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Basketball
Hall of Fame
www.hoophall.com
1000 West Columbus Ave. Springfield, MA 01105
(413)781-6500 or 877.4.HOOPLA
Pass provides $5.00 off for 3 adults and $4.00 off for 3
children. With discount, adults $11.99, kids $6.99, under 5
are free.
Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-4
p.m.
Saturday, Sunday 10 a.m.-5
p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Tour the Honors Ring, explore the history of the game, and
test your basketball skills at this interactive museum.
Beardsley Zoo
www.beardsleyzoo.org
1875 Noble Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610 (203)394-6565
Pass admits
2 adults and up to 4 children in the same family (children
under 3 years are free).
Hours: Daily 9am-4pm
World Tropics Building Hours 10:30am-3:30pm
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
The Beardsley Zoo has a proud history of over 75 years as
Connecticut’s only zoo. Committed to the preservation of
endangered animals, it provides a wonderfully wild experience
for Connecticut's families.
The Children's
Museum
(formerly Science Center of West Hartford)
www.thechildrensmuseumct.org
950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford, CT 06119 (860)
231-2824
Pass provides one free
admission with each paid admission. Children under age 2 are
free.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday
12pm-5pm
Closed Mondays except during
holidays and West Hartford school vacation days. Closed
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
Explore hands-on exhibits, fascinating programs, a wildlife
sanctuary, out-of-this-world astronomy presentations and
exciting traveling exhibits.
Children's Museum at Holyoke
www.childrensmuseumholyoke.org
444 Dwight Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 (413) 536-KIDS
Pass provides free admission for up to 6 people per visit
(children under 18 months are free).
Hours: Ask at
Kidspace Desk or call the museum.
A unique setting in which children and adults learn together
about art, science & the world around them.
EarthPlace
www.earthplace.org
10 Woodside Lane, Westport, CT 06881 (203) 227-7253
Pass provides free admission for a family of 4.
Hours: Grounds
7am - dusk
Building 9am-5pm Mon-Sat; 1pm-4pm Sun.
A 62 acre wildlife sanctuary including trails, gardens, live
animal exhibits, indoor nature play areas, nature lab &
wildlife dioramas.
Eric
Carle Museum www.picturebookart.org
125
West Bay Road, Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 658-1100
Pass provides free admission for 2 adults and up to 4 children
per visit (children under 12 months are free).
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm
Sundays Noon-4pm
Closed
Mondays
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a new museum
celebrating the art of the picture book. Founded by Eric Carle
and his wife Barbara, the Museum collection includes picture
book art from around the world, and will have as its core the
work of Eric Carle.
Lutz
Children's Museum
www.lutzmuseum.org
247 S. Main St., Manchester, CT 06040 (860) 643-0949
Pass provides free admission for one family.
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday & Sunday Noon-5pm
Closed
Mondays & Holidays.
Lutz offers participatory exhibits for pre-school and
elementary school aged children. In addition to two
galleries, it offers a permanent live animal exhibit.
Mystic Aquarium
www.mysticaquarium.org
55 Coogan Blvd., Mystic, CT 06355-1997 (860) 572-5955
Pass provides reduced
admission for 2 adults & 2 children:
Adults - $13.50 (Reg. $17.50), Children - $9.50 (Reg. $12.50)
July – Sept.4: Adults - $15.75, Children - $11.25
Children age 2 and under are free.
Hours:
September - December and February - June
Daily 9am-6pm
December - February
Weekdays 10am-5pm
Weekends & Holidays 9am-6pm
July - Labor Day
Sunday-Thursday 9am-7pm
Friday & Saturday 9am-6pm
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Embark upon an exciting adventure that will take you from
shallow sunlit seas to the dark reaches of the deep ocean.
Exhibits include: "Swamp Things", "Beluga & Penguin Contact",
"Sharks:Predator/Prey", "Frogs!" and many more.
