To select a museum, click “Details/Reserve”, then select which Pass to reserve.
Boston Children’s Museum
308 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
617-426-6500 http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/
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Founded in 1913 by the Science Teachers’ Bureau, the Boston Children’s Museum is the second oldest children’s museum in the world and one of the few that maintain a collection. Designed for both children and families, the Museum exhibits focus on science, culture, environmental awareness, health & fitness, and the arts, emphasizing hands-on engagement and learning through experience, and employing play as a tool to spark the inherent creativity, curiosity, and imagination of children.
Categories: Children, Crafts, Family, Technology
Pass Benefits
Boston Children's Museum offers a wide variety of exhibits and programs for children and families.
In addition to the library pass you are required to make a reservation for a specific time slot at the museum. Please see the website.
The museum pass provides 1/2 price admission for up to 4 visitors.
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
18 Highlawn Road, Warner, NH 03278
603-456-2600 https://www.indianmuseum.org/
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The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, located on 12 1/2 acres in Warner, NH, is dedicated to Native American culture across North America, both past and present. Outside, the Medicine Woods includes plants, shrubs, and trees used by Native Americans for food, medicine, dye, shelter and tools. Inside, exhibits in the galleries and the lobby present artifacts from tribes from all over the country, as well as contemporary work. There is a gift shop on premises.
Categories: Children, Crafts, Family, History
Pass Benefits
Each pass admits for free, up to four people, or 2 adults and their children and day except during special events. Please check their website before you visit their website for visit information.
NOTE: This pass will need to be returned to the library reference desk by 9pm the day after your museum visit.
The museum maintains regular hours Monday-Sunday during May-October. Open by appointment only November-May.
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!
Strawbery Banke Museum
14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
603-433-1100 http://www.strawberybanke.org/
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Strawbery Banke Museum is located in the South End Historic District of Portsmouth, NH, on a 10-acre campus that features more than 37 restored buildings built between the 17th and 19th centuries. Visitors may visit the historic buildings, some with staff in period dress engaged in traditional crafts such as boat-building, coopering, and wood-working; enjoy interactive exhibits about the history of the neighborhood and its preservation; and stroll and appreciate the heritage gardens and orchards, various heirloom breeds, and beehives. Themed centers provide different pathways for understanding the history. A museum store and a couple of restaurants are on the premises.
Categories: Architecture, Children, Crafts, Family, History
Pass Benefits
DEAR PATRONS! PLEASE CHECK THE STRAWBERY BANKE SCHEDULE BEFORE BOOKING! http://www.strawberybanke.org/
SKATING November to March -- schedule is weather permitting. The library pass allows half-price public skating tickets to Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond https://www.strawberybanke.org/skate/schedule.cfm
November/December -- hours change to weekend-only guided tours.
Thanksgiving weekend -- Saturdays, Sundays and the Friday, 90-minute guided tours starting 10 am to 2 pm (last tour starts at 2 pm). Interactive tour "Three Centuries of Thanksgiving" recommended for ages 5 and up.
May through October -- The historic houses are staffed and open for touring 10 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
This outdoor museum illustrates the rich history of a real neighborhood from the Seventeenth Century to the present.
The pass normally provides free admission to the museum for (2)two adults and (4)four children (may be different for special events).
The pass also provides admission to Baby Animals, July 4th: An American Celebration, Ghosts on the Banke, New Hampshire Fall Festival, and the Candlelight Stroll.