Museum Pass
Your free entry to art, culture, entertainment and so much more!
MDPLS proudly presents the Museum Pass Program! Just visit your nearest branch, see library staff or search the catalog and use your library card to check one out.
How the pass works
- Pass is good for up to a family of four.*
- Pass is good for one visit.
- Pass is not renewable or available for reserve.
- Pass is valid for seven days from the time of check out and will remain on the customer's record for the duration of the seven day checkout.
- Passes are available on a first‑come, first‑served basis; check availability.
- Pass will not be replaced if lost or stolen.
- Only one pass may be checked out at a time.
- Limited number of passes per branch.
Restrictions may apply including blackout dates or separate admission to special event/exhibits.
- * Deering Estate family of four is two adults and two children ages 4‑14.
- * Fruit & Spice Park family of four is two adults and two children ages 6‑11.
- * Zoo Miami family of four is two adults and two children ages 3‑12.
Museum Pass Partners
The Bass
The Bass is Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum. Focusing on exhibitions of international contemporary art, The Bass presents mid‑career and established artists reflecting the spirit and international character of Miami Beach, along with a vigorous education program for lifelong learning for visitors of all ages.
Restrictions: Passes are valid during regular business hours. Not valid for special events or programs.
Photography by Zachary Balber
Coral Gables Museum
The Coral Gables Museum’s focus is architecture, urban design and planning, sustainable development and preservation—architectural, cultural and environmental. This mission statement is interpreted through a variety of exhibits and programs. The Museum features a wonderful tour program—Saturday morning downtown Coral Gables walking tours, monthly bike tours and monthly canoe tours in addition to a weekly 1 p.m. exhibit tour on Sundays. The Museum building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is LEED Certified by the United States Green Building Council.
The Curtiss Mansion
The Curtiss Mansion, located in scenic Miami Springs, is the former home of famed aviator and inventor Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss is considered the "Father of Naval Aviation" and was once world famous as the "The Fastest Man on Earth." He created over 500 inventions in his lifetime and held over 400 patents! Curtiss was not only influential on the world stage, but also locally. He founded Miami Springs, Hialeah and Opa‑locka, as well as the first Miami airport and the Hialeah Racetrack. The 1925 Pueblo Revival Mansion is currently run by the nonprofit Curtiss Mansion, Inc., and is a Smithsonian recognized National Historic Site. Come enjoy its one hour historical tour every Saturday at 10 a.m. The Curtiss Mansion is kid‑friendly, including a paper scavenger hunt for children to have fun while learning.
Restrictions: Tickets are available for the 10 a.m. Saturday tours only, excluding special events.
Deering Estate
The Deering Estate—a Miami‑Dade County Park—is a 444‑acre natural and archaeological preserve and historic site. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the estate serves as a center for education, culture and recreation. EcoAdventure Tours are also offered throughout the year for an additional fee.
Restrictions: Passes are valid during regular business hours, excluding special events and programs.
* Blackout dates apply.
Fruit & Spice Park
The Fruit & Spice Park hosts more than 500 varieties of fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs, nuts, and other commercially important plant specimens from around the world. Take a guided tour conducted daily at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.
HistoryMiami Museum
HistoryMiami Museum is the premier cultural institution committed to gathering, organizing, preserving and celebrating Miami’s history as the unique crossroads of the Americas. The Museum accomplishes this through exhibitions, city tours, education, research, collections and publications. HistoryMiami connects people by telling the stories of Miami’s communities, individuals, places and events. HistoryMiami includes a Museum, an Archives & Research Center, the Education Center, the South Florida Folklife Center, Miami Circle, City Tours, and the Miami International Map Fair.
Jewish Museum of Florida Florida International University
The mission of the Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU is to collect, preserve and interpret the material evidence of the Florida Jewish experience from when Jews were first allowed to settle in 1763 and up to the present and to interpret this history in the context of the American Jewish experience. A focus is to explore the richness and diversity of Jewish life, the unique ways in which Florida Jews influence and are influenced by the historic and cultural dynamics of Florida, the nation, and the world, and issues of discrimination against all peoples in Florida over history.
The Museum is dedicated to multi‑cultural education and demonstrates through exhibitions, public programs, and a collection of archival materials how the challenges of the immigrant experience are shared by all ethnicities in the diverse State of Florida and the nation.
Lowe Art Museum University of Miami
From its origins in three classrooms in 1950, the history of the Lowe Art Museum reflects an unswerving commitment to fulfill its mission to serve the University of Miami as a teaching resource, and the residents of and visitors to greater Miami as its major general art museum.
The Lowe's success in fulfilling its mission is confirmed by an extraordinary and ongoing outpouring of support for the museum and its collections. With the gift in 1950 by philanthropists Joe and Emily Lowe, a free‑standing museum facility opened to the public in 1952, the first art museum in South Florida. Its 17,500‑object collection is one of the most important in the southeast, with strengths in Renaissance and Baroque, American, Ancient and Native American, and Asian art.
Restrictions: Pass is for general admission at the museum, not valid for preview receptions or special events.
Miami Children's Museum
Founded in 1983, Miami Children’s Museum is dedicated to enriching the lives of all children by fostering a love of learning and enabling children to reach their highest potential. Visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine and create. The 56,500‑square‑foot facility includes 14 galleries, classrooms, and a 200‑seat auditorium. The museum offers hundreds of bilingual, interactive exhibits; programs and classes, including special needs classes; Subway restaurant; KidSmart educational gift shop and learning materials related to arts, culture, community and communication.
Museum of Graffiti
The Museum of Graffiti is the world's first museum dedicated to graffiti art. The Museum of Graffiti exhibits, educates, and celebrates the thousands of graffiti artists who have transformed walls in our public spaces into vibrant masterpieces. The museum is located in the heart of Wynwood. What was once a sleepy industrial neighborhood, Wynwood was transformed by graffiti artists into the largest open‑air gallery in the world. Despite being a global arts destination, the Museum of Graffiti is Wynwood's very first museum. While the main exhibitions are indoors, the Museum has programmed several of the exterior walls to present the work of today's top graffiti artists.
Restrictions: Passes valid for Thursday visits only during regular operating hours. Not valid for special events or programs.
Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum opened in 1977 on the campus of Miami's Florida International University. Initially a gallery of 3,000 square feet, the Frost Art Museum now occupies an architecturally significant building designed by Yann Weymouth, with more than 6,500 works of art and a distinguished exhibition program. A cultural beacon that serves South Florida with world‑class exhibitions and influential educational programs, the Frost Art Museum enhances the University's educational mission as a local and global center of knowledge and culture.
Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science
The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is a leading science museum dedicated to sharing the power of science, sparking wonder and investigation, and fueling innovation for the future. Located in Downtown Miami’s waterfront Museum Park, Frost Science is divided into four buildings, the Frost Planetarium, Aquarium, and North and West Wings, where guests can learn about the core science behind living systems, the solar system and known universe, the physics of flight, light and lasers, the biology of the human body and mind, and much more. Guests can explore the world of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in an experiential setting with interactive exhibitions and unique shows.
Restrictions: Tickets are valid for general admission only, which includes access to the museum’s exhibitions and aquarium. Tickets to Frost Planetarium shows will be available at the museum’s onsite Ticket Center for $5. Special exhibitions may also be available for an additional fee. Tickets are valid for during normal museum operating hours and do not apply to special events.
Museum Park, Downtown Miami
1101 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
305‑434‑9600
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), a 30‑year‑old South Florida institution, opened it's new, state‑of‑the‑art campus in downtown Miami's Museum Park in December 2013. Designed by world‑renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, the new facility is a model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming. Located alongside beautiful Biscayne Bay and adjacent to the 20‑acre Museum Park, PAMM features 200,000 square feet of sprawling galleries, shaded outdoor verandas, a waterfront restaurant and bar, a museum shop, an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces, and more.
PAMM offers free general admission to the public every first Thursday and second Saturday of the month with support from community sponsors. Join PAMM every Thursday evening for a variety of talks, performances and screenings. Third Thursdays, PAMM presents an eclectic range of DJs and musicians for an outdoor music series on the terrace by the bay, free with museum admission.
Museum Park, Downtown Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
305‑375‑3000
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a Miami‑Dade County facility that is accredited by the American Association of Museums and distinguished as a United States National Historic Landmark. With its phenomenal human‑made and natural resources, Vizcaya was built in the 1910's, a decade in which Gilded Age cultural standards were enlivened by the irreverent spirit of the dawning Jazz Age. It also introduces visitors to Miami’s place in this history—a time when America’s wealthiest industrialists created lavish homes inspired by the palaces of Europe.
* Blackout dates apply.
The Wolfsonian Florida International University
The Wolfsonian—FIU is a museum, library, and research center that uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, historical, and technological changes that have transformed our world. The collections comprise approximately 120,000 objects from the period of 1885 to 1945—the height of the Industrial Revolution to the end of the Second World War—in a variety of media including furniture; industrial‑design objects; works in glass, ceramics, and metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals.
Zoo Miami
Zoo Miami is the ideal place for an individual, a couple, or an entire family to spend a day. As a matter of fact, guests can travel the world in one day! They can visit Africa, Asia, the Amazon, and Australia. Zoo Miami consists of 340 developed acres with more than 3,000 animals and over 1,200 plants and trees. Guests can feed camels, giraffes, parrots, tortoises, and a rhino; have animal encounters; meet the keepers during scheduled Meet the Zoo keeper talks; and much more. Zoo Miami has food and drink concession stands throughout and a beautiful gift shop where you can buy that special memento that will bring back wonderful memories of Zoo Miami!
Restrictions: Passes valid for general admission during normal business hours and exclude special events and programs. Children 2 and younger enter free and do not need to be included in the pass count. Passes are to be redeemed at the turnstiles located at the main entrance of the zoo.
* Blackout dates apply.
