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 2024
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.
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
- Longport Public Library, passes available for 8 museums in NJ & PA – confirmed for 2024
Bergen County Library Museum Pass Program
- Lee Memorial Library, Allendale passes are available for 6 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Cliffside Park Public Library passes are available for 34 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Closter Public Library passes are available for 4 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Cresskill Public Library passes are available for 3 museums in NY and NJ – confirmed for 2024
- Demarest Free Public Library passes are available for 4 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Dixon Homestead Library (Dumont) passes are available for 4 museums in NY and NJ – confirmed for 2024
- East Rutherford Memorial Library passes and discounts are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Edgewater Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Englewood Library passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Fairview Public Library passes are available for 4 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Fort Lee Public Library passes are available for 7 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Glen Rock Library passes and discounts are available for 8 museums in NY & NJ – confirmed for 2024
- Johnson Public Library (Hackensack) passes are available for 4 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Hasbrouck Heights Library Museum passes are not available at this time – confirmed for 2024
- Haworth Municipal Library passes and discounts are available for 4 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Hillsdale Library passes are available for 2 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Leonia Public Library passes are available for 8 museums in PA, NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Lyndhurst Public Library passes are available for 2 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Mahwah Library passes and discounts are available for 21 museums in NY, NJ, & PA – confirmed for 2024
- Maywood Public Library passes are available for 5 museums in NJ &NY – confirmed for 2024
- Midland Park Library passes are available for 3 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Montvale Free Public Library passes and discounts are available for 4 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- North Arlington Library passes are available for 3 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- North Haledon Library passes are available for 1 museum in NY – awaiting confirmation for 2024
- Northvale Public Library passes are available for 6 attractions and museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Oakland Public Library passes and discounts are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Old Tappan Free Public Library passes are available for 4 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Oradell Free Public Library passes are available for 9 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Park Ridge Public Library passes and discounts are available for 9 museums and attractions in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Ramsey Free Public Library passes and discounts are available for 11 museums and attractions in PA, NY & NJ –confirmed for 2024
- Ridgefield Public Library passes are available for 8 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
- Ridgefield Park Library passes are available for 1 museum in NJ- confirmed via e-mail 2/16/2024
- Ridgewood Library passes are available for 10 museums in NY & NJ – confirmed for 2024
- Rutherford Library passes are available for 16 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Teaneck Public Library passes and discounts are available for 15 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- Tenafly Library passes are available for 12 museums in NY & NJ – confirmed for 2024
- Upper Saddle River Library passes are available for 8 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- John F. Kennedy Library (Wallington) passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY- confirmed for 2024
- Westwood Public Library passes are available for 2 museums in NY – confirmed for 2024
- Wood Ridge Memorial Library passes are available for 18 museums in PA, NY & NJ – confirmed for 2024
- Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library passes are available for 7 museums in NY and NJ –confirmed for 2024
- Wyckoff Library passes are available for 7 museums in NY and NJ – confirmed for 2024
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. Some of the 35 passes are digital and can be printed from home. The remaining 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 for 2024
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.
- Mount Laurel Library passes are available for 37 museums in NJ, NY & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Moorestown Library passes are available for 25 museums in NJ, NY & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Willingboro Library passes are available for 12 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
Camden County Museum Library Pass Program
Camden County Library System
Camden County Library System offers museum passes to 22 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 for 2024
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.
