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Boston Children's Museum
308 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
617-426-6500
http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/
[Details/Reserve]
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 Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to 50% off the regular admission price for up to four (4) people to the Boston Children's Museum.
HOW TO USE THIS COUPON:
This coupon is not your ticket. You MUST make a reservation on the Museum’s website.
*Visit: https://bostonchildrensmuseum.org/ticketing
*Select “Discount Programs”
*Select “Purchase Discount Program Tickets”
*Select “Half Price Library Timed Tickets”
*Select the correct date (must match coupon)
*Select the time slot
*Select the number of tickets (maximum of 4)
*Select “Add to Cart”
*Select “Check Out” and complete your payment
*You will be sent tickets via email
The day of your visit, please bring both your coupon from the library and your tickets from the Museum. Your coupon and tickets can be printed out or shown on a smartphone or other device.
Problems? Email: Orders@BostonChildrensMuseum.org
The Children's Museum In Easton
9 Sullivan Avenue, The Old Fire Station, North Easton, MA 02356
508-230-3789
http://www.childrensmuseumineaston.org/
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Located in an historic old fire station in North Easton, MA, the Children's Museum in Easton is an educational, cultural, and social learning center for children and families—with a primary focus on children ages 1-8. There are 3 floors of themed interactive exhibits (both indoor and outdoor), a MakerSpace, and more than 100 programs, classes, and special events, focusing on the topics of science, movement and music, healthy living/wellness and creative arts. Check their website for a list of all current activities.
Categories: Children, Crafts, Technology
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to 50% off the regular admission price for up to two (2) people at the Children's Museum of Easton.
Christian Science Plaza
210 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
617-450-7224
https://www.christianscience.com/find-us/visit-the-mother-church/visit-the-christian-science-plaza
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The Christian Science Plaza is home to The Mother Church, The Christian Science Publishing Society, The Mary Baker Eddy Library, and the interactive How Do You See the World?™ experience with the Mapparium® globe. The How Do You See the World?™ experience explores stories about global progress—how individuals worldwide have overcome challenges and found hope. Walk through the iconic Mapparium® globe, and explore surrounding exhibits that feature stories from The Christian Science Monitor and the history of its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, who also discovered Christian Science.
Categories: Children, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to complementary admission for up to four (4) people at the How Do You See the World?™ experience.
Founded in 1918, Hale is a reservation of some 1,137 acres in Westwood and Dover, MA. Four lakes and more than 20 miles of trails attract hikers, trail runners, mountain bikers, and more. The main entrance, located in Westwood, was known on early maps as Old Indian Path, a reference to the Powissett tribe that lived in the area as recently as 1763. Access is sometimes limited due to the many programs run on the reservation; check their website for the latest information.
Categories: Children, Family, Nature, Recreation
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to complementary parking for one (1) vehicle at Hale Reservation.
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture
11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-1638
https://hmsc.harvard.edu/
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The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture is a partnership of museums on the Harvard University Cambridge campus dedicated to the natural world, science, and human cultures. They include the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, the Harvard Museum of Natural History (comprised of the Harvard University Herbaria, Mineralogical and Geological Museum, and Museum of Comparative Zoology), the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, all located between Oxford St./Divinity Ave area. Of particular note are the famous glass flowers, models commissioned by Harvard in 1886 to aid in the teaching of botany (and made in Germany over the course of more than eight decades), on display in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Nature, Science
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to 50% off the regular admission price for up to four (4) people to the four (4) Harvard Museum of Science & Culture museums
Historic New England
141 Cambridge Street, Administrative Offices: Otis House, Boston, MA 02114
https://www.historicnewengland.org/
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Historic New England is a historic preservation organization which owns and operates historic house museums and properties open to the public throughout most of New England. The majority of the 36 properties are in Massachusetts, but locations exist in all NE states but Vermont. These include Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, ME), the Jackson House (Portsmouth, NH), the Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, which (Newbury, MA), Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, CT), the Otis House (Boston, MA), the Lyman Estate (Waltham, MA), Gropius House (Lincoln, MA), and the Arnold House (Lincoln, RI). Styles represented include Federal, Colonial Revival, Victorian, Queen Anne, Arts & Crafts, and Modern, among many others. The website provides much detail, including directions, contact information, and history of each property.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History, Nature, Recreation
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to complementary admission for up to two (2) adults and their children or grandchildren under eightteen (18) to any of the 38 Historic New England sites.
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 Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to $5 admission for up to four (4) people to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Pass sponsored by the Dedham Junior Women's Club.
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 Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to $10 admission for up to two (2) adults to the Museum of Fine Arts.
