MAP Passes to Museums, Attractions & Parks

MAP Passes offer free or reduced admission to over 40 destinations, and are available to Poughkeepsie Public Library District residents* (*except for the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, see below), who are 18 or older, with a PPLD library card, an email address, and no fines.

*FDR Presidential Library & Museum passes are available to all Mid-Hudson Library System cardholders and can be borrowed here.

Always confirm visiting information and look for exhibit closures on the destination’s website.

Pass Types:

The majority are Printable Passes where you download and print the pass and present upon entry. Select venues will allow you to display the pass digitally on your phone.
The other type is a Pick up/Return pass, that you check out from a library for either 1 day (Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum) OR for 3 days. You return the pass in the Pass Pouch in the book-drop or at the Check-Out Desk.

Pass Use and Guidelines:

You can reserve up to two (2) passes for the same day to combine visits to nearby venues. These may be local places or destinations on getaway trips to the Adirondacks, Albany, Berkshires, Catskills, Connecticut, Hudson Valley area, Massachusetts, New York City, NY State Parks, and New Jersey.
Required Timed-Entry Reservations: Some venues (Olana, MassMoCA, American Museum of Natural History, Trevor Zoo, etc.) require you book a timed entry reservation in addition to using the library pass. Visit the destination website to reserve a tour time, entry time, or special exhibition time.
Always check the destination’s website for visiting information, and listed exhibition closures (such as at the Intrepid Museum or Basketball Hall of Fame).
You can reserve passes up to 60 days in advance.
To reserve a pass: you’ll need your library card barcode. Follow the prompts.
An emailed reservation confirmation will be sent, with the Printable Pass to print out (and information if a venue also accepts a Digital Display on a cell phone).
You’ll receive a reminder email two days before a reservation.
Failure to cancel a pass you do not use may result in suspension of pass privileges. To cancel a reservation, log into the Museum Pass software in the upper-right corner by entering your library card barcode. Go to My Account and you will see your reservations where you can click Cancel.
Late Pick Up/Return Passes will incur $5/day fee. Please be considerate. The pass may be reserved for the day after it is due and can throw off the next person’s reservation.
A pass is considered lost after one week, and you will be billed the cost to replace the pass.

Click either “By Date” or “By Museum,” to create a reservation; click on “learn more” under the museum name for venue descriptions and links to the museum’s website.

Questions? Call the Reference Desk at (845) 485-3445 x 3702.