Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America which offer free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, from Memorial Day through Monday, September 5, 2016.
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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 dozens of children’s museums. The program also provides families an opportunity to enjoy the nation's cultural heritage and learn more about their new communities after a military move. This program helps bring our local military and civilian communities together, and offers families fun and enriching activities in their home towns.
The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), 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. For questions on particular exhibits or museums, please contact the museum directly.
To find participating museums and plan your trip, visit arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.
Plus all summer long, Blue Star Museums will share stories through social media and the hashtag #bluestarmuseums.
