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Explore local museums & attractions with Culture Pass! If you have a library card from the Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Public Library, or New York Public Library (serving the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island), you can reserve free passes to 80+ cultural institutions across NYC.
Looking for something fun to do in your city? Dozens of organizations participate in Culture Pass, from children’s museums and public gardens to historical societies and heritage centers. View the full list of participating organizations to see what interests you — whether it’s fine art or history, nature or photography — and reserve your Culture Pass today.
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling
Manhattan
Museum of Modern Art
Manhattan
Museum of Arts and Design
Manhattan
Museum of the City of New York
Manhattan
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
Queens
Kaufman Music Center
Manhattan
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn
Wave Hill
Bronx
JACK
Brooklyn
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Staten Island
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
ManhattanCulture Pass is a program for cardholding patrons 13 and older of Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library and Queens Public Library. Using their library card, New Yorkers can reserve a pass and get free admission to dozens of NYC cultural institutions, including museums, historical societies, heritage centers, public gardens and more.
There are dozens of participating organizations, from children’s museums and public gardens to historical societies and heritage centers.
Click on “Reserve a Pass” and select your library system, then log in with your library card information and browse available passes by date or venue. Have fun exploring your city!
To qualify for a free public library card in New York City, you must be a resident of New York State or work for a company or go to school in New York City. Visit your library’s website to get started.