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NEW BEDFORD The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum (RJD) will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families. The 2021 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15, 2021, and end on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021.
Blue Star Museums is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and participating museums nationwide. “We are grateful to The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum for their leadership in strengthening community through their participation in the Blue Star Museums program this summer,” said Ann Eilers, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Blue Star Museums include children’s museums, art, science, and history museums, zoos, gardens, lighthouses, and more, and hail from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia
By New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
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The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces is again participating in the national Blue Star Museum program.
The program, which is managed by the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, provides free admission to U.S. active military members and their families to hundreds of museums across the country. The program is from May 15-Sept. 6.
The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as Active Duty and Reservists, National Guardsman (regardless of status), U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), or DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card for entrance into a participa
The Alexandria Museum of Art announced it will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2021 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15, 2021, and end on Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2021. Find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. Blue Star Museums is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and participating museums nationwide.
âLike the resilience that military families demonstrate time and again the Alexandria Museum of Art is an example of resiliency in the arts sector over the past year,â said Ann Eilers, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. âWe are grateful to the Alexandria Museum of Art for their leadership in strengthening community through their participation in the Blue Star Muse
May 10, 2021
Through the Blue Stars Museum Program, the museums and historic sites of the St. Mary’s County Museum Division will offer free admission for actively serving members of the armed forces, as well as up to 5 family members, from Armed Forces Day (Saturday, May 15, 2021) until Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 6, 2021).
Museums participating include St. Clement’s Island Museum and Piney Point Lighthouse Museum. Although the Old Jail Museum and Drayden African American Schoolhouse already offer free admission to all, guests are encouraged to visit these sites during this time. Please note that free admission does not apply to the water taxi at St. Clement’s Island Museum, only regular museum admission.