Arts & Entertainment

Local Museums Offering Free Admission for Active Military

The Michener Art Museum and Pearl S. Buck International are participating in the Blue Star Museums initiative.

Local museums are participating in the Blue Star Museums program, which provides free admission to all active duty military and their families through Labor Day.

The Michener Art Museum and Pearl S. Buck International are participating in the Blue Star Museums initiative, which is a collaboration among the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,500 museums across America.

"The Michener is proud to be able to offer free admission to our military families through Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense," Michener Director and CEO Lisa Tremper Hanover said.

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"Blue Star Museums is a collaboration between the arts and military communities," said NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa. "Our work with Blue Star Families and with more than 1,800 museums ensures that we can reach out to military families and thank them for their service and sacrifice." 

"Blue Star Museums is something that service members and their families look forward to every year and we are thrilled with the continued growth of the program," said Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet. "Through this distinctive collaboration, service members and their families can connect with our national treasures with this unparalleled opportunity to visit some of the country's finest museums for free."

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This year's Blue Star Museums represent not just fine arts museums, but also science museums, history museums, nature centers, and 75 children's museums.

The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty U.S. military—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps—and up to five family members.

Some special or limited-time museum exhibits may not be included in this free admission program.

Visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums for a full list of all participating museums.


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