Pearl Harbor: free USS Arizona Memorial tickets and what costs money

The National Park Service charges no entry fee. Here is what is free, what costs a little, and how the reservation windows work.

By Chris Weaver, publisher · Visitor Guide

What is free

Pearl Harbor National Memorial is a fee-free park. The visitor center, its two museums and the USS Arizona Memorial program are free to all visitors. (National Park Service, Pearl Harbor: Operating Hours & Seasons, checked Oct 2026)

What costs money

Recreation.gov charges a $1 service fee per ticket to reserve the USS Arizona Memorial program. The fee is not refundable. (Recreation.gov, Arizona Memorial Tours Pearl Harbor, checked Oct 2026)

Parking is $7 a day, paid on the day by QR code in the lot. It cannot be paid in advance. (National Park Service, Pearl Harbor: Fees & Passes, checked Oct 2026)

The Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, the Battleship Missouri Memorial and the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum are separately managed sites with their own tickets. (Recreation.gov, Arizona Memorial Tours Pearl Harbor, checked Oct 2026)

Reservation windows

Tickets are released 8 weeks (56 days) ahead at 3 p.m. Hawaiʻi time on a rolling daily window, and more are released one day ahead at 3 p.m. Same-day free tickets are no longer given out at the visitor center. (Recreation.gov, Arizona Memorial Tours Pearl Harbor, checked Oct 2026)

Everyone in the party needs a ticket, including infants over age 1. Tickets cannot be transferred or resold. (Recreation.gov, Arizona Memorial Tours Pearl Harbor, checked Oct 2026)

On the day

The visitor center is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Thanksgiving, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Memorial programs start at 8 a.m., run about every 15 minutes, and the last is at 3:30 p.m. (National Park Service, Pearl Harbor: Operating Hours & Seasons, checked Oct 2026)

The park asks you to arrive an hour early and check in at the Memorial Theater 10 minutes before your program, which lasts about 45 minutes. The Navy, which runs the boats, can cancel or change trips for wind or rain. (National Park Service, Pearl Harbor: Operating Hours & Seasons, checked Oct 2026)

Bags, purses and other items that offer concealment are not allowed; a private bag storage operates near the entrance for a fee. Cameras, water bottles, wallets and silenced phones are allowed. (Recreation.gov, Arizona Memorial Tours Pearl Harbor, checked Oct 2026)

The Visitor Guide is separate from the Ledger's news coverage. Every fact on these pages was checked against the official source named beside it in October 2026; the source's page governs if it has changed since. Anything we could not verify was left out. Found something wrong? Tell us; corrections go up the same day.