- Audubon Public Library passes are available for 7 museums in PA – confirmed for 2024
- Berlin Public Library/ Marie Fleche Memorial Library passes are available for 9 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Cherry Hill Public Library passes are available for 18 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Collingswood Public Library passes are available for 16 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Gloucester City Library passes are available for 8 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Haddonfield Library passes are available for 18 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Oaklyn Library is temporarily closed –confirmed for 2024
- Pennsauken Public Library passes are available for 15 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Runnemede Public Library passes are available for 6 (5 after 3/31/24) museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Waterford Public Library passes are available for 8 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
Cape May County Library Museum Pass Program
- Avalon Free Public Library passes for 25 museums in NJ & PA- confirmed for 2024
- Ocean City Library passes for 14 museums in NJ & PA – confirmed for 2024
Cumberland County Library Museum Pass Program
- Cumberland County Library passes are available for 8 museums in NJ & PA- confirmed for 2024
- Vineland Public Library passes are available for 9 museums in NJ & PA – confirmed for 2024
Essex County Library Museum Pass Program
- Caldwell Public Library passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
- Fairfield Free Public Library passes are available for 1 museum in NJ –confirmed for 2024
- Glen Ridge Public Library passes are available for 19 museums in NJ, NY, & PA- confirmed for 2024
- Livingston Public Library passes are available for 12 museums in NJ & NY & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Maplewood Public Library passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
- Millburn Public Library passes are available for 13 museums in NJ & NY- confirmed for 2024
- Montclair Public Library passes and discounts are available for 14 museums in NJ & NY (3 are currently unavailable) –confirmed for 2024
- Nutley Public Library passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
- Roseland Public Library passes are available for 4 museums in NJ & NY- confirmed for 2024
- West Caldwell Public Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
- West Orange Public Library passes and discounts are available for 4 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
Gloucester County Library Museum Pass Program
Gloucester County Library System
Gloucester County Library System passes are available for 11 museums in DE, 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 for 2024
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.
- Deptford Public Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ, DE & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Free Public Library of Monroe Township, passes available for 7 passes in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Margaret E Heggan Public Library (Sewell) passes are available for 31 museums in NJ, DE & PA –confirmed for 2024
- McCowan Memorial Library (Pitman) passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & PA – confirmed 2024
- Wenonah Free Public Library passes are available for 3 museums in PA& DE –confirmed for 2024
- West Deptford Free Public Library passes are available for 9 museums in NJ, DE, & PA –We are awaiting confirmation for 2024.
- Woodbury Public Library pass available for 2 museums in NJ & PA. They are currently working on renewing two more passes for 2024 and have plans to update their website. – confirmed via e-mail on 2/16/2024
Hudson County Library Museum Pass Program
- Hoboken Public Library – passes and discounts available for 13 museums in NY & NJ – confirmed for 2024
- Kearny Public Library passes are available for 8 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed for 2024
- North Bergen Library passes are available for 15 museums in PA, NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
- North Bergen Library (Kennedy Branch) passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed for 2024
- Secaucus Library passes are available for 8 museums in NY & NJ –confirmed for 2024
Hunterdon County Library Museum Pass Program
- Hunterdon County Library system has passes and discounts available for 11 museums in NY, NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Lambertville Free Public Library has passes available for 7 museums in PA –confirmed for 2024
Mercer County Library Museum Pass Program
Mercer County Library System
Mercer County Library passes are available for 10 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 for 2024
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.
- Hamilton Free Public Library passes are available for 9 museums in NJ & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Princeton Library passes are available for 16 museums in NJ, NY & PA –confirmed for 2024
- Trenton Free Public Library passes are available for 3 museums in NJ –confirmed for 2024
Middlesex County Library Museum Pass Program
- Cranbury Public Library passes are available for 3 museums in NY & NJ –confirmed 2024
- East Brunswick Public Library passes are available for 10 museums in NJ, NY & PA –confirmed 2024
- Edison Public Library passes are available for 14 museums in NJ, NY & PA – confirmed 2024
- Metuchen Public Library passes and discounts are available for 10 museums in PA, NJ & NY- confirmed 2024
- Milltown Public Library passes are available for 1 museum in NJ –confirmed 2024
- Monroe Township Public Library passes and discounts are available for 17 locations in NJ, NY & PA –confirmed 2024
- North Brunswick Library no longer offers a museum pass program – We are awaiting confirmation for 2024.
- Old Bridge Public Library passes and discounts are available for 7 museums in NJ, PA & NY –confirmed 2024
- Piscataway Public Library passes are available for 12 museums in NJ, NY & PA –confirmed 2024
- Sayreville Public Library passes are available for 3 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- South Brunswick Public Library no longer offers a museum pass program –We are awaiting confirmation for 2024.
- South Plainfield Public Library passes and discounts are available for 7 locations in NJ, NY & PA –confirmed 2024
- Woodbridge Public Library passes are available for 8 locations in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
Monmouth County Library Museum Pass Program
- Belmar Public Library no longer carries museum passes – We are awaiting confirmation for 2024.
