To select a museum, click “Details/Reserve”, then select which Pass to reserve.
Fitchburg Art Museum
185 Elm Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420
978-345-4207 http://www.fitchburgartmuseum.org/
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The Fitchburg Art Museum is located in the downtown area of Fitchburg, MA. It was founded in 1925 through a bequest of the artist, collector, and educator Eleanor Norcross. Exhibitions are drawn from both its own collections (paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and decorative arts from the Colonial Period to the present, photography, African art, and ancient Egyptian art) and special loans which primarily focus on regional contemporary art. Important artists represented in the collection include John James Audubon, Thomas Hart Benton, Mary Cassatt, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, Charles Sheeler, Joseph Stella, and William Zorach.
In 2013, FAM embarked upon an initiative to become New England's first fully bilingual (English/Spanish) art museum.
Categories: Art, Children, Family, History
Pass Benefits
Free admission for immediate family and members of the same household.
More information available at:
https://fitchburgartmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/
The Icon Museum & Study Center
203 Union Street, Clinton, MA 01510
978-598-5000 https://www.iconmuseum.org/
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Housed in a 150-year-old former mill building in Clinton, MA, the Icon Museum and Study Center is the largest collection of icons outside of Russia, and the only one solely dedicated to them in the USA. Three floors of galleries display the permanent collection, with another gallery dedicated to special exhibitions, ranging from contemporary Russian art to icons from other Orthodox cultures. There is a museum shop and a tea room on the premises.
Categories: Art, Family, History
Pass Benefits
The Museum of Russian Icons Institutional membership pass provide free admission for up to six (6) people per pass and programs that are free with admission.
Hours and more information available at:
https://www.museumofrussianicons.org/plan-your-visit/
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 library pass provides a discounted admission, up to four (4) adult tickets at $5 each (the discount only applies to Adult tickets). Children under 18 are always free and should be reserved as child tickets. The discount code will be sent in email form, and will be used to reserve the tickets online.
Patrons must reserve their tickets online before arrival.
The confirmation email sent will be used as proof of registration. Have the email printed out or readily accessible at admissions booth.
More information along with registration is available online:
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/visit/know-before-you-go
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/visit
https://tnew.gardnermuseum.org/events
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
2023-2024 PASS BENEFITS
- This pass admits two (2) adults at $10 each (general admission and special exhibition) and
- Up to 4 children ages 7–17 at $10 each (special exhibition only). There is no discount for children 7–17 for general admission.
- Children 6 and under are admitted free.
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
11 French Drive, Boylston, MA 01505-0598
508-869-6111 https://www.nebg.org/
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Located in Boylston, MA, and open year-round, the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill features carefully planned gardens and collections of ornamental, edible and native plants, with a number of trails that traverse the 132-acre property. In addition, there are many programs and events, including classes, lectures, art exhibits and concerts. The Garden is run by the Worcester County Horticultural Society, the third oldest active horticultural society in the United States.
Categories: Art, Crafts, Family, Nature
Pass Benefits
This pass admits two (2) people at half price.
Visit https://nebg.org/planyourvisit to plan your trip. You will need to show the physical library membership card when you arrive at the Garden.
Admission with pass
Adults: $9.50
Seniors (65+): $8
Child (age 4-12): $4.50
Child (age 3 and under): Free
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
This pass admits two (2) people for $12 each. Children under 16 are free.
Not valid for admission to Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese House.
Please reserve your tickets in advance online.