Above: The Southborough Library offers passes to many venues for some great day trips this summer — including places to keep dry from the rain (photos by Beth & Joao Melo)
With so much rain in the forecast, the start of summer vacation may seem like a downer. But thanks to the many great museum passes the Southborough Library offers, there’s a lot of options for entertaining yourselves and kids at discounted prices. (Plus, parks/outdoor venues for when the rain clears up.)
The latest addition to their offerings is a pass for Battleship Cove.
The passes cover a variety of museums for all age groups and interests:
- Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield
- Battleship Cove, Fall River
- Boston Children’s Museum
- Boston Harbor Islands Ferry, Boston (seasonal)*
- Danforth Museum, Framingham
- Davis Farmland, Sterling (seasonal)
- Discovery Museum, Acton
- EcoTarium, Worcester
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
- Mass. State Parks
- Mass. State Police Museum & Learning Center, Whitinsville
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Museum of Russina Icons, Clinton
- Museum of Science, Boston
- New England Aquarium, Boston
- Salem Witch Museum, Salem
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston
- Trustees Go Pass
- Access/parking at many of The Trustees of Reservations properties
- Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
- Decordova Sculpture Park
- Fruitlands Museum
- USS Constitution Museum, Boston
- Zoo New England
- Franklin Park Zoo
- Stone Zoo, Stoneham
Please note that several passes need to be returned by 10am the next day the library is open. (Since the Library is closed on weekends for July & August, one taken out on Friday this summer is due by 10:00 am on Monday.)
You can find details and reserve passes through the library’s website pass manager. Or you can make reservations by calling 508-485-5031 during library hours.
Most of the passes (including for Battleship Cove) are made possible through funding from the Friends of the Southborough Library. The Southborough Gardeners sponsor the Tower Hill pass.
*The Boston Harbor pass is only available certain days of the week, and the online reservation system wasn’t working yesterday to show those dates. The Library is looking into that, but in the meantime you can contact them directly to make use of it.