New England Air Museum
www.neam.org
Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT 06096
(860) 623-3305
Pass provides $5 admission for 2 adults (ages 12 & up) & free
admission for 2 children (ages 6-11), children 5 & under free.
Hours: Daily 10am-5pm
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's Day.
View fascinating exhibits on such diverse topics as the
History of Sikorsky Aircraft, Early French Aviation, a History
of Air Mail, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Mollisons, and
many others.
Peabody Museum of Natural
History
www.peabody.yale.edu
170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven (203) 432-5050
Adults $7, Seniors (65+) $6 & Children (3-18) $5.
Pass provides $5 discount on above prices for each admission
up to 4 people.
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 12pm-5pm
Closed Jan. 1, Easter, July 4, Thanksgiving & Dec. 24-5.
Exhibits include the Great Hall of Dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt,
habitat dioramas, Native American Cultures and minerals.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 1pm-5pm
Open Mondays in July, August & Holidays.
Displays a replica of Eastern Woodland Indian longhouse, a
wildlife attraction area, outdoor flight cages, and a small
collection of live animals.
Springfield Library and Museums
www.quadrangle.org
220 State St., Springfield, MA 01103 (413) 263-6800
Includes George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield
Science Museum,
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum,
Museum of
Fine Arts
Pass provides
free admission for 2 adults and 2 children (children under 6
are free).
Hours:
Tuesday-Friday Noon-4pm
Saturday & Sunday 11am-4pm
Additional hours during school vacations.
Dr. Seuss
National Memorial Sculpture Garden
Hours:
Daily 7am-8pm
Life-size statues
of Dr. Seuss and his characters greet you at the Sculpture
Garden on the Quadrangle. In the four museums you'll discover
art, live animals, world culture, science exhibits, regional
history exhibits and even a planetarium!
State Parks and Forests
www.ct.gov/dep
Provides vehicle entrance or parking fees for private
passenger vehicles carrying fewer than 12 passengers at
Connecticut State Parks and Forest Recreation areas. It also
covers entrance fees for 2 adults and up to 4 children at
Dinosaur, Trumbull and Gillette Castle State Parks.
Check web site for park hours. April 15 – Oct. 8
Wadsworth
Atheneum
www.wadsworthatheneum.org
600 Main St., Hartford, CT 06103 (860) 278-2670
Pass provides free admission for 2 adults and 2 children (ages
13-17.) Children under 12 are free.
Hours:
Wednesday-Friday 11am-5pm
Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm
Closed Mondays & Tuesdays
First Thursday of most months open until 8pm.
Closed
July
4th,
Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's Day.
Explore the wonderful fine and decorative arts at
America's oldest
public art museum, established in 1842.
Windsor
Historical Society
www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org
96 Palisado
Avenue, Windsor, CT 06095 (860) 688-3813
Pass provides free admission for 2 adults & 2 children.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm
Closed major holidays
See how Windsor's
townspeople lived in the 1630's to the 1950's. Your kids can
"prepare" a colonial dinner, or "milk" the cow in our
Hands-On-History Learning Center.
PROCEDURES FOR BORROWING PASSES
KIDSPACE 285-1914
AVAILABILITY
Only Windsor
residents may reserve passes up to 1 month in advance.
Non-residents need to use same day service. Same day service
is handled on a first come, first serve basis regardless of
residency status. One pass per day per family.
Generally,
passes are used most heavily during summer months, so please
consider other patrons before booking any given pass more than
once during the summer.
CHECK OUT/ RETURN
Passes may be
picked up after 10 a.m. and must be returned either by closing
on the same day or in the book drop before 8 a.m. the
following day.
WEEKEND USE:
Passes will be due back in the book drop before 8 a.m. Monday.
OVERDUE & LOSS
Overdue fee is
$10.00 per day if pass is not returned on time.
Patrons are responsible for the full purchase price in the
event a pass is lost. These costs range from $65 to $250.
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