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Museum Passes
Museum
Pass admits
# of passes available
Fee per person
Pass or Coupon
Libraries
Notes
Children's Museum*
4
1
$2
C
All EXCEPT Collins & O'Connell
Special admission Fridays 5 - 9pm
Discovery Museums
3
1
1/2 off
P
All libraries
1/2 price off to one museum; admission to second museum free
Griffin Museum of Photography*
1
1
none
P
Main only
Not open Mondays
Harvard Art Museums
Free Admission to all Cambridge Public Library Card Holders
Harvard Natural History Museums
4
5
$2
C
All libraries
Coupons are not date specific; free Sundays 9am - noon
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum*
2
2 on Sat & Sun only
$5
P
Main only
Closed Mondays except holidays; guidebook may be checked out with pass
JFK Museum/Library*
2
1
$3
P
Main only
MIT Museums
1
2
none
C
Main, CSQ, O'Neill, Valente
Free on the third Sunday of each month, 12 - 5pm
Museum of Fine Arts*
2
2
$5
C
Main only
Coupon may give discounts to special exhibits; free Wednesdays 4 - 9:45pm
Museum of Science
4
2
none
C
All EXCEPT Collins
Main Exhibit Hall only; does not include Planetarium, Omni Theatre, etc.
New England Wild Flower Society*
1
4
none
P
Main only
Open Apr 14-Aug 31 9-7pm; Sept 1 -Oct 31 9-5 pm. Special surcharges may apply
New England Zoos* (Franklin Park; Stone)
2 adults and
4 children
1
none
P
Main, CSQ, O'Neill & O'Connell
Open year round
Peabody Essex Museum*
2
1
$5
P
Main only
Closed Mondays except certain holidays
Rose Art Museum of Brandeis Univ.
1
4
none
C
Main only
Open Tuesday through Sunday, 12 - 5 pm
The Sports Museum*
6
2
none
P
Main only
Located in the Boston Garden
Wheelock Family Theatre
1 person
1
none
C
Main, CSQ & O'Neill
Shows are Friday-Sunday only

The Library has a limited number of passes available for each museum per day as noted above. Where two are available only one may be taken per family. Patrons are allowed to visit each museum once per month. Passes and coupons may be reserved in person or by telephone up to 1 month in advance. Both are signed out at the Reference Desk (Main Library) or Circulation Desk (Branch Libraries). Passes must be returned before 9:00 PM on the loan date or between 9:00 AM and Noon on the next day after the loan date that the library is open. Passes must be returned by hand to the desk where they were signed out as noted above. They must not be returned through the book-drop. There will be a charge of $5.00 for late returns or bookdrop returns and a charge of $25 for lost passes. Coupons can be picked up any time the library is open and do not have to be returned.

CALL FOR RESERVATIONS: Main Library: (617) 349-4044; Boudreau: (617) 349-4017; Collins: (617) 349-4021;
Central Square: (617) 349-4010; O'Connell: (617) 349-4019; O'Neill: (617) 349-4023; Valente: (617) 349-4015

*Sponsored by the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library