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Passes Available from the Wellesley Free Library
Passes are made possible through the generosity of The Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries.

Reserving a Museum Pass
The passes are available to anyone with a valid card from any of the member libraries of the Minuteman Library Network.  Use the online form to Reserve a Museum Pass, or reserve a museum pass in person at the Main Library or by calling 781-235-1610, ext. 1105.  Passes may be reserved up to 60 days prior to use.

Limits.
A patron may reserve one pass for one museum per day.

Picking up Passes
Passes are circulated for the day of use only and may by picked up at the Information Desk the day before the reservation.

Returning Passes
Please note that coupon passes do not need to be returned.
Non-coupon passes are due back before 9:00 AM the day following their use.
When the library is closed, passes can be returned in the book drop using the envelope provided.

Fines
The late return fine for any museum pass is $10.00 per day with a $30.00 maximum.
Fee for a lost pass is $30.00.

Cancellations
If you reserve a pass and your plans change, please call us at 781-235-1610, ex. 5 to cancel, so that the pass can be used by someone else.
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Please note -- Passes do not provide discounts for museum store purchases or parking, nor do they cover any special exhibit fees such as the Science Museum's Omni Theater, Planetarium or Laser Shows.

The Wellesley Free Library has passes available for the following museums.  For information about hours, directions and exhibits click on the links below to the museums' websites.

PLEASE VISIT MUSEUMS' WEBSITES FOR HOURS OF OPERATION



Boston Children's Museum
Museum Wharf
300 Congress St., Boston MA
617-426-8855
www.bostonkids.org
1 pass admits 4 people
$2.00 co-pay per person
 


DeCordova Museum & Sculputre Park
51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA
781-259-8355
www.decordova.org
Pass Admits 4 people.
Children under 5 are admitted free


The Discovery Museums
(Science & Children's)
177 Main St., (Rt. 27) Acton, MA
978-264-4200
www.discoverymuseums.org/
Both museums are open during the school year. 
Both are closed on Mondays, except on holidays
Pass admits 3 at 50% off admission price


Garden in the Woods
New England Wild Flower Society
180 Hemingway Rd, Framingham, MA
508-877-7630
www.newfs.org

Closed November 1 to April 14

Pass admits 2 people

 


Harvard  Museum of
Natural History
26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
617 495-2772
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Pass admits 4 people
$2.00 co-pay per person

House of Seven Gables
115 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970
978-744-0991
www.7gables.org

Pass admits 4 at half price.  Standard tours onl
y
 

Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Avenue, Boston. MA
617-478-3100
www.icaboston.org

Closed Mondays

Pass admits 2 adults with a $5.00 co-pay
per person






Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway, Boston, MA
617-566-1401
www.gardnermuseum.org
$5.00 co-pay per person
Children under 18 admitted free



JFK Library & Museum
Columbia Point, Boston, MA
617-514-1600
www.jfklibrary.org
9:00 AM -- 5:00 PM daily
1 pass admits 2 people
$3.00 co-pay per person
Children 12 and under free


Massachusetts Audubon Society
208 Great South Road, Lincoln, MA
781-259-2143
www.massaudubon.org

Pass admits 2 with $1.00 co-pay per person.
Pass entitles the user to admittance to all
Mass. Audubon properties.  Call for more
Information.


Massachusetts State Parks
www.mass.gov/dcr
Entitles the bearer to free parking for
one carload of visitors at 50+ facilities
in the Mass.State Parks system.  Not
Valid for Nahant or Nantasket Beaches.
Seasonal.




Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA
617-267-9300

www.mfa.org
$5.00 co-pay per person
Pass allows $7.00 admission to some
special exhibits in the Gund Gallery.
*Only West Wing and selected Galleries
open Thursday & Friday after 4:45 PM
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Museum of Science
Science Park, Boston, MA
617-723-2500
www.mos.org
Pass admits 4 people
$5.00 co-pay per person
Check hours for holidays &
school vacations


New England Aquarium
Central Wharf, Boston, MA
6-7-973-5200
www.neaq.org
1 pass admits 4 people
$7.00 co-pay per person
Pass is not available July through
Labor Day Weekend


 New England Quilt Museum
18 Shatuck St., Lowell, MA
978-452-4207
www.nequiltmuseum.org
1 pass admits 2 people

P
eabody Essex Musuem
East India Square, Salem, MA
978-745-9500
www.pem.org
Pass admits 2 people
$5.00 co-pay per person


Plimoth Plantation
137 Warren Ave., Plymouth, MA
508-746-1622
www.plimoth.org
Pass admits 4 people
$10.00 co-pay per person



Spellman Museum of Stamps &
Postal History
235 Wellesley St., @ Regis College,
Weston, MA
781-768-8367
www.spellman.org
Pass admits 2 people.  Children 16
and under free.



The Sports Museum
At the TD BankNorth Garden
Causeway Street, Boston
617-624-1234
Hours are subject change.  Please check
Sports Museum website
before reserving passes
Zoo New England
Franklin Park Zoo, Franklin Park Rd,
Dorchester, MA
Stone Zoo, 149 Pond St., Stoneham, MA
616-541-5466
www.zoonewengland.com
Holidays
 

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