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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
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‘Adventure Pass' is back at Iowa public libraries
DES MOINES, Iowa — Public library patrons across the state can again get free passes to attractions and cultural destinations. The Iowa Adventure Pass relaunched on Thursday after being paused at the end of 2024 because the original software company hosting the program's website went out of business. Iowa's high school musical theater talent on display in Des Moines Thursday The program lets cardholders at 70 of Iowa's public libraries check out passes to family-friendly destinations like the Blank Park Zoo, Grout Museum District, Science Center of Iowa, African American Museum of Iowa, Reiman Gardens, and Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. You can even get free tickets for movies at Perry Grand 3 Theatres. Check out a full list of the participating destinations here. Most of the passes include admission for two adults and two children, but it does vary from destination to destination, so make sure you check ahead of time. Not all destinations are available for each library. If your library participates in the program, you can reserve an Adventure Pass online with your library card here. Hawkeyes' kickoff times announced Johnston man killed in wrong-way, head-on Highway 30 crash 'Adventure Pass' is back at Iowa public libraries Iowa teen killed in head-on crash in Jefferson County Iowa's high school musical theater talent on display in Des Moines Thursday Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Adventure Passes are coming back to Iowa libraries this summer. How to get free passes:
After a months-long hiatus, the Iowa Adventure Pass will return to libraries later this year. Grimes Public Library, which started the program in 2017 to provide free access to local attractions for library members statewide, announced last December that the program would end at the start of 2025 due to the company managing the online reservation system discontinuing its services. The library announced recently that a new ticketing vendor and a new website provider for the program had been chosen and that visitors can expect to make reservations for the Iowa Adventure Pass starting in late spring or early summer. "The future of the Adventure Pass program was never in doubt, and we're very thankful for all the venues, attractions, and libraries that have worked through this 'pause' with us," Karalee Kerr, assistant director of the Grimes Public Library and head of the Adventure Pass Program, wrote in an email to the Des Moines Register. More: Iowa libraries are being forced to stop Adventure Passes, but they hope to bring them back The library is now working with the companies LocalHop and Library Market to administer the new ticketing system and website, Kerr said. The website where patrons will go to make reservations will look different than the original one, but should offer similar functionality. "A few libraries were not able to renew their participation in the program," Kerr wrote. "At this point, we are still working with the same partners. Once the site is back up and running, we look forward to adding new venues and libraries." Kerr previously told the Register that the program partnered with 16 venues across the state, including the Blank Park Zoo and Brenton Skating Plaza in Des Moines, and the Nelson Pioneer Farm and African American Museum in Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids, respectively. Cooper Worth is a service/trending reporter for the Des Moines Register. Reach him at cworth@ or follow him on X @CooperAWorth. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Iowa libraries to offer Iowa Adventure Passes again this summer
