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The NJ Library Museum Pass 2023 – Your Ticket to FREE Admission to Local Museums

By: Author Erin

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Have you always wanted to visit, Imagine That! Children’s Museum, The Museum of Natural History or the Intrepid Museum but maybe it wasn’t in your budget? Now you can thanks to your local library and the New Jersey Library Museum Pass Program.

Currently updating for 2023

New Jersey Library Museum Pass Program

Many libraries around the garden state are participating in library museum pass programs. These offer you a FREE visit to a local museum or attraction or in some cases a discount on admission. The museum pass program varies from library to library so you will have to click on the links or call your library for more information.

How does the Library Museum Pass Program work?

The most common process is to either request your passes online, pick them up at the library just like a book and off you go! Most libraries allow you to sign out the passes for 3 days at a time though some may require a refundable cash deposit.

Some of the most common locations, participating in the library museum pass program, include:

  • The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Complex
  • Aviation Hall of Fame
  • Children’s Museum of Manhattan
  • Museum of Natural History
  • The Frick Collection
  • Imagine That! Children’s Museum
  • Newark Museum of Art

I was super excited to find out about these programs, I can’t wait to borrow a library museum pass from my library for one of the participating museums and take my family on an unexpected field trip.

Your NJ Library Card Can Mean FREE Admission to Local Museums Museum Pass

New Jersey libraries that participate in the Library Museum Pass Program

We originally published details about the New Jersey Museum Pass Program in 2012 and we update it at least twice a year.

Atlantic County Library Museum Pass Program

Bergen County Library Museum Pass Program

Burlington County Library Museum Pass Program

Burlington County Library System

Burlington County Library System offers museum passes to 35 museums in NJ, NY, and PA. These passes can be accessed from any of the 15 libraries within the Burlington County Library System. 21 of the 35 passes are digital and can be printed from home. The remaining 14 passes must be picked up at your local branch.

The following libraries are included in the Burlington County Library System: Beverly Free Library, Bordentown Library, Burlington County Library, Cinnaminson Library, Crosswicks Library Company, Delanco Public Library, Evesham Library, Florence Library, Library Company of Burlington, Maple Shade Library, Pemberton Library, Pinelands Library, Riverside Library, Riverton Library, and Vincentown Library. – confirmed 2023

More Burlington County libraries with a museum pass program.

These 3 libraries are not part of the county system, but they do offer museums passes for library card holders.

Camden County Museum Library Pass Program

Camden County Library System

Camden County Library System offers museum passes to 21 museums in NY, NJ, and PA. Different branches carry different passes, however, cardholders can borrow passes from any Camden County library branch. Passes must be returned to the branches they were borrowed from.

The following libraries are included in the Camden County Library System: Bellmawr Branch, Camden Downtown Branch, Ferry Ave. Branch (Camden), Gloucester Twp. Branch, Haddon Twp. Branch, Merchantville Branch, South Regional County Branch, Voorhees Regional Branch. –confirmed 2023

More Camden County libraries with a museum pass program

These libraries are not part of the county system, but they do offer museum passes for library card holders.

Cape May County Library Museum Pass Program

Cumberland County Library Museum Pass Program

Essex County Library Museum Pass Program

Gloucester County Library Museum Pass Program

Gloucester County Library System

Gloucester County Library System passes are available for 7 museums in NJ & PA. Different branches of the library system carry different passes. However, cardholders can borrow passes from any Gloucester County library branch. Passes must be returned to the branches they were borrowed from.

The following libraries are included in the Gloucester County Library System: Glassboro Branch, Greenwich Branch, Logan Township Branch, Margaret Dombrosky Swedesboro Public Library, Mullica Hill Branch, Newfield Library – confirmed 2023

More Gloucester County libraries with a museum pass program

These libraries are not part of the county system, but they do offer museum passes for library card holders.

Hudson County Library Museum Pass Program

Hunterdon County Library Museum Pass Program

Your NJ Library Card Can Mean FREE Admission to Local Museums(PIN)

Mercer County Library Museum Pass Program

Mercer County Library System

Mercer County Library passes are available for 12 locations in NJ & PA. Different branches carry different passes, however, cardholders can borrow passes from any Mercer County library branch. Passes must be returned to the branches they were borrowed from.

The following libraries are included in the Mercer County Library System: Ewing Branch, Hickory Corner Branch, Hightstown Branch, Hopewell Branch, Lawrence Headquarters Branch, Robbinsville Branch, Twin Rivers Branch, West Windsor Branch –confirmed 2023

More Mercer County libraries with a museum pass program

These libraries are not part of the county system, but they do offer museum passes for library card holders.

Middlesex County Library Museum Pass Program

Monmouth County Library Museum Pass Program

Morris County Library Museum Pass Program

Ocean County Library Museum Pass Program

Passaic County Library Museum Pass Program

Salem County Library Museum Pass Program

  • None known as of June 17, 2023.

Somerset County Library Museum Pass Program

Sussex County Library Museum Pass Program

Union County Library Museum Pass Program

Warren County Library Museum Pass Program

Looking for more ways to get into museums for free? Read 10 Ways to Get into Museums for Free!

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Palak

Monday 23rd of May 2022

Is This program still going on ?

Jennifer Auer

Thursday 26th of May 2022

Yes, It is. -Jenn

Free Museum Passes from Your Local Library

Friday 27th of November 2020

[…] of common museums from town to town. For a near complete listing of NJ Libraries and their passes check out this article.  Here’s a sampling of the museum passes that our library and other Bergen/Passaic County […]

Mathew

Thursday 15th of August 2019

How come some libraries are not in the list . Mine is Allentown library,Monmouth county ,NJ

Jennifer A.

Thursday 15th of August 2019

Does your library offer a museum pass program? We have only listed the libraries where we were able to confirm they offer museum passes. - Jenn

Meredith

Wednesday 9th of January 2019

This sounds like a wonderful program ! However after viewing all the libraries that support and participate in the museum pass program , I am wondering why Cape May County (NJ) isn’t involved .

Jennifer A.

Thursday 10th of January 2019

Ask them. We have found that many of our readers have showed this article to their libraries and it has helped them start their own museum pass program. - Jenn

Mary McDermott

Saturday 22nd of September 2018

The Margate City library in Atlantic County also offers the museum pass to the Grounds for Sculpture.

Melanie C.

Monday 24th of September 2018

Hi Mary, I can't find that information online. Can you direct me to a website that shows what they offer? Thanks!

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