- Brielle Public Library The Brielle Public Library has recently acquired funding to revitalize the museum pass program and hopes to participate again later in 2024. – confirmed 2/16/2024
- Fair Haven Library passes are available for 3 museums in NY & NJ –confirmed 2024
- Little Silver Library passes are available for 6 museums in NY & NJ –confirmed 2024
- Long Branch Library passes are available for 14 museums in NY & NJ –confirmed 2024
- Matawan Aberdeen Public Library passes are available for 9 museums in NJ, NY, & PA –confirmed 2024
- Middletown Public Library passes and discounts are available for 14 locations in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
Morris County Library Museum Pass Program
- Butler Public Library passes are available for 4 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Library of the Chathams passes and discounts available for 14 museums in PA, NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Chester Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Denville Public Library passes are available for 6 museums in MA, NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- East Hanover Library passes are available for 9 museums in NY, NJ & PA –confirmed 2024
- Florham Park Library passes are available for 10 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Long Hill Public Library passes and discounts are available for 8 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Madison Public Library passes are available for 16 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Mendham Borough Library passes are available for 5 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Montville Public Library passes are available for 9 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Morristown & Morris Township Library passes are available for 10 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Mount Olive Public Library passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Parsippany – Troy Hills Public Library passes are available for 17 museums in NY, PA & NJ – confirmed 2024
- Randolph Public Library passes and discounts are available for 5 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Roxbury Public Library Currently there are passes are available for 14 museums in NJ & NY. However we have been informed that there are still changes to be made for 2024. – updated as of 2/16/2024
- Washington Township Public Library passes are available for 6 museums in NY & NJ – confirmed 2024
- Whippanong Library passes are available for 3 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Morris County Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ – confirmed 2024
Ocean County Library Museum Pass Program
- Ocean County Library passes are available for 25 locations in NJ & NY & PA – confirmed 2024
Passaic County Library Museum Pass Program
- Alfred H. Baumann Free Public Library (Woodland Park) passes are available for 2 museums in NY –confirmed 2024
- Clifton Public Library passes are available for 5 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Little Falls Public Library passes and discounts are available for 5 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Ringwood Public Library passes and discounts are available for 4 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Totowa Public Library passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Wayne Public Library passes are available for 9 museums in NY & NJ – confirmed 2024
Salem County Library Museum Pass Program
- None known as of February 14, 2024.
Somerset County Library Museum Pass Program
- Bernards Public Library passes and discounts are available for 14 museums in NJ, NY, & MA –confirmed 2024
- Bernardsville Public Library passes and discounts are available for 5 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Franklin Township Public Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ, NY & PA – confirmed 2024
- Raritan Public Library passes are typically available for 6 museums in NJ & PA. However, the library has currently suspended its museum pass program. – confirmed 2024
- Somerset County Library System passes are available for 13 museums in NJ & NY & PA – confirmed 2024
Sussex County Library Museum Pass Program
- Sussex County Library system passes are available for 6 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Sparta Public Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
Union County Library Museum Pass Program
- Clark Library passes are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Cranford Library passes and discounts are available for 15 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Fanwood Memorial Library and Scotch Plain Public Library passes and discounts are available for 20 museums in NJ, PA, & NY – confirmed 2024
- Garwood Public Library passes and discounts are available for 5 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Kenilworth Public Library has passes available for 11 museums in NY & NJ – confirmed 2024
- Linden Public Library no longer offers museum passes – confirmed 2024
- Mountainside Public Library passes and discounts are available for 4 museums in NJ – confirmed 2024
- New Providence Memorial Library passes and discounts are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY –confirmed 2024
- Plainfield Public Library passes and discounts are available for 11 museums in NY & NJ & PA-confirmed 2024
- Springfield Public Library passes and discounts are available for 3 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
- Summit Free Public Library passes and discounts are available for 19 museums in NJ, PA & NY –confirmed 2024
- Union Public Library passes are available for 27 museums in NY, PA & NJ- confirmed 2024
- Westfield Public Library passes are available for 21 museums in NJ & NY – confirmed 2024
Warren County Library Museum Pass Program
- Catherine Dixon and Headquarters Branch passes are available for 7 museums in NJ & NY & PA –confirmed 2024
Looking for more ways to get into museums for free? Read 10 Ways to Get into Museums for Free!
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!