Free Passes to Local Museums and Parks
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Passes are available to any Pillsbury Free Library cardholder. To request a pass, contact the library at 603-456-2289 or via our contact page. For New Hampshire State Parks and for some museums, we can email you a pass to print. We strongly suggest you also reserve in advance for shows or tours, especially during school vacations.
We also have nature discovery kits in backpacks for children and adults. The children’s pack created by Sandra Martin for the Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum‘s Medicine woods trail has activities designed to get children engaged in observing the natural world. The Library Nature bags contain durable featherweight weatherproof identification guides for anything from animals to trees to bugs. The seashore bag includes beachcomber guides to shells and shore-land plants and animals. Check one out when you borrow our NH State Parks Pass or just want to go hiking.
New Hampshire State Parks
NH State Parks – Rollins State Park is the closest, at the top of Kearsarge Mountain Rd. This pass provides entry to most NH State parks for 2 adults and up to 4 children, normally $4 per adult, $2/child. NOT valid at Wallis Sands, Hampton Beach State Park, Flume Gorge, or Cannon Mountain Tramway, camping fees, or metered parking. .
Park updates are sometimes posted at https://www.facebook.com/NewHampshireStateParks/
You can make reservations in advance at www.nhstateparks.org/planning/day-use-reservations
NH Parks Patron Reservation instructions (pdf)
Museums
Pass: Free entry to the Center for up to 8 people per day; Planetarium shows are $7 extra per person. www.starhop.com/
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (& Planetarium) The biggest space museum in the Northeast, now includes most of the Mt. Washington Observatory Center collection and a Science Playground (seasonal). Located at N.H. Technical Institute, Concord, NH. HOURS: Check starhop.com for current details.
New England Aquarium, Boston. June 1 – August 29, 2025. Coupon for 1/2 price entry WEEKDAYS with date-specific coupon for up to 4 people. Age 2 and under free.
No reservation required (but reservation IS recommended for any extra people going for full price). Whale watch and movies not included in discount. https://www.neaq.org/visit/directions-and-parking/
Museum of Science in Boston. One pass allows four (4) visitors to enter the Museum at a discounted rate of 50% off per person. Children under 3 enter free. One pass per day.
https://www.mos.org/Museum of Science Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 617-723-2500 (daily, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) or day-of by presenting the pass at the Box Office. https://www.mos.org/visit/directions
Our MFA special promo code reduces the entrance fee to $10 per person over 6 yrs old (usual cost for adults is $27, or $34 if exhibits included). mfa.org/visit
Go to mfa.org/tickets, select the date and enter the promo code, then select library pass tickets. Contact the library for the code. To get in-person tickets at MFA, bring an email from the library with the code.
Free Tours of the Extreme Mount Washington Museum on the summit, for 2 adults and 3 children (usually $17 non-members). All season, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm – except Wednesdays. Reserve ahead! Trip to summit not included. Contact library for code.
Cog Railway tickets: Buy One Get One Free (June–July weekdays)
Or Mount Washington Auto Road admission – one passenger free (June).
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester.
The Library pass enables HALF PRICE entry for up to 4 adults and unlimited children per day (2 adults per pass, two passes allowed per day) 12 and younger are free. Entry to the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Zimmermann House, and Usonian Automatic is NOT included. Note: on the second Saturday of each month admission is free for NH residents.
John Hay Estate at the Fells
456 Route 103A in Newbury, NH. Library passes enable free admission and house tours for two adults and any children in the household. Multiple passes may be used per day.
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
18 Highlawn Road, Warner N.H. Pass: Free entry for up to 2 people per pass, 3 passes available per day. May through mid-October. Does not cover special workshops or pow-wows. Hours: Mon. through Sat., 10 am to 4 pm, Sundays, noon to 4 pm.
New Hampshire Telephone Museum
One Depot St., Warner N.H. Pass gets Free entry for up to 2 people per pass, 2 passes available per day to this charming history museum includes free parking and entry to the Warner Firefighters’ Museum. Open Tues. thru Sat. May -October, and Tuesday and Saturday. Hours: 10 am to 4 pm weekdays, 10 to 2 pm Saturdays or by appointment in March-April and Nov-December. Closed Jan and Feb except for groups by appointment.
Warner Firefighter’s Museum
Located under the N.H. Telephone Museum. As of July 2025, free access and Tours are available certain Saturdays 10 am – 3 pm from the door near the bell in the parking area of the Telephone Museum. On other days, there is access via the Telephone Museum when open, by arrangement. Created to preserve 172 years of Warner’s firefighting history, the museum has a wide assortment of artifacts.