To select a museum, click “Details/Reserve”, then select which Pass to reserve.
Currier Museum of Art
150 Ash Street, Manchester, NH 03104
603-669-6144 http://currier.org/
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The Currier Museum of Art, located in Manchester, NH, features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture. The permanent collection includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Monet, O'Keeffe, Calder, John Singer Sargent, Frank Lloyd Wright, Andrew Wyeth, and Sol LeWitt. Special exhibitions provide opportunities to present work by contemporary and/or local artists, as well as take in-depth looks at certain objects or areas of the Museum's collection. Public programs include tours, live classical music and “Family Days” which include activities for all ages. The Museum also offers tours of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Zimmerman House, now listed on the Register of Historic Places (reservations required). There is a museum store on the premises.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Family, History
Pass Benefits
Easily accessible in Manchester, NH, the Currier Museum of Art features European and American painting, decorative arts, photography, and sculpture and has spaces for special exhibitions.
For current hours, Covid protocols, ticketing information and directions visit their website.
Currier pass admits two adults to the museum at 50% off; All youth family member (ages 13-17) are free. Children 12 and under are always admitted free.
Also, as of July 1, No need to call ahead to reserve!
Regular admission
Adult $15 / Senior (65+) $13 / Student $10 / Youth (13-17) $5
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston, MA 02210
617-478-3100 https://www.icaboston.org/
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The building that houses the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston on Fan Pier is the first in the US designed by the architectural firm of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The museum was founded in 1936 as a sister institution to New York’s MoMA, though it had no permanent collection until starting one after moving into the new building on the waterfront in 2006. In addition to the collection, changing exhibitions, music, dance, film, talks, tours, family activities, and teen programming are offered throughout the year.
Categories: Art, Family, Music, Dance
Pass Benefits
The ICA is devoted to art of our time, displayed in its dramatic building in the Boston Seaport District.
The pass admits two adults at a co-pay of $10.00. Youth 18 and under: free
Admission
The ICA is no longer requiring timed entry for admission to the museum, however advance reservations are strongly recommended. Please note the following:
1. Patrons must acquire a valid physical or digital library pass at their participating library.
2. Advance tickets are recommended and can be arranged online: https://www.icaboston.org/
3. Click on “Buy Tickets” and select your chosen date for ICA General Museum Admission
4. Click on “Library Pass Coupon” ticket price. Anyone 18 and under receive complimentary admission and should use the ticket price “Youth (0-12)” or “Youth (13-18)”
5. Follow steps to complete order. Your ICA tickets will be emailed to you.
6. When you arrive at the ICA, proceed to the visitor services desk with your tickets and your library pass. The library pass will be collected at this time (if physical) or shown to the staff member at the desk (if digital).
If you have questions about the online ordering system, contact visitorservices@icaboston.org.
Your ticket is valid for entry any time during the date selected. Please note: last entry to the museum is 20 minutes prior to closing time. Tickets are final sale.
Open on the following national holidays when admission is FREE for all: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
The ICA is closed on Patriot’s Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
617-566-1401 http://www.gardnermuseum.org/home/
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The Gardner Museum houses the collection of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a local patron of the arts who died in 1924, in a building she commissioned to look like a 15th century Venetian palazzo. The center of the original building showcases courtyard plantings that reflect the seasons as they evolve throughout the year. In addition to her collection, which remains displayed exactly she arranged it per her will, there are changing exhibitions, concerts, lectures, family events, and an artist-in-residence program. In 2012, the museum opened an addition designed by Renzo Piano that houses a space for their concert series.
Categories: Art, Family, Music
Pass Benefits
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum offers a remarkable collection of fine art and decorative objects, displayed in the intimate setting of Fenway Court, built specifically for this purpose. The indoor courtyard garden is spectacular!
The pass admits up to four people at $5.00 each. Valid only for general admission. Children under 18 are always admitted free.
In addition to the Library Museum Pass, you must reserve timed tickets on the website. You will receive a promo code when you pick up your pass.
Please check their website for more information!
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
617-267-9300 http://www.mfa.org/
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The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, in existence since July 4, 1876, is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world, with a collection of almost 500,000 works of art, ranging from ancient Egyptian artifacts to contemporary painting, sculpture and video. In addition, there are always special exhibitions on view, opportunities to take advantage of educational programs—some right in the galleries—and a contemplative Japanese garden.
Categories: Art, Family, History
Pass Benefits
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is the region's premier art museum. Check the Website below for list of holiday and early closures and other information.
The library pass admits two adults at $10.00 each. You must use the code that is sent to you and RESERVE TICKETS ONLINE with the code or present the code at the admission desk.
Reserving tickets in advance is strongly recommended -- www.mfa.org/tickets
General admission tickets are no longer timed entry and are valid for the entire day of your visit. Special ticketed exhibitions still require a timed-entry ticket.
Children 6 and under are free. Each pass now allows 2 adults for $10 each (general admission and special exhibition) and up to 4 children 7 – 17 $10 each (special exhibition only. There is no discount for children 7-17 for general admission as it’s already $10.
