The Blue Star Museums initiative is a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2023 program runs now through Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023.

Blue Star Museums is a partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts and more than 2,000 museums across America. 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. The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government to find more museums participating, visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.

About Blue Star Museums 

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 members of the Reserves, National Guard, 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), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum.