BRATTLEBORO — Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro is offering its cardholders passes to selected local area museums.
“This service just seemed to be something we needed to do for Brattleboro, which is an arts and cultural community,” said Library Director Jerry Carbone.
In addition, Carbone noted, the economic recession is forcing people to take stay-at-home vacations, and this service will help families' vacation dollars go further.
Most museums offer passes that allow library cardholders either free or reduced admission through their doors.
Any of twelve passes can be checked out by borrowers for three days, and can be reserved in advance online at www.brooks.lib.vt.us, or by calling the library at 802-254-5290.
The online reservation system is easy to use. Just click Museum Passes. Then, find the pass you want to borrow for the dates you want it, click on Details to see the pass regulations, and then click on Reserve Pass. You will be sent a confirmation email and a reminder that you have a pass reserved.
The Friends of Brooks Memorial Library, a support and advocacy group for the library, provides funding for the passes, which include entry to the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center (courtesy of the Museum); Historic Deerfield; Mass MoCA; Springfield (Mass.) Museums; Norman Rockwell Museum; the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Bennington Museum; the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center; Shelburne Museum; and Vermont State Parks and Vermont Historic Sites (both of which are provided courtesy of the Vermont Department of Libraries, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, & Recreation, and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.)
The Library is open Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday, 1 to 6 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, contact Brooks Memorial Library at 802-254-5290 or at brattlib@brooks.lib.vt.us.