18 Museums in Delaware are offering FREE admission this summer to active-duty military personnel and their families in partnership with Blue Star Museums. The Blue Star Museums program offers FREE entrance for all active duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and their families to more than 2,000 art centers, museums, and exhibits across the United States through Labor Day, Sept 2, 2013.  What a great way to thank our service men and women for their sacrifices!  There is no limit on the number of museum’s you can experience this summer. Enjoy an educational experience, as well as a fun way to spend time with the family, without paying a fortune! Up to five family members can receive FREE admission along with the military card bearer. Check out the list of participating LOCAL Delaware Museums below plus DC and NYC all within 2 hours drive. 

DELAWARE PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS

Wilmington

• Delaware Art Museum
• Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
• Delaware Children’s Museum
• Delaware Museum of Natural History
• Hagley Museum and Library
• Old Swedes Historic Site
• Rockwood Museum & Park
• Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

New Castle

• Amstel House Museum
• Dutch House Museum
• New Castle Court House Museum
• Old Library Museum

Dover

• First State Heritage Park
• First State Heritage Park Welcome Center & Galleries
• John Dickinson Plantation
• Johnson Victrola Museum
• The Old State House

 Lewes

• Zwaanendael Museum

And what about this list of DC and NYC Museums all within 2 hours!

WASHINGTON DC

• Anacostia Community Museum
• Corcoran Gallery of Art
• Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
• Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• The Kreeger Museum
• The L. Ron Hubbard House Museum
• Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, GWU
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Archives
• National Building Museum
• National Guard Memorial Museum
• National Museum of African Art
• National Museum of American History
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Museum of the United States Navy
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Postal Museum
• National Zoological Park
• The Phillips Collection
• Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
• S. Dillon Ripley Center International Gallery
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle
• Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
• Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
• Woodrow Wilson House

NEW YORK – MANHATTAN

• American Museum of Natural History
• Art in General
• Asia Society Museum
• Children’s Museum of Manhattan
• Eyebeam
• Grey Art Gallery, New York University
• International Center of Photography
• Japan Society, Inc.
• The Jewish Museum
• The Korea Society
• Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The Morgan Library & Museum
• Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
• Museum of American Finance
• Museum of Arts and Design
• The Museum of Modern Art
• National Museum of the American Indian, Heye Center
• New Museum
• New York City Fire Museum
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• New-York Historical Society
• Rubin Museum of Art
• Society of Illustrators
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• Storefront for Art and Architecture
• The Studio Museum in Harlem
• The Ukrainian Museum
• Whitney Museum of American Art

To find out which museums are participating, visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. The site includes a list of participating museums and a map to help with visit planning.

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.