

Book yours now

Hours

Visitor season opening hours (May-December) for the Johnstown Flood Museum and Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum are Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am-5:00 pm; and Sunday, noon-5:00 pm. During the slower visitor season (January-April) we are closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and open Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays from 10:00 am-5:00 pm; and open Sundays from noon-5:00 pm.

Our museums close for Easter, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. We are open on bank holidays such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Veterans Day, and Juneteenth. We will post changes in hours (due to holidays or inclement weather) on our Facebook Page.

We will open anytime for pre-arranged group tours — call us at 814-539-1889.

Group rates are available for group tours of 10 or more.

Accessibility

All museums are wheelchair-accessible, and our film presentations are captioned. We look forward to welcoming you!