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30 May 2011

Free Admission for Military to Blue Star Museums in Los Angeles



The Blue Star Museums initiative is a partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more than 1,000 museums across America. First launched in the summer of 2010, Blue Star Museums once again are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families.

The Blue Star Museums program runs from Memorial Day, May 30, 2011 through to Labor Day, September 5, 2011.  The free admission program is available to active-duty military and their immediate family members (military ID holder and five immediate family members).  Active duty military include Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and active duty National Guard and active duty Reserve 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.

Over 40 museums around Los Angeles are participating in the Blue Star program: 

Autry National Center (Griffith Pk)
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum (Newport Beach)
Bolton Hall Museum (Tujunga)
Orange County Museum of Art (Newport Beach)
Bradford House (Placentia)
Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena)
California Surf Museum (Oceanside)
Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (Long Beach)
Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard)
Pasadena Museum of California Art (Pasadena)
Children's Museum (La Habra)
Pasadena Museum of History (Pasadena)
Chinese American Museum (DTLA)
Point Fermin Light House (San Pedro)
Columbia Memorial Space Center (Downey)
Pretend City Children's Museum (Irvine)
Dr Willella Howe-Waffle House & Medical Museum (Santa Ana)
Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens (Long Beach)
Getty Center (Brentwood) Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden (Claremont)
Getty Villa (Malibu) Reagan Ranch Center (Santa Barbara)
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (Santa Barbara)
Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara)
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
Santa Barbara Trust for Historical Preservation (Santa Barbara)
Japanese American National Museum (Little Tokyo)
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (Santa Monica)
Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach)
Simi Valley Historical Society & Museum (Simi Valley)
Leonis Adobe Museum (Calabasas)
Skirball Cultural Center (Sherman Oaks)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Miracle Mile)
Southern California Genealogical Society & Family Research Library (Burbank)
Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach)
Southern California Medical Museum (Riverside)
Oceanside Museum of Art (Oceanside)
Ventura County Maritime Museum (Oxnard)
Museum of Ventura County (Ventura)Zimmer Children's Museum (Carthay)


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, including those stamped URW and DB. These include active duty military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard), National Guard and Reserve members and up to five immediate family members.

“Blue Star Museums may be the program at the NEA of which I am proudest,” said NEA Chairman Rocco
Landesman.  “Blue Star Museums recognizes and thanks our military families for all they are doing for our
country, and simultaneously begins young people on a path to becoming life-long museum goers.”

For a complete list of participating museums in the USA and for additional details, visit http://arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.




About Blue Star Families
Blue Star Families is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit network of military families from all ranks and services,
including guard and reserve, with a mission to support, connect and empower military families. In addition to
morale and empowerment programs, Blue Star Families raises awareness of the challenges and strengths of
military family life and works to make military life more sustainable. Membership includes military spouses,
children and parents as well as service members, veterans and civilians.  To learn more about Blue Star Families, visit http://bluestarfam.org/ 

About the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the
federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence,
creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through
partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. To join the discussion on how art works, visit the NEA at http://arts.gov/



– National Endowment for the Arts; R. Nelson.  |  Updated 00:05 Wed 1 June 2011

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