Did You Know? Services Noted by the New Haven Free Public Library
- The Yale Peabody Museum is free (donations accepted) on Thursday afternoons from 2-5 from September to June.
- The New Haven Free Public Library offers passes for free or discounted admission to Mystic Aquarium, Beardsley Zoo and more museums at all 5 branches!
- You can check out cake pans from the Children’s Room at the Ives (Main) branch of the library.
- Free books (to keep) are available at New Haven Reads and book boxes in Edgewood Park and other locations around the city. New Haven Reads also accepts book donations in good condition.
- At home (with a library card) or at the library, families can watch and listen to stories through the library’s databases such as Tumblebooks and Bookflix.
- The Eli Whitney Museum has free admission. For a fee, children can build projects at the museum.
- Children can play board games, card games and with puzzles at the library, upon request. Ask in the Children’s Room (at Ives Main) or at the circulation desk (at Fair Haven, Mitchell, Stetson and Wilson).
- The Yale Art Gallery and Yale Center for British Art are free and open to the public Tuesday-Sunday.
- The Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library has a piano, which patrons can reserve time to play.
- Friday Movie Matinees in December, 2-4 p.m. — Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St.
- December 1 | Pieces of April
- December 8 | The Nightmare Before Xmas
- December 15 | The Best Man Holiday
- December 22 | 8 Women
- December 29 | Lovely, StillDecember is holiday movie month at the Ives Library!
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