Please note: For visit dates beginning January 20, 2026, each promo code may be redeemed for up to two adult tickets ($15 each) and four youth tickets ($10 each). Promo codes are redeemable online, over the phone, or at any MFA ticket desk. Passes are not applicable toward discounts on shopping, parking, dining, films, concerts, lectures, courses, or any other public programs. All prices are subject to change. Discount admission may not be combined with other offers. When planning your visit, please check www.mfa.org/visit for current Museum hours and early closings. The Museum is closed on New Year’s Day, Patriots’ Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
The Museum of Science in Boston is located on a piece of land that extends the width of the Charles River, connecting Boston and Cambridge. Dedicated to promoting and educating visitors about science and technology, the museum includes a planetarium, the world's largest open-air Van de Graaff generator, an IMAX theatre, a butterfly garden, and permanent and changing exhibits on birds, insects and animals; space; dinosaurs; engineering; nanotechnology; math; biology; and more.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Nature, Science, Technology, Sky
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to 50% off the regular admission price for up to four (4) people to the Museum of Science.
Pass sponsored by Roche Bros.
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740
508-997-0046
https://www.whalingmuseum.org/
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Opened in 1907, the New Bedford Whaling Museum is focused on the history and culture of the whaling industry as practiced internationally and in the “Old Dartmouth” region of Massachusetts. Over the years, the museum has grown as it absorbed other institutions with similar mandates. The collections boast over 750,000 items which fall into a broad range of categories—fine and decorative art, folk art, photography, domestic artifacts, artifacts that represent the history of technology and industry, books, manuscripts, maps and charts, ethnographic materials, clothing and textiles, and extensive personal, business, and financial records. Highlights include half-scale models of the whaling ship Lagoda and an Azorean whaleboat; five skeletons of various types of whales, including that of a pregnant mother; and art by major American artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Albert Pinkham Ryder. The museum's holdings also include the world's largest collections of scrimshaw and whaling ship logbooks. The Whaling Museum entrance and galleries are accessible to people using wheelchairs and walking aids. Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the first floor.
Categories: Art, Children, Family, History, Nature, Ocean
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to 50% off the regular admission price for up to four (4) people at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
New England Aquarium
1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110
617-973-5200
http://www.neaq.org/
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The New England Aquarium is home to thousands of aquatic animals, from the giant Pacific octopus to Northern fur seals to little blue penguins. They offer a wide range of exhibits, including a shark and ray touch tank and the Giant Ocean Tank, a four-story coral reef featuring hundreds of Caribbean animals. In addition, they have an IMAX theatre and run whale watch boat excursions in partnership with Boston Harbor Cruises from April through November.
Categories: Children, Family, Nature, Science, Ocean
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to 50% off the regular admission price for up to four (4) people to the New England Aquarium.
- This coupon allows 50% off standard admission to the New England Aquarium.
- Only applies to adult and child pricing.
- This is not a ticket.
- Redeem this coupon in the General Admission line at the Aquarium’s ticket booth for discounted admission for up to 4 people.
- Please visit neaq.org/coupons for details.
- Review the Aquarium’s website at www.neaq.org/safety ahead of your visit to ensure a safe and accessible experience.
- Valid only for Aquarium admission.
- This coupon does not provide any other discounts and cannot be applied to combo tickets.
- Library coupons or tickets obtained with library coupons may not be sold.
- Void if altered or copied. No cash value.
- Hours of operation are subject to change.
New England Quilt Museum
18 Shattuck St., Lowell, MA 01852
978-452-4207
http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The New England Quilt Museum, part of the Lowell National Historic Park, is fittingly located not far from the old textile manufacturing plants that made the city famous during the industrial revolution. Since its opening in 1987, it has been committed to both craft and fine arts quilts, with a permanent collection, special exhibitions, a library and resource center, classrooms, and a gift shop.
Categories: Children, Family, History
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to complementary admission for up to two (2) people at the New England Quilt Museum.
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 Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to $12 admission for up to two (2) people to the Peabody Essex Museum.
The Trustees of the Reservations preserve and protect more than 100 special properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value—nearly 25,000 acres—all around Massachusetts. From Crane's Beach in Ipswich and World's End in Hingham to The Old Manse in Concord and Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, visitors to Trustees sites enjoy local history and nature in its various forms: beaches, meadows, forests, swamps and more.
Categories: Family, History, Nature, Recreation
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to free admission for up to two (2) adults and two (2) children at Trustees of the Reservation sites.
Zoo New England
1 Franklin Park Road, Boston, MA 02121
617-541-5466
http://www.zoonewengland.org/
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Zoo New England operates Franklin Park Zoo, a 72-acre site nestled in Boston's historic Franklin Park, and the Stone Zoo, located on a 26-acre site near Spot Pond reservoir in Stoneham, MA. In addition to animals, both zoos are engaged in wildlife and conservation programs, research, and education.
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
This pass entitles the bearer to $9 admission per adult and $6 admission per child for up to six (6) people at Zoo New England (Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo only).