“Museum Adventure Pass presented by Macy’s”

Debuts October 25, 2007

 

In a first-of-its-kind partnership in Greater Detroit, Macy’s, Detroit Metro area libraries and the Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan present the “Museum Adventure Pass, presented by Macy’s”.

Beginning October 25, the “Museum Adventure Pass presented by Macy’s” will be available at all 162 public libraries located in Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. Library card holders can receive up to four complimentary passes to 25 of Southeast Michigan’s world-class arts and cultural institutuions. Each library branch, as well as book mobiles, will have 5 passes for each of the participating organizations available for checking out. Library card holders who check out a Museum Adventure Pass will receive a comprehensive brochure about the program, and can go online to www.detroitadventurepass.org to find a list of suggested readings, tapes and DVD’s to complement their museum experience.

How it Works

Library users with a valid library card from one of the three participating library co-op systems, can check out a Museum Adventure Pass at any one of the 162 Greater Detroit area public library locations. Library users will receive a museum admission pass for the organization they plan to visit. The museum admission pass is handed in at the box office of the participating organization for free admission for two or four people. Each Museum Adventure Pass expires withing one week of the check out date. For more information, call or visit you local libary, or log on to www.detroitadventurepass.org.

Participating Locations

Arab American National Museum

Automotive Hall of Fame

Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Cranbrook Art Museum

Cranbrook House & Garden

Cranbrook Institute of Science

Detroit Children’s Museum

Detroit Historical Museum

Detroit Institute of Arts   Begins November 28, 2007

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

Grosse Pointe Historical Society

Henry Ford Estate

The Henry Ford, Rouge Plant Tour

Howell Nature Center

Macomb Cultural Center

Motown Historical Museum

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Paint Creek Center for the Arts

Pewabic Pottery

Plymouth Historical Museum

Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hossen Farm

University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History

Ypsilanti Historical Museum