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Museum Passes

The Library offers 13 daily passes to local residents at the main library, and allows one pass per day per family. To reserve a pass, call 978-531-0100.

The Peabody Institute Library thanks the Rotary Club of Peabody, the Friends of the Peabody Institute Libraries, and the Peabody Cultural Council for their generous sponsorship.

Children's Museum
Museum Location: Boston (Pass admits up to 4 people at $2 per person.)

Harvard Museum of Natural History
Museum Location: Cambridge (Pass admits 2 adults and 2 children at $2 per person.)

The House of the Seven Gables
Museum Location: Salem (Free; admits 2 adults, 4 children maximum, for standard tours only.)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum Location: Boston (Pass admits 4 people at $5 per person, Tuesdays through Fridays; admits 2 people at $5 per person on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.)

John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
Museum Location: Boston ($3 per person with pass, admits 2 people. Children 12 and under admitted free.)

Massachusetts Parks Passes
Location: Massachusetts (Pass provides free parking for 1 vehicle at over 50 day-use park facilities.)

Museum of Fine Arts
Museum Location: Boston (Pass admits 2 people at $5 per person.)

Museum of Science
Museum Location: Boston (Pass admits 4 people at $5 per person.)

New England Aquarium
Museum Location: Boston (Available September-June; $7 per person with pass, admits 4 people)

Peabody-Essex Museum
Museum Location: Salem (Pass admits 2 people at $5 per person.)

Roger Williams Park Zoo
Museum Location: Providence, RI
(50% discount on admission for up to 4 people in any combination: seniors (ages 62+), adults (ages 13-61) or children (ages 3-12).)

Wenham Museum
Museum Location: Wenham (Pass admits up to 2 adults or 2 children at no charge.)

Zoo New England (Franklin Park and Stone Zoos)
Museum Location: Boston and Stoneham (Pass admits 2 adults, 4 children. Free Admission.)

General Pass Information:

1.Peabody residents may reserve museum passes in advance. Passes must be picked up by 10:00 a.m., and returned by 9:00 a.m. the next day (except coupon passes, which do not need to be returned). For each pass taken, the patron must have a library account in good standing.

2.After 10:00 a.m., if a pass has not been picked up, it becomes available to Peabody residents on a first-come, first-served basis. After 10:30 a.m., non-residents may borrow the passes.

3.Patrons who return passes late will be charged an overdue fine of $5 per day.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Peabody Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.