Culture out in the Robsham Ticket Office. These are huge perks, since all of the museums generally charge a $15 admission fee and Aquarium tickets cost a whopping $22. While free MFA tickets have always been run of the mill, BC2Boston, a new branch of UGBC, is responsible for opening up the other museums to the student population.
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Where can your BC ID By Emily Akin / Culture editor It’s really remarkable how much we disrespect our Eagle IDs. They get thrown into jumbled purses, slammed down on the counter at Late Night and too often dropped on the Comm. Ave bus. But if you knew how much that little bugger could be saving you out and about in Boston, you might not be quite so tempted to challenge your friends to a game of ID paper football in Mac. And we’re not just talking about the ambiguous college student 10 percent off discount which can be found at many clothing stores and restaurants.
The group also provides discount tickets to Broadway shows and concerts through the Robsham Ticket Office. “The point is to give students an opportunity to experience all of the great things that Boston has [to offer] that we can’t do because we’re poor college students,” said Maggie Farrell, A&S ‘15 and the fine arts coordinator for BC2Boston.
Thanks to the history and fine arts core requirements, many students know that admission to the Museum of Fine Arts is free when you present your ID at the desk. What you probably didn’t know is that as BC students we also have free access to the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, the Science Museum and the New England Aquarium. For most of these venues your ID will give you free entrance at the door, but tickets for the Aquarium and Science Museum are handed
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