NYC library members can now access 33 museums throughout the city thanks to the new Culture Pass initiative, which seeks to give equal admission to the city’s finest attractions to all New Yorkers, regardless of economic circumstances.
Getting a pass doesn’t entitle you to waltz into any museum or garden for free; you still have to register online for the day’s activities with the understanding that some venues may book up on busier days. But in most cases, you just have to pre-register and show your mobile or printed pass at the door. Some spots will let in up to four guests with the pass.
Here’s the list of participating sites:
Brooklyn:
Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Museum, New York Transit Authority
The Bronx:
Wave Hill
Manhattan:
Children’s Museum of the Arts, Children’s Museum, Cooper Hewitt, the Drawing Center, The Frick Collection, International Center of Photography, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Jewish Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library & Museum, Museum of the City of New York, Museum of the Chinese in America, Museum of Jewish Heritage, MoMA, Rubin Museum of Art, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Society of Illustrators, Sugar Hill, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Whitney Museum of American Art
Queens:
Louis Armstrong House, Noguchi Museum, Queens Historical Society, Queens Museum, Sculpture Center
Staten Island:
Historical Richmond Town, Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
The Intrepid? Na na. I don’t think so. They are a major rip off. They charge more than Disney World.