10 Free Perks of a Chicago Public Library Card 📚
One library card opens museum passes, a downtown maker lab, and streaming media for any Chicago resident.
📚 What the card unlocks
Your Chicago Public Library card does far more than check out novels. Any resident with a valid ID can reserve free timed passes to the Art Institute, the Field Museum, and the Museum of Science and Industry, then walk in without paying admission.
Inside the Harold Washington Library Center, the Maker Lab hands you 3D printers, laser cutters, and sewing machines at no charge. Borrow e-books and audiobooks through Libby, stream films on Hoopla, and check out vinyl for the turntable at home.
The same card opens more than 70 languages on Mango, and it books music practice rooms, one of them holding a baby grand piano. Ten perks, one piece of plastic, zero dollars.
