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What is the Opening Day Collection (ODC)?

The Opening Day Collection consists of the following institutions that provide free tickets to all participating libraries. The number of passes available to each Library will vary depending on venue agreement.
Note, 3 venues below are "For-fee" venues, meaning they are available to each library at an additional cost and are therefore optional. 

1. Asian Art Museum: For-fee venue (optional): $500 annual fee for 30 monthly passes. $400 annual fee for 20 passes. $300 annual fee for 10 monthly passes. Opt-in each pass admits2 adults and all youth under 12 years of age.
2. Bay Area Discovery Museum: each admits 1 adult and 1 child. 
3. Beat Museum: each admits 1 person.
4. Bedford Gallery: each admits 2 people.
5. Ruth Bancroft Garden: each admits 2 people. 
6. California Academy of Sciences: each admits 1 adult and 1 child. 
7. California Automobile Museum: each admits up to 4 people in the same household. (Additional guests pay gate price.) Use pass in Museum gift shop for 10% off.
8. California Historical Society: each admits 2 adults.
9. Cartoon Art Museum: For libraries 35 mi. or closer, for-fee venue (optional). Farther away than 35 mi. is free. 1 pass per day that each admit 1 adults and 2 children.  Annual cost $80. 
10. Charles M. Schultz Museum: each admits 1 child.
11. Children's Museum of Sonoma County: each admits 1 adult and 1 child.
12. Chinese Historical Society of America Museum: each admits 1 adult and 1 guest, plus 10% off gift shop purchase.
13. Cirque du Soleil (for events in SF, Sacramento, and San Jose), Offer 1: each admits 2 adults, Offer 2: 25% off for adults
14. Cobra Experience: each admits 1 adult only when accompanied by a youth (age 6-17). 
15. Contemporary Jewish Museum: each admits 2 adults and all children under 18. 
16. CuriOdyssey: each admits 1 child (4-12). 
17. Dana Adobe Cultural Center: each admits 1 adult and 1 child
18. de Young: each admits 2 people.
19. di Rosa: each admits up to 2 adults for their daily tours.  
20. Exploratorium: each admits 2 people.
21. Filoli Center: each admits 1 adult and up to two children. 
22. Golden State Model Railroad Museum:  $2.00 discount off admission.
23. Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House: each admits 2 people.
24. Historic BAL Theatre: 2 tickets for the Classic Film and Tribute Show. 
25. Lawrence Hall of Science: each admits one child. 
26. Legion of Honor: each admits 2 people. 
27. Lindsay Wildlife Museum: each admits 1 adult and 1 child under 18.  
28. Madame Tussauds San Francisco: 50% off admission. Combine a Madame Tussauds visit with the San Francisco Dungeon for an additional $5.00 per person at the box office.
29. Marine Mammal Center: discount 50% off Docent-Led Tours.
30. Museum of the African Diaspora: each admits 2 people.
31. Museum of the American Indian: each admits 2 people.
32. Napa Valley Wine Train: $10 off each adult ticket to Silvarado Package (May-October). 1 pass good for up to 4 adults ($10 off each adult ticket)
33. NUMU - New Museum Los Gatos: 1 free pass per patron per year (children under 18 are always free), plus, 10% discount in gift store for purchases over $20. 
34. Pacific Coast Air Museum: each admits child (age 6-17). $2.00 discount offer for a single adult admission. Pass cannot be used for Air Show. 
35. Pacific Pinball Museum: each admits 1 adult and 1 child.
36. Peralta Hacienda Historical Park: each admits up to 2 adults and 2 children.
37. The Presidential Yacht, USS Potomac: 50% off docent-led dockside tour (not cruises or events); Pass good for 2 people.
38. Richmond Museum of History: each admits 2 persons.
39. Sacramento Children's Museum: each admits 4 people. 
40. San Jose Museum of Art: For-fee venue (optional). 10 weekly passes that each admit 4 family members. Annual cost $75 
41. San Mateo County History Museum: each admits 2 adults and 2 children. 
42. Santa Cruz Museum of Art & Hisory: each admits 2 adults and up to 4 children from the same household. 
43. Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Laboratory: each admits 1 adult and 1 child.  
44. Shadelands Ranch - Walnut Creek Historical Society: each admits up to 5 people. 
45. Tech Museum: $3 off the Adult combo price of $16.00.  Children and Seniors save $2 off the combo price of $13.00. 
46. The San Francisco Dungeon: 50% off admission. Combine a Madame Tussauds visit with the San Francisco Dungeon for an additional $5.00 per person at the box office. 
47. UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive: each admits 1 adult and 1 youth.
48. UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley: each admits 1 adult and 1 child (age 5-12).    
49. USS Hornet Museum: 50% off general admission for up to 2 adults and 2 youth (ages 7-17). Discount value can NOT be applied to any special event pricing. Limit one pass per household per visit. 
50. Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum: each admits up to 5 people in one family.
51. Yerba Buena: each admits 4 people.