To select a museum, click “Details/Reserve”, then select which Pass to reserve.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-299-1000
https://www.ansp.org/
[Details/Reserve]
Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is a natural history museum located in Philadelphia. The Academy's collections contain more than 18 million specimens and archival treasures which rate among the world's most significant in terms of geographic, biological, and historical depth and breadth. Permanent and changing exhibits provide opportunities to learn about science and explore the extraordinary diversity of life on our planet.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Nature, Science
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Admission for 2 adults and up to 5 children.
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
212-769-5100
https://www.amnh.org/
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Founded in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History is the largest natural history museum in the world. The museum complex, located in New York City, contains 45 permanent exhibition halls, a planetarium, and a library. Its collections contain over 100 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data. There is a museum shop on the premises, as well as many opportunities for food and drink.
Categories: Children, Family, Nature, Science
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
Make a separate reservation for each person/voucher (Up to 4)
Each voucher can be redeemed for free admission to the museum's permanent collection, as well as one special exhibition/show of your choice.
Limit 4 vouchers per household each month.
Timed entry online reservations required.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
62 Battleship Place, Camden, NJ 08103
856-966-1652
https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/
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Located in Camden, NJ, the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial opened in 2001 after the ship's long storied career in the U.S. Navy. The restored battleship, the country's most decorated, is now home to a museum dedicated to its history. Originally commissioned in 1943, the ship served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War, and in the Persian Gulf. Visits are by tour.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Military, Ocean
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Admission for 2 adults and up to 3 children.
Digital and/or Printable passes accepted!
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
718-623-7260
https://www.bbg.org/
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Founded in 1910, the 52-acre Brooklyn Botanic Garden is located near the Brooklyn Museum. Home to over 14,000 kinds specimens from all over the world, special gardens highlight various types of plants, with the botanic garden collections housed both indoors and out. Information about what's currently in bloom, suggested itineraries based on the time of the year, and a map of the grounds are available on the website. There is an art gallery, a small café, and gift store on the premises.
Categories: Art, Family, Nature, Science
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Pass admits 2 adults and accompanying children.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Elmwood Park Zoo
1661 Harding Boulavard, Norristown, PA 19401
800-652-4143
https://www.elmwoodparkzoo.org/
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Elmwood Park Zoo, located in Norristown, PA, was established in 1924. It features dozens of wild and endangered species on their 16-acre campus, including jaguars, red pandas, zebras, giraffes, and more. Attractions include an old-fashioned carousel, the Caterpillar Train, and—for an additional fee—a zip line. There are a range of eating options and a gift store on the premises.
Categories: Children, Family, Zoo
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Pass admits 2 adults and up to 4 children.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Hunterdon Art Museum
7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
908-735-8415
https://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/
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The Hunterdon Art Museum is housed in an historic converted stone mill built in 1836 which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Exhibitions showcase both local and nationally known artists. In addition to their permanent collection, which includes prints by Salvador Dali, Mark DiSuvero, Philip Guston, Alex Katz, Ad Reinhardt, and Faith Ringgold, and sculpture by Tom Otterness and Toshiko Takaezu, the museum presents changing exhibits of contemporary artists. The Museum is barrier-free and accessible to wheelchair users, including a couple of bathrooms on the first floor.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Family
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Admission for up to 2 adults/children over the age of 12. Children under the age of 12 are free.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Imagine That!
4 Vreeland Road, Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-966-8000
https://www.imaginethatmuseum.com/
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Imagine That! is a 16,000 sq. ft. children's museum offering a variety of exhibits and activities focused on pre-school-age and young school children. Embracing a learning-through-play model, areas of encounter include a real firetruck, two jungle gyms, a pirate ship, a place for arts & crafts area, a pet vet center, and a music room, among others.
Categories: Children, Crafts, Family
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
Pass admits up to 4 people.
Physical pass only; must be picked up at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
No need to return the pass.
Mütter Museum
19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-560-8564
https://muttermuseum.org/
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The Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is dedicated to the history of medicine. Its collection of anatomical specimens, models, and old medical instruments are displayed in a 19th-century “cabinet museum” setting. These include a number of human skeletons and skulls, as well as various wax models used for the study of various pathologies in the human body. A portion of the museum's holdings are displayed in permanent exhibits. (Of special note are slides of the brain of Albert Einstein.) In addition, there are themed rotating special exhibitions and a bi-annual art exhibition in the museum's art gallery. There is a gift shop on the premises.
Categories: History, Science, Technology
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Admission for up to 4 people.
Timed entry tickets are required.
Digital and/or Printable passes accepted!
Additional restrictions apply, please read the loan instructions carefully.
The Mercer Museum
84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901
215-345-0210
https://www.mercermuseum.org/
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The Mercer Museum is a six-story, poured-in-place concrete castle designed and built by gentleman anthropologist and tile maker Henry Mercer in the early 20th century. The museum was constructed to house his collections and features local and national traveling exhibits; a collection of over 50,000 pre-Industrial tools; a research library focused on the history of Bucks County and the surrounding region; and a gift shop. The historic core of the Mercer Museum has an elevator and offers partial accessibility due to narrow passageways. The ground floor is fully accessible, including restrooms.