New Hampshire Historical Society
30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301
603-228-6688 https://www.nhhistory.org/
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Founded in 1823, the New Hampshire Historical Society collects objects, books, manuscripts, and images that document New Hampshire's history. Exhibitions at their headquarters in Concord, NH contain a range of objects, photographs, and documents that illuminate the state's history, art, and culture. These include Native American artifacts; items from the Revolutionary period through the Civil War and World War II; the 1818 eagle that once sat atop the state capitol; portraits of notable New Hampshire residents such as Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster; early furniture, silver, and other decorative arts; 19th-century White Mountain landscape paintings; and memorabilia from New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primaries. Temporary exhibitions focus on various aspects of the society's holdings. Research may be conducted in the on-site library.
Categories: Art, Crafts, Family, History
Pass Benefits
The museum of the New Hampshire Historical Society traces the history of the state from pre-colonial times to the present. It offers many special exhibitions. This pass also allows free admission to the research library and 15% discount in the museum store.
One pass per day, admitting up to four adults or two adults and their children or grandchildren.
Visit their website for exhibit information, hours, and current covid protocols!
Ogunquit Museum of Art
543 Shore Road, Ogunquit, ME 03907
207-646-4909 https://www.ogunquitmuseum.org/
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Opened in 1953, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art has important connections to the famed Ogunquit art colony and American Modernism. The grounds feature a three-acre sculpture park containing 18 small gardens with views of the Atlantic Ocean. Changing exhibits feature works dating from the 1800s up to the present with work by contemporary artists. The collection consists of over 3,000 works which includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, photographs and film, including pieces by Edward Betts, Charles Woodbury, Hamilton Easter Field, Robert Laurent, Peggy Bacon, Will Barnet, Charles Burchfield, Marsden Hartley, Walt Kuhn, Gaston Lachaise, Reginald Marsh, and Marguerite and William Zorach. The galleries are open each year from May 1 through October 31. All but one of the galleries are accessible by wheelchairs.
Categories: Art, Family, Ocean
Pass Benefits
This pass will allow free admission for up to 4 visitors per day. This includes admission to museum lectures and programs.
Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970-3783
978-745-9500 http://www.pem.org/
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The Peabody Essex Museum grew out of the collection of East India Marine Society, an organization of Salem captains whose charter called for acquisition of “natural and artificial curiosities.” Its permanent collection contains art and artifacts of Africa, Asia, India, China (with a Qing Dynasty house brought from the Huizhou region), Japan, Korea, Pacific Islands, and features objects of maritime art and history that include paintings, drawings, ship models, marine decorative arts, tools, weapons, navigational instruments, and ship and yacht plans. It also has a thriving changing exhibition schedule that sometimes includes important traveling shows.
Categories: Art, Family, History, Ocean
Pass Benefits
PEM , located in Salem, MA, is known for its American, Far Eastern, Maritime, and Indigenous collections and for its special exhibitions.
This pass admits two adults to the Museum for: $12.00 per adult each day -- timed reservations may still be necessary!
This pass is a printable pass. Pass will be found in your confirmation email. It is not necessary to visit the library to pick it up.
The museum is open Thursday, Saturday & Sunday from 10 am - 5 pm. Friday 10 am - 7 pm.
More than one pass may be available per day, please ask if there are more than 2 adults in your party.
For hours and more information visit their website. https://www.pem.org/
Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
Portland Art Museum
7 Congress Square, Portland, ME 04101
207-775-6148 https://www.portlandmuseum.org/
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In existence since 1882, the Portland Museum of Art has grown to house a collection of over 22,000 pieces. Its holdings include works of American, European, and contemporary art, and important pieces by Maine-associated artists such as Winslow Homer, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Louise Nevelson, three generations of the Wyeth family, and John Greenleaf Cloudman. The major European movements from Impressionism through Surrealism are represented, with works by Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, René Magritte, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, and Auguste Rodin, and more. There are also important works by George Bellows, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Abraham Walkowitz, Childe Hassam, and Fitz Henry Lane. A museum store is situated on the premises.
Pass Benefits
The Portland Museum of Art features significant collections of American and European art and offers changing exhibitions throughout the year.
This pass admits, for free, two adults and up to six children 14 and under. Valid for general and special exhibition admissions.
Woodman Museum
182 Central Avenue, Dover, NH 03820
603-742-1038 http://woodmanmuseum.org/
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Created in 1915 with money from a philanthropist interested in promoting history, science and the arts to her fellow Dover citizens, the eclectic Woodman Institute Museum includes a medicinal & industrial garden; the oldest Sycamore tree in Strafford County; and four historic houses filled with artifacts connected to the nation's and Dover's past: The Woodman House (1818), The Damm Garrison House (1675), The John Parker Hale House (1813), and The Keefe House (1825). Of note in the museum's collection is the saddle used by President Abraham Lincoln when he rode to review troops shortly before his assassination. Changing exhibitions of artwork at the Thom Hindle Gallery include works available for purchase.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Family, History
Pass Benefits
"The Woodman Museum is a true 20th century-style natural science, local history and art museum that has been around since 1916."
The pass admits two (2) for the price of one, or half price for one visitor.
The library has two passes per day to give out.
For more info: call 603-742-1038.
Open through Dec. 13, 2021.