Borrowing Guidelines

  • Passes are available to anyone with a valid MVLC library card and whose account is in good standing order.
  • Some museums have special visitation guidelines. Visit the museum website prior to making a library pass reservation for detail. Note: Some passes require up to 48-hours advanced reservation and registration on the museum site prior to use.  
  • Passes may be reserved in advance and can only be checked out on the library card of the person who reserved it.
  • Passes are limited to one pass per day per family and cannot be reserved or used for consecutive days.
  • Passes can be picked up the day before their use. Please contact the Library (in-person or by phone) as soon as possible if you need to cancel or change a reservation.
  • Physical passes (such as the Massachusetts Parks Pass) must be returned by 10:00am the morning after use, either to the circulation desk or in the library book drop.  
  • Patrons who do not return passes in a timely manner may lose pass privileges.

Currently Available Passes

  • Boston Children’s Museum
  • The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire 
  • Discovery Museum
  • Historical New England
  • House of Seven Gables 
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 
  • Massachusetts State Park
  • Museum of Fine Art 
  • Museum of Science 
  • New England Aquarium
  • NH Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Peabody Essex Museum
  • Strawberry Banke
  • USS Constitution Museum
  • Zoo New England