Author: Erica Leblang

Did you know that the library’s Museum Discount Passes include free parking passes to Massachusetts State Parks, and discounts to high-demand Trustees of Reservations properties like World’s End in Hingham? Check out the Trustees’ Suggested Day Trips in Massachusetts or explore the list of parks,...

Did you know that the MFA offers behind-the-scenes peeks at their art conservation practices? Sign up for one of the library’s Museum Discount Passes and take a tour or attend a gallery talk with the Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s conservation team. Coming up...

The library is out of solar eclipse viewing glasses, but you can still view the event! WBZ News has instructions for three DIY eclipse viewers. Stay safe and enjoy the eclipse!

Build it! Fly it! Sail it! Borrow a Museum Discount Pass and learn about wind power at the USS Constitution Museum this April. Tuesday, April 16, join the Kite Workshop and learn about kite history and the science of kite flying. Wednesday, the 17th,...

Calling all dinosaur enthusiasts! Borrow a Museum Discount Pass to learn about dinosaurs- and about how our ideas about them have changed over the years. Visit the life-size T. Rex at the model and fossil collection at the Museum of Science: “Here, through fossils...

Take advantage of the library’s Museum Discount Pass program to visit the Institute of Contemporary Art this February and view the exhibit Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today. From icaboston.org: “The exhibition is anchored in the concept of diaspora, the dispersal of...

Reserve the library’s Museum Discount Pass for the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill any time during the month of November and search the Garden for garden gnomes! From New England Botanic Garden: “The gnomes are back and this time they brought a few more friends! Standing over 2-feet-tall and 60-pounds,...