Plan Your Visit - Blanton Museum of ArtBlanton Museum of Art

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Friday	10 am – 5 pm
Saturday	10 am – 8 pm
Sunday	10 am – 5 pm
Monday	Closed

Saturday, March 29, 2025 (Museum Closed)
Thursday, June 19, 2025 (Museum Closed)
Friday, July 4, 2025 (Museum Closed)

We’ve partnered with Justine’s Brasserie on a new café, opening in 2025.

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Admission

BUY ADVANCE TICKETS

Members	FREE
Adults	$15
Seniors (65+)	$12
Youth (6–17)	$8
Kids (5 & under)	FREE
UT-Austin ID	FREE
Non-UT Austin College w/ID	$8
K-12 Teachers w/ID	FREE

Free Tuesdays

Every Tuesday visitors get free admission, generously provided by the Moody Family Free Day Endowment.

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Blue Star Museum

Active military with valid ID and their family (up to five guests) get free admission from Armed Forces Day to Labor Day.

Blanton All Day

Every second Saturday or Sunday, enjoy an all-day lineup of live music and art programs.

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Getting Here

map of MUSeum grounds, exhibitions spaces, and facilities (PDF)

Parking Near the Museum

Secure paid parking is available in University garages.

Brazos Garage (210 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) is the closest parking, located one block from the museum.
Trinity Garage (1815 Trinity St.) is three blocks away.

ADA parking and elevator access is available in all University garages.

accessible parking & routes

1-2 hours	$6
2-3 hours	$9
3-4 hours	$12
4-5 hours	$15
5-8 hours	$17
8-24 hours	$18

Member Parking: Blanton Members receive $4 all-day discounted parking at Brazos Garage and Trinity Garage, payable at Check-In.

Please note: the Blanton does not manage the University garages. Parking availability and pricing may vary during large campus events.

The Blanton is open on UT home football game days, but parking is limited.

The Brazos Garage and Trinity Garage are both closed to museum visitors. The closest and most affordable parking on game days is across the street at the Bullock State History Museum ($25 for all-day parking).

UT Football schedule

Other Ways to Travel

1, 3, 7, 10, 18, 801 and 803 stop near the Blanton. Find a route at capmetro.org.

Bus stops near the Blanton:

Guadalupe / W 21st St. (1)
1609 Lavaca / 17th (3)
Trinity / 17th (7)
San Jacinto / 17th (10)
112 MLK / Congress (18 Westbound)
311 MLK / San Jacinto (18 Eastbound)
Museum Station (803, 801)

Drop off and pick up at the Museum Drop-Off on Brazos St. Please give your driver this Google Maps location.

Bicycle racks are available on E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd on the west side of Check-In. There’s another rack outside UT’s Jester Circle, north of Brazos Garage. Park electric scooters at these same locations.

The best routes to the Blanton on a bicycle are via Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd from the east and west, Speedway from the north, and Lavaca St. or Trinity St. from the south.

Museum Rules

Help us protect the art by the following these museum rules.

Please don’t touch the art.
No food or drinks, including water, in the galleries and Austin by Ellsworth Kelly.
Store any large bags, backpacks, and over-sized items in our free lockers at Check-In.
Take photos, but please turn off the flash. Only casual photography is permitted — photoshoots inside the museum and Austin by Ellsworth Kelly are not permitted. For more info, please refer to our Photography/Video Guidelines on our FAQs page.
Write or sketch with pencils only. No pens or markers allowed.
Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Ask about our family-friendly activities at Check-In.
Only service animals are allowed inside the museum buildings. Emotional support animals are not permitted. For more info, click to read The University of Texas at Austin’s policy on animals on campus.