Free Beach Parking and Museum Passes

 

This summer the Trustees have partnered with Martha's Vineyard Libraries to offer free access to library patrons. Each pass provides one-day free parking and admission for Long Point Wildlife Refuge, or Wasque on Chappaquiddick. The library has one pass for each property for each day of the week. Passes may be checked out for three days and must be returned to the library.

For visits to other Trustees properties statewide, the library also has coupons for free or reduced admission that can be used anytime. For more information about these passes as well as museum passes sponsored by the Friends of the Library, visit: www.vhlibrary.org/passes.shtml

Get Discounts at Museums and Trustees Properties with our Library Pass Program

 

Get Discounts at Museums and Trustees Properties with our Library Pass Program

You can explore and learn more about the Island while enjoying membership benefits and discounts with our library pass program. Patrons with a CLAMS library card can borrow a membership card for free entry to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum for 3 days by coming to the Library’s circulation desk. 

You may also get reduced rates for entry at properties that are part of the Trustees of the Reservation by getting a “Go Pass” ticket, also from our circulation desk. You can then book a reservation for Long Point online (time slots are released every Wednesday for the week beginning Friday) using the promotion code on your ticket for a discount. Mytoi, Wasque and Cape Pogue do not require advance reservation and entry to one allows entry to all. Please show your Go Pass ticket at the entrance for free admission.

The Library is also pleased to be able to offer museum passes to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, both in Boston. For the MFA, please contact our circulation desk to get a promo code for discounted admission at $10 per person for two adults. 

To get discounted admission to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, visit the Library to pick up a coupon that admits up to 4 adults for $5 each (normally $20). While the pass can be used any time, online advance reservations are recommended.

This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library. To learn more about the Friends, please click here.

Free History Class from the Martha's Vineyard Museum!

 Introduction to Martha’s Vineyard History

Tuesdays from 3 PM - 4:30 PM July 19th - Aug 23rd
In-person at the Museum

A fast-paced overview that covers 400 years of Island history, this course takes participants from Bartholomew Gosnold to the present in just six weeks. It explores seldom-told Island stories — why is there a ship buried under Five Corners? why is the deadliest hurricane in Vineyard history nearly forgotten? and what, exactly, happened to Captain Orrock’s clothes? — and examines familiar ones like Grey’s Raid, the whaling era, and Nancy Luce from new angles. MVM research librarian Bow Van Riper uses his storytelling skills and thirty-five years’ experience as a historian, as well as seldom-seen documents and objects from the Museum’s collections, to bring Vineyard history to life.

Thanks to a generous donor, this class is offered free of charge. Space for the class is limited. To register, click here. 

Reduced Admission Passes Available for Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

 

 

 

Thanks to the Friends of the Library and the Martha's Vineyard Library Association, Vineyard Haven Library Patrons may access reduced admission passes to the MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON. 

Contact the library to receive your promo code by emailing vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org. The Library will send you an email with a promo code that provides up to two people (adult or children 7–17) with $10 admission per person (discounted from the regular general admission charge of $25 per person and the regular special exhibition charge of $32 per person).

You may bring the email from the library with the promo code to the Museum to reserve same-day tickets, however visitors are encouraged to reserve their ticket in advance if possible as it will allow for easier admission into the museum when they arrive.

To reserve timed-entry tickets online, go to https://www.mfa.org/tickets

• On the calendar, select the date of your visit.
• Select Admission type ("General Admission", or General Admission + special exhibit if applicable)
• Before selecting an entry time, enter the library Promo Code at the top right corner of the screen, then click Submit.
• Select your entry time.
• Enter 1 or 2 next to library pass.
• Click the checkbox confirming you agree to the Health and Safety Policy*
• Click on Add to Cart
• Click on Go to Order Summary and complete order
• Admission ticket(s) will be sent by email and must be presented upon arrival at the Museum. Tickets do not have to be printed, they may be displayed on a phone or device.
  

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*MFA Health and Safety Policy

All visitors and staff are required to wear masks both inside and outside the building regardless of vaccination status, in accordance with CDC guidelines.

By checking the box, you agree to follow the above guideline, as well as pledge that on the date of your visit you and your party are feeling well and not experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19: fever, cough, chills, and/or difficulty breathing. You also pledge to insure that no one in your party has had COVID-19 in the 14 days prior to your visit date, or been knowingly exposed to a person with COVID-19 in the 14 days prior to your visit date.

Trustees of Reservations "Go Passes" Now Available at the Library!

Vineyard Haven Public Library has partnered with the Trustees of Reservations to provide library patrons the opportunity to get outside and explore places on Martha's Vineyard and elsewhere in Massachusetts.

Trustees "Go Passes" may be picked up at Vineyard Haven Public Library and used at Trustees properties for free or reduced admission. Go Pass admission is equivalent to the admission of a Family level Trustees membership, for two adults and children under 18. Go passes are valid for admission only; not valid for discounts at parking kiosks, stores, cafes, Inns, Campgrounds, special events and programs, on any equipment rental, or in place of any other permits or passes.

The Trustees care for more than 100 special places all around Massachusetts, including Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge and Long Point Wildlife Refuge on Martha's Vineyard. Not every Trustees property charges an admission fee and some fees vary seasonally. For detailed information about admission at each property, please visit thetrustees.org.

Discount Passes for the Museum of Fine Arts

Discount passes for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston are available at the Vineyard Have Public Library, made possible by donations to the Friends of the Library. Each pass provides up to two people with $10 admission per person, redeemable at any MFA ticket desk.* 

Passes are valid for any day the Museum is open, and may be used any time until November 30th, 2018! For more information or to pick up a pass, visit the library Circulation Desk.

*Regular Adult Admission is $25. For youths ages 7–17, admission is free during weekdays after 3 pm, weekends, and Boston public school holidays; otherwise admission for youths is $10. Admission for children 6 and under is always free.

Discount Passes to the Museum of Fine Art Available Now

Discount passes for the Museum of Fine Art in Boston have been made possible again this year by generous donations from the community to the Friends Annual Appeal for the Library. Passes may be picked up at the library and used any time through November 30th, 2014. Each pass will admit up to two visitors at a reduced admission of $10.00 per person, payable at the museum. Passes do not need to be returned to the library. The MFA is free to children ages 7-17 on weekdays after 3pm, weekends, and Boston public school holidays.

Discount Passes to the Museum of Fine Art Available Now

Discount passes for the Museum of Fine Art in Boston have been made possible again this year by generous donations from the community to the Friends Annual Appeal for the Library. Passes may be picked up at the library and used any time through November 30th, 2012. Each pass will admit up to two visitors at a reduced admission of $7.00 per person, payable at the museum. Passes do not need to be returned to the library.

The MFA has recently undergone an historic expansion, opening an expanded Art of the Americas Wing. Catalogs from several current exhibits are also available at the library, including Degas and the Nude, Ellsworth Kelly: Wood Sculpture, and Modernist Photography: 1910–1950.

The MFA is free to children ages 7-17 on weekdays after 3pm, weekends, and public school holidays.