Visit Woodland Park Zoo for Free Through the Library’s Museum Pass Program

Lions and tigers and sloth bear cubs, oh my!

Just in time for wild summer fun, Woodland Park Zoo has rejoined The Seattle Public Library’s Museum Pass Program, which offers free admission to Seattle museums and cultural organizations for Library cardholders.

The pass for Woodland Park Zoo allows entry for up to four (4) people, with children 2 and under admitted for free.

With the addition of Woodland Park Zoo, the Museum Pass program now offers free admission to the following 11 cultural institutions:

• Burke Museum
• Center for Wooden Boats
• Henry Art Gallery
• Museum of Flight
• Museum of History & Industry
• Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)
• National Nordic Museum
• Seattle Aquarium
• Seattle Art Museum & Seattle Asian Art Museum (shared pass)
• Wing Luke Museum
• Woodland Park Zoo

How Museum Pass works

Library cardholders may reserve one free Museum Pass per week. Each Museum Pass provides admission for at least two adults, although some passes allow more and may include free admission for kids ages 17 and under.

You can sign up for a pass to a specific organization once every 30 days. New passes are available every day after 12 p.m., and passes to the zoo are extremely popular, so set your calendar. 

The program reservation system requires you to enter your Library card number and personal identification number (PIN), then choose a specific date and print the museum pass. To read more details and reserve a museum pass, visit www.spl.org/MuseumPass.

The Museum Pass program is sponsored by The Seattle Public Library Foundation.

Visit state parks for free through the Library 

Separate from the Museum Pass, the Library also loans the Discover Pass, which you can learn about on our Outdoor Recreation page. The Discover Pass provides access to more than 100 state parks, more than 350 primitive recreation sites, nearly 700 water-access points and nearly 2,000 miles of designated water and land recreation trails. Library patrons can use their Library card to reserve a Discover Pass in the online catalog, as they would a book or other physical material. The checkout period for a Discover Pass is two weeks.