Categories: Architecture, Crafts, Family, History
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Admission for up to 4 people.
10% discount at the museum shop.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Monmouth Museum
765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738
732-747-2266
https://www.monmouthmuseum.org/
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Located on the Brookdale Community College campus, the 15,000 sq. ft. Monmouth Museum serves as a cultural center of the arts, history, and science to all ages and abilities. The institution has a diverse set of offerings—a couple of galleries with changing exhibitions of the work of local artists, a play space for toddlers, and two wings for children with a number of interactive exhibits and an outdoor nature area. The museum is also home to one of North America's largest collections of 18th and 19th century sewing clamps, also known as sewing birds. For accessibility questions, please call 732-747-2266, x3.
Categories: Art, Children, Family, History, Nature, Science
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Pass admits up to 2 Adults and 2 Children.
Must show current library card along with the physical pass upon entering the museum.
Families are restricted to 2 Monmouth Museum library pass uses per year.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Morven Museum and Garden
55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
609-924-8144
https://www.morven.org/
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Home to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and to five New Jersey governors, this National Historic Landmark is situated on five acres in the heart of Princeton, NJ. Permanent and changing exhibits focus on the history of America as experienced by occupants of Morven and citizens of New Jersey. The grounds include gardens with annuals from the 18th and 19th centuries and a recreated Colonial Revival style garden originally planted in the 20th century.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History, Nature
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Admission for 1 person per pass.
Digital and/or Printable passes accepted!
Museum of the American Revolution
101 South Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-253-6731
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/
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The Museum of the American Revolution, located in Philadelphia, has a collection dedicated to the history of the American Revolution. Its holdings, numbering in the thousands, include rare books, manuscripts, period objects, and artwork. The exhibits deliver the story of the American Revolution chronologically and include recreations of locations of importance to the conflict, a large model of an 18th century ship, a 13-star flag, the Pennsylvania Evening Post's printing of the Declaration of Independence (the first in a newspaper), and the tent of George Washington's which functioned as his field headquarters, among other interesting artifacts. There is a gift store and café on the premises.
Categories: Family, Governance, History, Military
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Admission for 2 adults and up to 4 kids.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street, Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-409-6600
https://www.constitutioncenter.org/
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Created by an act of Congress in 1988, the National Constitution Center is a museum in Philadelphia committed to increasing the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people on a non-partisan basis. In addition to permanent and special exhibits, rare artifacts, and live theatre devoted to various aspects of the founding document of the country, the center hosts debates, the most famous of which has been the presidential primary debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There is a coffee shop and gift shop on the premises.
Categories: Family, Governance, History
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Admission for 2 adults and up to 4 kids.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Please Touch Museum
4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, PA 19132
215-581-3182
https://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/
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Located in the heart of Philadelphia's historic Centennial District, the Please Touch Museum is the city's children's museum, focusing on learning through play. Begun in the 1970s, the museum has seen a move from a 25-person capacity room at the top of the Academy of Natural Sciences to the beautiful Beaux Arts Memorial Hall building, with several stops along the way. Today, the museum boasts several large spaces for temporary and permanent exhibitions, including a garden, a makerspace and a carousel. As the name suggests, all these exhibits are hands-on, and designed for touching. There are also many interactive pieces of art, including a re-creation of the Statue of Liberty's hand made of around 2,000 candy wrappers. The entire museum is wheelchair accessible and includes elevators. There is a café on the premises.
Categories: Children, Family, Science
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Pass admits 6 people and includes free parking and free unlimited carousel rides.
Patrons must bring their library card with them to the museum
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128
212-423-3500
https://www.guggenheim.org/
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The Guggenheim Museum's home in New York is in unique building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright which was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2008. Its permanent collection contains many well-known 20th century works, including art from various movements, including—but not limited to—Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, German and Austrian Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalist, Post-Minimalist, and Conceptual art. Temporary exhibitions draw from both the museum's collection and outside sources. A museum shop is on the premises.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Family
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Admission for 4 adults per pass; free admission for children under 12.
Digital & Printable Passes Accepted!
$5 admission for a maximum of two additional guests.
Free admission to Guggenheim museums in Bilbao and Venice.
10% savings on-site and online at the Guggenheim Store and 25% discount during biannual Member Shopping Weeks.
Storm King Art Center
1 Museum Road, New Windsor, NY 12553
845-534-3115
https://www.stormking.org/
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Originally founded to exhibit a collection of Hudson River School paintings, Storm King Art Center is a museum located on 500-acres in New York's Hudson Valley. Currently, the museum collects, exhibits, and conserves modern and contemporary art—from large-scale sculpture situated in Storm King's expansive landscape and site-specific earthworks to related drawings and photographs. The core collection includes pieces by Alexander Calder, David Smith, Mark di Suvero, Henry Moore, Douglas Abdell, Isamu Noguchi, Richard Serra, and Louise Nevelson. More recently acquired work includes large-scale sculptures by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Alice Aycock, Andy Goldsworthy, Alexander Liberman, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, and Maya Lin. Food is available on the premises.
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Admission for 2 adults and all children from that household.
Entry to Storm King grounds during Member-Only hours/events.
10% discount on Museum Store purchases.
Physical pass only; must be picked up and dropped off at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street in Clinton.