Adventure Pass Changes in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass program will no longer be available in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. 

Adventure Pass

DMPL Adventure Pass

Due to circumstances outside of our control, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass service will no longer be available in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. 

 

Use your library card to check out an Iowa Adventure Pass to the Blank Park Zoo, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, the Brenton Skating Plaza, the Science Center of Iowa, and the Des Moines Children's Museum.

NOTE: Iowa Adventure Passes for Brenton Skating Plaza will be available January 1. You can reserve in advance.

 

Adventure Passes are currently available for checkout for the Blank Park Zoo, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, the Brenton Skating Plaza, the Science Center of Iowa, and the Des Moines Children's Museum. When you reserve an Adventure Pass with your library card, you book yourself and your family and friends a full day of fun. Each pass allows entrance for up to two adults and two children. Family members may reserve passes simultaneously if multiple passes are available on the same day, and additional tickets may be purchased at the gate.

If you wish to cancel your reservation, please call 283-4152 ext. 3. You must cancel by 10 AM of the day of your reservation. Failure to do so would prevent you from reserving that venue at a later date.

Use su tarjeta de la Des Moines Public Library (la biblioteca pública) para prestar boletos gratuitos a Blank Park Zoo (zoológico), Science Center of Iowa (museo de ciencias), Greater Des Moines Botanical Center (centro botánico), y Des Moines Children's Museum (museo de los niños). Cuando reservas una Adventure Pass con su tarjeta de la biblioteca, un día de diversión para su familia, amigos y usted. Cada reservación de boletos gratuitos es para dos adultos y dos niños. Miembros de la misma familia pueden reservar boletos al mismo tiempo si hay boletos disponibles. Si necesita boletos adicionales, puede comprarlo al destino.

Si quiere cancelar su reservación, llama 515-283-4152 ext. 3. Necesita cancelar antes de 10 en la mañana el día de la reservación. Si no cancelarlo, no puede reservar boletos gratuitos al destino para 365 días.

  • You must be:
    • A Des Moines Public Library cardholder
    • 18 years or older
    • A Des Moines, Windsor Heights, or Saylor Township resident.
    • Your card must have a balance of less than $10
  • Reserve an Adventure Pass in advance by clicking on the "Reserve Your Adventure Pass" button.
  • Each cardholder may reserve a pass to each venue once every 365 days.
  • Each pass is a one-day pass, good for the day for which it is reserved.
  • To gain admission, cardholder must present:
    • A valid photo ID
    • A printed pass (A digital copy presented on a phone or other digital device will not be accepted).
  • Each pass allows:
    • Admission for up to four (4) people, including up to two (2) adults and two (2) children. For Des Moines Children's Museum, each pass allows admission for up to four (4) children aged 1-10.

  • Los requisitos
    • Tiene una tarjeta de DMPL (la biblioteca)
    • Adultos mayores de 18 años
    • Deben ser residente de Des Moines, Windsor Heights, o Saylor Township
    • No tienes impuestos en su tarjeta de la biblioteca más de $10
  • Haz el clic en "Reserve su boleto aquí" para reservar una Adventure Pass
  • Usuarios pueden reservar un boleto para la familia para cada lugar, cada 365 días.
  • Los boletos son válido solamente para el día de la reservación.
  • Usuarios deben presentar identificación con foto válida y los boletos imprimidos en el lugar de aventura.  Si usted necesita ayuda reservando y/o imprimiendo su boleto, visite uno de los seis locales de la biblioteca.
  • Cada boleto proveé admisión gratuita para dos adultos y dos niños.
  • Los boletos para el museo de los niños proveé entrada para cuarto niños, para este museo los adultos y niños menores de 1 o mayores de 10 son gratis.
  • Boletos no pueden ser utilizados para eventos que requieren membresía.

*Restricciones de residencia aplican. Usuarios deben ser residentes de Des Moines, Windsor Heights, o Polk County rural.