Blue Star Museums Offer Free Admission from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012

Blue Star Museums Offer Free Admission from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012

Blue Star Museums program 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 to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. 

The program runs from Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, through Labor Day, September 3, 2012. The free admission program is available to active-duty military and their family members (military ID holder and up to five family members). Active-duty military include Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and active duty National Guard and active-duty Reserve members. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman believes that the Blue Star Museum initiative “is both an opportunity to thank military families for their service and sacrifice, as well as a chance to create connections between museums and these families that will continue throughout the year. Especially for families with limited time together, those on a limited budget, and ones that have to relocate frequently, Blue Star Museums offers an opportunity to enjoy one another and become more fully integrated into a community.”

The following museums are participating in the Blue Star Museums program:

• Worcester Historical Museum

  http://www.worcesterhistory.org
  (508) 753-8278
  30 Elm Street, Worcester, MA 01609

• Willard House and Clock

  Museum

  http://www.willardhouse.org/
  (508) 839-3500
  11 Willard Street, North Grafton, MA 01520

• The

  EcoTarium

  http://www.ecotarium.org/
  (508) 929-2700
  222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA 01604

• Worcester Art

  Museum

  http://www.worcesterart.org/
  (508) 799-4406
  55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609

• The Museum of Russian

  Icons

  http://www.museumofrussianicons.org/
  (978) 598-5000
  203 Union Street, Clinton, Massachusetts 01510

The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.