Art Research Guide: Museums & Museum Passes

Enjoy the art, culture, and history of numerous local museums. Bentley Library's Museum Pass Program  provides current students, faculty, and staff access to free or discounted admission to the following museums:

• De Cordova Museum (Lincoln, MA)
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)
• Institute of Contemporary Art
• John F. Kennedy Library and Museum (Boston)
• New England Aquarium (Boston)
• Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
• Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)
• Museum of Science (Boston) 
• Zoo New England (Boston & Stoneham, MA)

Museum passes can be booked online or in person at the Library Services desk. In most cases, one pass admits 2 people.

A valid Bentley ID and ID number is required to reserve museum passes. Direct all questions, comments, and suggestions to the Library Services Desk at 781.891.2168 or libraryservices@bentley.edu.

Additional art museums in New England, not on Museum Pass Program.  

• List Visual Arts Center (MIT), Cambridge
• The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham
• Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley
• Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
• Peabody Essex Museum, Salem*
• Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
• MASS MoCA, North Adams
• Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown
• Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, MA)