Thanks Melody113 for posting about this spectacular freebie in the Canadian Freebies & Samples Section.
Starting on March 7th, 2009 all of Toronto’s 99 Public Libraries will be giving out FREE passes to most of Toronto’s museums and art galleries.
With the Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Pass (MAP), you and your family can explore the best of Toronto’s arts and cultural treasures for free. With a valid adult Toronto Public Library card, you can borrow a MAP for your family at any Toronto Public Library branch. Quantities are limited and borrowing rules apply.
Sun Life Financial Museum + Arts FREE Pass Program Participating Venues:
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Bata Shoe Museum
- Black Creek Pioneer Village
- Casa Loma
- City of Toronto Historic Museums, including:
- Colborne Lodge in High Park
- Fort York National Historic Site
- Gibson House Museum
- Mackenzie House
- Montgomery’s Inn
- Scarborough Historical Museum
- Spadina Museum
- Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre
- Gardiner Museum
- Museum of Inuit Art
- Ontario Science Centre
- Royal Ontario Museum
- Textile Museum of Canada
Borrowing Rules
A valid adult Toronto Public Library card is all that you need to borrow a Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Pass (MAP) for your family.
- One pass per valid adult library card per week – each pass admits one family. Patrons cannot borrow more than one pass at per week.
- Admission parameters vary by organisation, but most venues provide access for up to two adults and up to four children during regular operating hours. The back of each pass specifies details and restrictions. Each pass is good for one visit only.
- Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Passes cannot be renewed or reserved. They are available only on a first-come, first-served basis in limited quantities.
- You can borrow passes to any of the participating venues, and you can borrow them more than once.
- Passes do not have to be returned to the Library but instead are surrendered at the venue. There are no overdue fines or fees on the Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Pass.
Click here for more details on this Toronto Free Pass promo
thanks!
Is it possible to obtain a Toronto library card without living in Toronto?
Kathy, yes you can! 🙂 But you have to either work, go to school or own property in Toronto. Otherwise you’d have to pay a membership fee.
WOW!!! That’s a fantastic freebie!! Thank you 🙂
Correction: The pass for ROM , Ontario Science Center and Casa Loma are available only at select locations on a first come/first served basis. These locations are in economically disadvantaged sections of Toronto and intended (though not explicitly stated) for disadvantaged kids living in those areas. Please leave the passes for people who need them.
GOOD ACTIVITY BY SUN LIFE SCIENCE.
If you cannot prove with a bill/payslip/professional business card (not the laser copier kind) that you work/live in Toronto, you are looking at paying $25 for a three-month use of your card as a non-resident. However, the fee allows you all the borrowing privileges as a regular user. I paid the fee to use the card for the last three months I was working in the city.
I knew the MAP program was offered at certain TPL locations but that it had expanded to all 99 branches. Given the economy, many families appreciate a free outing to some of the venues that could not afford for more than one person if possible.
I meant to say it is news to me that MAP is now available throughout the TPL system.
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