Google’s Field Trip app is giving users free admission into 23 museums and zoos during July. In Chicago, users of the app can get free admission to the The Field Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Other participating institutions are located in Washington D.C., New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Reno.

Google Field Trip app

How it works

The free Google Field Trip app tracks your location through your phone’s GPS. Google has assembled data on restaurants, venues, public art, movie locations and points of historical interest from 110 different content partners. Depending on how you have set the notifications in the settings, when you are in the vicinity of one of those locations, the app will notify you.

To promote the app, during July Google is giving free admission by simply showing the free ticket on your phone. To take advantage of the free ticket, download Google Field Trip from the iTunes App Store or Google Play. When you are near one of the attractions included in the offer, a free pass will automatically appear within the Nearby Tab, with your free tickets.Each museum has only a limited number of free passes.

Participating museums

The complete list of museums participating in Google’s Field Trip promotion are:

Museum of the City of New York, NYC
The Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
Bronx Zoo, NYC
Central Park Zoo, NYC
National Building Museum, Washington DC
Crime Museum, Washington DC
President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington DC
The Field Museum, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco
Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco
Exploratorium, San Francisco
Legion of Honor, San Francisco
de Young Museum, San Francisco
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Pittock Mansion, Portland
Portland Art Museum, Portland
Portland Children’s Museum, Portland
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, Reno
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno