Blue Star Museums
The 2013 season of Blue Star Museums is going to be the best yet with more than 2,000 art centers, museums, and exhibits offering FREE entrance for all active duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Blue Star Museums is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, Joining Forces, MetLife Foundation and museums across the country.
Click on a state in the map below to find participating museums near you. And be sure and tell your milkids about our annual Way Cool Creativity Contest.
Find Participating Museums in Your Area
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We are looking for bloggers who can tell us about their Blue Star Museum visit. Writers will be asked to submit a 350-500 word post about their visit and snap a few pictures. We'll post it on our blog and the National Endowment for the Arts blog. Plus you'll be entered into our monthly drawing. Email molly@bluestarfam.org if you are interested. You can write about ANY one of the thousands of participating Blue Star Museums.
Also don't miss the first of many confirmed Blue Star Museum events. Attendees are privy to behind the scenes tours, special guests/speakers and more.
June 1: Miami, Florida: Vizcaya
June 15: San Diego, California: The New Children’s Museum
Stay tuned for registration information for the following events:
June 29: Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
July 13: Columbus, Georgia: The Columbus Museum
July 20: Lancaster, PA: The Lancaster Science Factory and San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio Museum of Art
August: Colorado Springs, Colorado: World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame and Virginia Beach, VA: Hermitage Museum and Gardens.
If you have questions or would like to become a Blue Star Museum, please email Desiree Moore at arts@bluestarfam.org. Blue Star Museums is a program that offers free admission to museums for all active duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Blue Star Museums is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, Joining Forces, MetLife Foundation and hundreds of museums across the country.
Sign up to hear the latest on the Blue Star Museums program, other BSF programs for military families and BSF events in your area. Membership is free.
Leadership support has been provided by 
through Blue Star Families.
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