Friends of the Library Pass Program

Enjoy the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the MFA, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum and even Long Point Beach and Mytoi at a discount with our Museum Pass Program!

Explore and learn more about the Island while enjoying membership benefits and discounts with our museum pass program! Patrons with a CLAMS library card can borrow a membership card for free entry to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum for 3 days by coming to the Library’s circulation desk. You may also get reduced rates for entry at properties that are part of the Trustees of the Reservation by getting a “Go Pass” ticket, also from our circulation desk. You can then book a reservation for Long Point online on the Trustees website (time slots are released every Wednesday for the week beginning Friday) using the promotion code on your ticket for a discount. Mytoi, Wasque and Cape Pogue do not require advance reservation and entry to one allows entry to all. Please show your Go Pass ticket at the entrance for free admission.

The Library is also pleased to be able to offer museum passes to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, both in Boston. For the MFA, please contact our circulation desk to get a promo code, which you will then use to book a time entry ticket online at www.mfa.org and receive discounted admission at $10 per person for two adults. You will also need an email from our circulation desk stating that you are borrowing our museum pass, so please be sure to ask for that before your visit! To get discounted admission to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Library offers a coupon that admits up to 4 adults for $5 each (normally $20). Patrons must reserve online on the museum’s website 48 hours prior to their visit and use the promo code on the ticket to get the discount, and bring the library pass with them.

This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library.

Children & Teen Summer Reading Program

Visit the library to sign up for our annual Summer Reading program for children and teens! Reading incentives sponsored by Tisbury Toy Box, Island Alpaca, Sideline, and the Friends of the Library.

Pre-Reader Summer Reading
Pre-Readers, best suited for ages 0-5, can participate in Summer Reading by doing a Family Bingo card! Each time one row is completed, pre-readers can come to the library to select a prize. 

School Age Summer Reading
School Age Readers, best suited for ages 6-12, can participate in Summer Reading by doing a Summer Reading Log. When signing up, readers will set their reading goal for the Summer. When the reading goal is complete, you can select a prize at the Vineyard Haven Library. 

Teen Summer Reading
Teens can earn prizes by completing squares on our summer challenge sheet! Contact Young Adult Librarian Jennifer for more info!

Summer Programs
Check out our summer calendar for all the fun events at the library this summer including weekly storytimes, crafts, and special events!

Please note that most in-person progams this year will be held outside, weather permitting. Some events will be held at partner locations. Visit the library website or the library's Youth Services Facebook page for the most complete and up-to-date information.

Upcoming Programs for Adults

To register for online events or for more information, contact our Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at [email protected]. 

Everyone can participate in our Adult Summer Reading Program, sponsored by the Friends of the Library! Learn more..

[In-person at Polly Hill Arboretum] 8:30 am Sunday July 17th
Nature Journaling at Polly Hill Arboretum with artist Elizabeth R. Whelan
Weekly on Sunday mornings 8:30am - 10am through July 24th, meet at the visitors center a few minutes early. Learn the basics of nature journaling and enjoy the fun and challenges of sketching in nature on the grounds of the beautiful PHA, 809 State Road, West Tisbury. Bring your own sketching materials and sketchbook, and consider a hat, sunscreen, and insect repellent. Register

[Online] 9 am Tuesday July 19th
Conversation en Francais
Join our weekly French conversation group. All levels are welcome. For more language learning support try Mango Languages, an online language-learning system available to library cardholders.

[In-person, Outdoors] 9 am Wednesday July 20th
Get Back into the Swing of Tennis
This group is for people that want to practice fun tennis drills in a non-competitive environment. We will have structured warm-ups for 1/2 hour followed by fun and easy drills. Please bring your own racquet and don't forget a bottle of water. We will meet at the Lake Street courts in Tisbury, 9 am to 9:50 am.

[Online] 10 am Wednesday July 20th
Online: Advance Care Planning with Healthy Aging MV
Sharing your wishes for end-of-life care can bring you closer to the people you love. It’s critically important. We know that no guide and no single conversation can cover all the decisions that you and your family may face. What a conversation can do is provide a shared understanding of what matters most to you and your loved ones. This can make it easier to make decisions when the time comes. Join the conversation to gather the toolkit! Register

[Online] 11 am Wednesday July 20th (weekly through September)
Another Summer of Drawing with Elizabeth Whelan
Join artist Elizabeth R. Whelan for a series of 19 free intermediate-level drawing classes. She will be focusing on technique, good 'starts' for drawings, and how to move beyond simple representation to bring personal concepts into your work. The classes are aimed at adults who are brushing up on their drawing skills (or just starting out), however, all are welcome.  Register for the series

[In-person, Outdoors] 3 pm Wednesday July 20th
Wednesday Walk the Chop
Walk and Talk Book Club has become ''Walk the Chop'. We will meet every Wednesday at the Library and walk/run or any combination the West Chop loop. Course is not hilly and is just over 3 miles. Rain or shine, no sign up necessary. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions. Sponsored by Vineyard Haven Library and BeWell-MV.

[In-person, Outdoors] 8:30 pm- 10:00 pm Wednesday July 20th
The Summer Night Sky: Travel Among the Cosmos with Mark Alan Lovewell
Meet outside the Chilmark Library, 522 South Road, to join veteran stargazer Mark Alan Lovewell and discover the wonders of the cosmos in our summer night sky. Writer, photographer, and folk singer Mark Alan Lovewell enjoys sharing his passions for folk singing, journalism, photography, sailing, and stargazing with those interested in a unique, local perspective of all the island has to offer. He has been writing Vineyard Skies, a weekly astronomy column for the Vineyard Gazette for almost 42 years. This free program is sponsored by the Libraries of Martha’s Vineyard. Email [email protected] or call 508-645-3360 for more information. Also Wednesday August 3rd, at the Riverhead Field Disc Golf on Barnes Road.

[Online] 1:30 pm Thursday July 21st
Library Book Group
Come enjoy a lively discussion online! Monthly book selections are available as Overdrive eBooks as well as in print format via request. Everyone is invited to join us. Book club selections include contemporary fiction and the occasional memoir or non-fiction. Everyone is invited to join us. This month's selection is "Land" by Simon Winchester. Please email [email protected] to be added to the list and zoom link will be sent by email (in-person option may also be available to a limited number of participants.)

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