If you live in New York City, you'll be happy to know that your library card can now get you into some of the city's most celebrated museums—for free. Thanks to Culture Pass, a new initiative launched by three New York City libraries, residents can enjoy 33 of its most popular cultural institutions without purchasing tickets.

So, how does it work? By simply logging onto the Culture Pass website, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Public Library, and New York Public Library cardholders are able to use their credentials to score reservations to a collection of cultural sites. In addition to major museums like the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, the Met, and the Guggenheim, Culture Pass users can visit public gardens, historical houses, and heritage centers across the city.

Of course, like any program, Culture Pass has its stipulations. Cardholders must be over the age of 13 and live in New York State or work or study in New York City to be eligible. Additionally, participants can only have two active reservations per library card and are granted one pass per institution annually. So, if you reserve a pass but can't make the booking, you won't be able to obtain a pass to that location until the following year. Our advice: choose wisely!

If you are interested in this initiative but don't have a card from the Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Public Library, or New York Public Library, you can apply for one on their respective websites.

Have a New York public library card and ready to book a visit? These 33 New York City museums are participating in the exciting new Culture Pass program:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Museum

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Children's Museum of the Arts

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Drawing Center

The Frick Collection

Historic Richmond Town

International Center of Photography

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

The Jewish Museum

Louis Armstrong House

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Morgan Library & Museum

Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1

Museum of Chinese in America

Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Museum of the City of New York

New York Transit Museum

Noguchi Museum

Queens Historical Society

Queens Museum

Rubin Museum of Art

SculptureCenter

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

Society of Illustrators

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Sugar Hill Children's Museum

Wave Hill

Whitney Museum of American Art

All images via the New York Public Library.

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