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Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Pass

Your journey through arts and culture in Toronto starts at the Library.

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.

Each week, new passes are distributed on Saturday mornings, with the exception of the following branches:

Barbara Frum: Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
City Hall: Mondays at 10 a.m.
Maria A. Shchuka: Thursdays at 7 p.m.
Forest Hill: Thursdays at 6 p.m.
Urban Affairs: Fridays at 9:30 a.m.

On Saturdays in April, five of Toronto's top museums will bring programs and events to library branches around the city. See Upcoming Programs below. For more family programming this April, visit Keep Toronto Reading.

Where Can I Visit?

As of Saturday, March 7^th, 2009, the following passes will be available at all 99 Toronto Public Library branches:

	Pass admits two adults and up to five children under age 18. Five passes available per branch per week. Excludes March Break.
Art Gallery of Ontario

	Pass admits two adults and up to four children under age 18. Five passes available per branch per week. Excludes March Break and Family Day.
The Bata Shoe Museum

	Pass admits two adults and up to two children under age 15. Three passes available per branch per week. Black Creek will be open from March 13 - 21 and from May 1 - Dec. 23, 2010
Black Creek Pioneer Village

	Pass admits two adults and up to three children under age 18. Five passes available per branch per week. Excludes March Break.
Gardiner Museum

	Pass admits two adults and up to three children under age 12. Three passes available per branch per week.
Museum of Inuit Art

	Pass admits two adults and up to three children under age 12. Five passes available per branch per week.
Textile Museum of Canada

	Colborne Lodge in High Park Fort York National Historic Site Fort York unavailable during March Break, from Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19 Gibson House Museum Mackenzie House Montgomery's Inn Scarborough Museum Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre Pass admits two adults and up to two children under age 14. Five passes available per branch per week.
City of Toronto's Historic Museums
Science Centre, Casa Loma, and ROM Passes The following passes are also available at select library branches (see below for a list of branches):
	Pass admits two adults and three children under age 17. Five passes per week available at 32 branches. Not valid for OMNIMAX presentations, parking or separately priced exhibitions.
Ontario Science Centre

	Pass admits two adults and two children under age 14. Three passes per week available at 32 branches. Excludes Christmas and March Break.
Casa Loma

	Pass admits two adults and two children under age 14. Five passes per week available at 32 branches.
Royal Ontario Museum

Branches offering Science Centre, ROM and Casa Loma passes:

Agincourt Branch^*	Maria A. Shchuka Branch
Albert Campbell Branch	McGregor Park Branch
Albion Branch	Morningside Branch
Barbara Frum Branch	Mount Dennis Branch
Bendale Branch	Parkdale Branch
Bridlewood Branch	Parliament Branch
Cedarbrae Branch	Richview Branch
Centennial Branch	S. Walter Stewart Branch
Dawes Road Branch	St. James Town Branch
Eatonville Branch	Sanderson Branch
Flemingdon Park Branch	Steeles Branch
Humber Summit Branch	Thorncliffe Branch
Jane/Sheppard Branch	Victoria Village Branch
Kennedy Eglinton Branch	Weston Branch
Lillian H. Smith Branch	Woodview Park Branch
Malvern Branch	York Woods Branch

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.
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.

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Upcoming Programs

For more information about these programs, contact the program's branch.
Programs are on a first come, first serve basis unless a registration requirement is noted in the program description.