Three new partners have joined the local library museum pass program: the Abbe Museum, the Dorr Museum, and Land and Garden Preserve. Patrons from the Jesup Memorial Library, Northeast Harbor Library, and Southwest Harbor Public Library can borrow complimentary daily admission passes using their library cards.
New passes for 2025 include the Dorr Museum (Bar Harbor), the Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor), and the Land and Garden Preserve. Land and Garden Preserve passes will be available for the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden (Seal Harbor), as well as the Asticou Azalea and Thuya Gardens both located in Northeast Harbor.
Antonella Mastroianni, the Abbe Museum’s Senior Manager of Visitor Services, says, “The Abbe Museum prioritizes accessibility and takes pride in being a community partner. Because of this, we are excited to collaborate with local libraries to eliminate potential barriers that, for whatever reason, may prevent our community from visiting the museum.”
The other participating local museums in the program include the Maine Granite Industry Museum and Historical Society (Mt. Desert), the Oceanarium (Bar Harbor), Seal Cove Auto Museum (Tremont), and Wendell Gilley Museum (Southwest Harbor).
Contact your local library to reserve or borrow a pass. The Northeast Harbor Library and Southwest Harbor Public Library also offer passes to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Boothbay Harbor), the Maine Discovery Museum (Bangor), the Farnsworth Art Museum (Rockland), and the Portland Museum of Art.
Contact any of these libraries to get more info and to reserve your pass:
Jesup Memorial Library, https://www.jesuplibrary.org/museum-passes, 288-4245, info@jesuplibrary.org.
Northeast Harbor Library, https://nehlibrary.org/services/, 276-3333, talktous@nehlibrary.org.
Southwest Harbor Public Library, https://swhplibrary.org/passes/, 244-7065, circulation@swhplibrary.org.