Free BART Tickets From The Contra Costa County Library

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA —How about free BART tickets to take your kids to the California Academy of Sciences, Children's Creativity Museum, or the Exploratorium? Summer just got a whole lot more fun and affordable.

The Contra Costa County Library is offering free BART tickets for use with Discover & Go reservations from July through October. County residents who are 18 or older can submit a request for BART tickets by clicking on the banner ad on their Discover & Go pass starting Monday.

Here's a list of museums that are part of the program:

• Asian Art Museum
• Beat Museum
• California Academy of Sciences
• California Historical Society
• Children's Creativity Museum
• Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
• Contemporary Jewish Museum
• de Young Museum
• Exploratorium
• Habitot Children's Museum
• International Art Museum
• Lawrence Hall of Science
• Madame Tussauds San Francisco
• McConaghy House (Hayward Area Historical Society)
• Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment
• Museum of the African Diaspora
• Oakland Museum of California
• Ripley's Believe it or Not!
• San Francisco Dungeon
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

To sign-up for free BART tickets, view your July - October reservation on your Discover & Go account:

1) Click the "Print/Download" button

2) Click on the 511 banner on your Discover & Go pass to request your BART tickets. The banner will look like this:

BART tickets will be mailed to your home about five business days before your museum visit. The offer is limited to one per household and is available while supplies last.

"Discover & Go is a great way to experience cultural learning all over the Bay Area and have fun," said County Librarian Melinda Cervantes. “This partnership with 511 Contra Costa is making getting there a bit easier.”

Since 2011, the Contra Costa County Library has partnered with over 90 northern California cultural destinations, and made over 1,000,000 visits possible for library cardholders.

This promotion is a partnership between 511 Contra Costa and the Library, and is intended to encourage the use of public transportation to visit museums. Try 511-Contra Costa'sTrip Planner feature to plan your Discover & Go trip.

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