MAP Passes are available to Poughkeepsie Public Library District library card holders * who are 18 years of age or older, have a valid email address, and have no outstanding fines. *Passes to FDR Presidential Library & Museum are available to all Mid-Hudson Library System card holders.
Book up to two (2) passes on same day to combine visits to nearby venues. These may be local places or destinations on getaway trips to the Adirondacks, Albany, Berkshires, Boston, CT coastline, Danbury or Hartford, NYC, Springfield, and Vermont.
Always confirm hours and visiting information on destination’s website.
Failure to cancel a pass you do not use may result in suspension of pass privileges.
Pass Types: Printable passes, called Print on Demand. Physical passes, called Pick up/Return.
Print on Demand passes: Reserve for day of visit and marked “Closed” when Destination is closed. Always check their hours. Print pass when reserving at home or contact the Library to print it for you after reserving pass. Take the printed pass to entrance on specific date printed on the pass.
Pick Up/Return passes: Reserve for day of pick up and marked “Closed” when Library is closed. On holidays a venue may be open, but Library closed, so reserve a day early. Check out pass (inside pouch) for three (3) days including pick-up date, day to use pass, and day to return.
- Library card barcode must match reservation at check-out.
- Return to library branch where checked out, and you may use Book Drop to return.
- A $5.00 per day fine if returned after due date (okay to use drop box after closing time).
- If not returned within one week, pass is considered lost, and a replacement cost fined.
When Reserving: Reserve up to 60 days in advance. Under the date, find destination and request. You’ll need library card’s barcode. Follow the prompts. You’ll receive confirmation email and a reminder email 2 days before a reservation. You may add a Text reminder. For Print on Demand passes, select “Print Pass” to print from home and bring to destination on date printed on pass.
Cancelling a Pass Reservation: Use “My Passes” button by logging in with library card barcode, and clicking on pass to cancel, or call the Library. If reservation is in 24 hours or less, “My Passes” directs you to call the Library to cancel for you. Failure to cancel a pass, so that others may use it, may result in a suspension of reservation privileges.
Questions? Call the Reference Desk at (845) 485-3445 x 3702.
Re-opened March 2022 under new management (not part of NECM & Museum of Fire History since 2021). Rides $2 each. Hours are Friday 4:00-8:00 pm; Sat. & Sun 12:00-5:00 pm. Library membership not yet available.
Admits: Four people for free admission and unlimited rides on The Bushnell Park Carousel (Hartford, CT) and to the New England Carousel Museum (includes carousel rides) and Museum of Fire History (both Bristol, CT - address below). The 1914 vintage carousel has 48 hand carved wooden horses and two chariots that swirl around a booming Wurlitzer band organ and is housed in a 24 sided pavilion.
Hours: Bushnell Park Carousel only: January: Sat. & Sun, 11 – 5 PM; February & March closed; April – June: Sat. & Sun, 11 – 5 PM; July – August: Wed – Sun, 11 – 5 PM; Sept – Nov: Sat. & Sun, 11 – 5 PM; Dec.: Wed – Sun 11 – 5 PM. Closed: Bushnell Park Carousel only: January, M-F. All February & March. April – June, M-F. July-August, Monday & Tuesday. Sept – Nov, M-F, and Dec. Monday & Tuesday. Christmas Day & New Year’s Day. Closed during severe weather.
Address - New England Carousel Museum and Museum of Fire History is 95 Riverside Avenue, Route 72, Bristol CT 06010.
Print pass when reservation is made. To re-print pass: Login to "My Passes" with Library's barcode. Click on "Pass Info Center" and click on "View Pass Info" to display. To print, right click mouse, select print.
Re-opened March 2022 under new management (not part of NECM & Museum of Fire History since 2021). Rides $2 each. Hours are Friday 4:00-8:00 pm; Sat. & Sun 12:00-5:00 pm. Library membership not yet available.
Admits: Four people for free admission and unlimited rides on The Bushnell Park Carousel (Hartford, CT) and to the New England Carousel Museum (includes carousel rides) and Museum of Fire History (both Bristol, CT - address below). The 1914 vintage carousel has 48 hand carved wooden horses and two chariots that swirl around a booming Wurlitzer band organ and is housed in a 24 sided pavilion.
Hours: Bushnell Park Carousel only: January: Sat. & Sun, 11 – 5 PM; February & March closed; April – June: Sat. & Sun, 11 – 5 PM; July – August: Wed – Sun, 11 – 5 PM; Sept – Nov: Sat. & Sun, 11 – 5 PM; Dec.: Wed – Sun 11 – 5 PM. Closed: Bushnell Park Carousel only: January, M-F. All February & March. April – June, M-F. July-August, Monday & Tuesday. Sept – Nov, M-F, and Dec. Monday & Tuesday. Christmas Day & New Year’s Day. Closed during severe weather.
Address - New England Carousel Museum and Museum of Fire History is 95 Riverside Avenue, Route 72, Bristol CT 06010.
Print pass when reservation is made. To re-print pass: Login to "My Passes" with Library's barcode. Click on "Pass Info Center" and click on "View Pass Info" to display. To print, right click mouse, select print.