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Visit a New Jersey or NY Museum for FREE with a Library Museum Pass

May 5, 2021

Want to play tourist in Sussex County and neighboring areas? Sussex County Library and Sparta Library card-holders can reserve a Museum Pass to several New Jersey and nearby New York attractions for FREE!


How to Get your FREE Museum Passes


Sussex County Library Museum Passes

  • Museum passes can be reserved up to one month in advance of the desired date.
  • Museum passes are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
  • Only one pass can be signed out per household at any given time.
  • Reservations may be made in-person or by calling the host library for each pass.
  • Passes go out for up to 7 days and must be returned directly to the lending location.

Sparta Library Museum Passes


Museum Passes Available NOW


American Museum of Natural History

  • 200 Central Park West, NY 10024
  • (212) 769-5100
  • Admits 2 general admission visitors including show/exhibit
  • Available for reservation at Sparta Library

Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum Complex

  • One Intrepid Square, 12th Avenue & 46th Street, NY 10036
  • (646) 381-5030
  • Admits 2 adults and 2 children access to the museum. (Available for reservation at Sparta Library)
  • Admits up to 6 visitors for the Intrepid Museum, Space Shuttle Pavilion, and Submarine Growler (Currently unavailable for reservation at Sussex County Libraries)

Montclair Art Museum

  • 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
  • (973) 746-5555
  • Admits 2 adults and all children in the household ages 17 and under (Available for reservation at Sparta Library)
  • Admits 2 adults and all children in the household ages 17 and under (Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sussex County Libraries)

Morris Museum

  • 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960
  • (973) 971-3700
  • Admits up to 2 adults and 3 children (Available for reservation at Sparta Library)
  • Admits up to 2 adults and 3 children (Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sussex County Libraries)

Newark Museum

  • 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
  • (973) 596-6550
  • Admits 2 adults and all children in the household ages 17 and under
  • Available for reservation at Louis Childs Branch Library

Storm King Art Center

  • 1 Museum Road, New Windsor, NY 12553
  • (845) 534-3115
  • Admits 2 adults and all children in the same household under age 18 (Available for reservation at Sparta Library)
  • Admits 2 adults and up to 4 children under age 18 (Available for reservation at Sussex Wantage Branch Library)
  • The reservation process varies by library.

Museums Passes Temporarily Unavailable

Be sure to check the library reservation systems often as availability is subject to change!


Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

  • 990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
  • (718) 623-7200
  • Admits 2 adults and all children in the household under 17
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library

Children's Museum of Manhattan

  • The Tisch Building, 212 West 83rd Street, NY 10024
  • (212) 721-1223
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library

The Frick Collection

  • 1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
  • (212) 288-0700
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library

Grounds for Sculpture

  • 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, NJ 08619
  • (609) 586-0616
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library

Imagine That Museum

  • 4 Vreeland Road, Florham, NJ 07932
  • (973) 966-8000
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library

Morris Parks Historic Sites

  • 300 Mendham Road, Morris Township, NJ 07960
  • (973) 326-7600
  • Admits 2 adults and 3 children to Cooper Gristmill, Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, and Historic Speedwall
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sussex County Libraries

New York Transit Museum

  • 99 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
  • (718) 694-1600
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library

Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

  • 2352 Route 10 West, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
  • (973) 540-0311
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library

South Street Seaport Museum

  • 12 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038
  • (212) 748-8600
  • Temporarily unavailable for reservation at Sparta Library