Please read before booking a pass!
- Museum passes are limited to Wilmington residents who have a valid Wilmington library card in good standing (less than $10 in fines per MVLC policy).
- Our reservation system will ask for a library barcode number in addition to a PIN, which is the last four digits of the phone number given at registration.
- Passes are limited to one per family per day.
- During school vacation weeks, passes are limited to one per family per week.
- Passes may be booked up to 60 days in advance. Users are limited to eight passes during this time period. If a museum pass has been booked, that museum pass may not be booked for another date until the first booking has passed.
- Passes may be picked up at the Check Out desk the day before use. Please pick up your pass by 11:00 a.m. on the day of use.
- We only have one pass per museum per day. Please cancel pass online (after the first 24 hours) if unable to use as others may be waiting. You may cancel at any time by calling the library.
- Passes must be returned in the outside bookdrop by 8:30 a.m. the following day. The passes which must be returned are marked on the museum pass folder. Dated coupon passes are collected at the museum and do not need to be returned. Late fee is $10 per day with a $30 maximum.
Cancelling passes:
You may cancel at any time by calling the library.
Passes may also be cancelled online. Go to Reserve Museum Passes, click on "My Passes" (under calendar on right). If it has been less than 24 hours since you reserved the pass, you must call the library to cancel.
Museum passes are funded by the following community organizations. Thank you!
Aquarium - Sons of Italy
Museum of Science - Community Fund
Children's Museum - Women of Wilmington
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Fine Arts - Arts Council
Discovery Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Zoo New England, and Annual Parks Pass - Friends of the Library
