All that sightseeing can get expensive, but to get into almost 20 Arizona destinations for free, all you need is a library card.
The Culture Pass program offers free admission to popular museums and tourist destinations around the state. Passes can be checked out at local libraries. Each pass is good for two free admissions to the attraction. Once the pass is checked out, you've got seven days to use it. The selection depends on which attractions' passes are already checked out. More than 175 libraries across the state offer the program.
“Families looking to explore Arizona are in luck,” Anne Osborne, Act One Culture Pass manager, said in a statement. “Not only do we have exciting activities to explore in the Valley, but we also have excellent community partners across the state from as far north as Flagstaff to as far south as Tucson and everything in between.There are so many opportunities to take day trips and discover everything these cultural centers and museums have to offer all for the cost of just a tank of gas.”
You can find Culture Passes for the following attractions at Valley libraries:
- Arcosanti, Mayer
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
- Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park, Globe
- Cave Creek Museum, Cave Creek
- Desert Botanical Garden
- Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg
- Gilbert Historical Museum, Gilbert
- The Heard Museum
- Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff
- Phoenix Art Museum
- Reid Park Zoo, Tucson
- River of Time Museum & Exploration Center, Fountain Hills
- S'edav Va'aki Museum
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale
- Sedona Heritage Museum, Sedona
- Superstition Mountain Museum, Apache Junction
- The Arb at Flagstaff, Flagstaff
- University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
- Verde Valley Archaeological Center, Camp Verde
