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Free Admission to Museums Nationwide for Military This Summer

May 16, 2018

Washington, DC —For the ninth year, the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families announce that museums nationwide have signed on for Blue Star Museums, a program which provides free admission to our nation’s active-duty military personnel this summer—Memorial Day...

Blue Star Museums Offers Free Admission for Eighth Year

May 16, 2017

Washington, DC— NEA Chairman Jane Chu and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the eighth annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums...

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Free Admission at 2000+ Museums Nationwide for Military Families As Part of Seventh Year of Blue Star Museums

May 26, 2016

Washington, DC — NEA Chairman Jane Chu and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the seventh annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums...

Blue Star Museums Offers Free Admission to Military Families at 2000+ Museums Nationwide

May 20, 2015

Washington, DC —Below the jewel-colored spring landscape by American artist Ernest Lawson that hangs in the Music Room of Washington, DC’s Phillips Collection, military families and others gathered for the sixth annual launch of Blue Star Museums. A collaboration among the...

NEA Selects Wendy Clark as Director of Museums, Visual Arts, and Indemnity

July 8, 2014

The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy Clark as director of Museums, Visual Arts, and Indemnity. Clark has served as acting director of Museums, Visual Arts, and Indemnity since November 2012 and will continue to manage the NEA's...

Military man and his daugther looking at art at San Antonio Museum of Art.

Blue Star Museums offers Free Admission to Military Families at 2,000+ Museums Nationwide

May 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the fifth annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than...

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NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet Announce the 2013 Launch of Blue Star Museums

May 21, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC -- NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the fourth annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and a record-...

NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet Congratulate More Than 1,800 Blue Star Museums Nationwide as the Summer Program Concludes

September 17, 2012

Washington, DC - Blue Star Museums closed out its third year with more than 1,800 museums offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Blue Star Museums is a national partnership among Blue Star Families, the...

Blue Star Museums launch event in Charleston, SC.

Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Welcomes Military Families for a Private Tour of the Gibbes Museum of Art On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.

May 22, 2012

Media use only – not for publication or broadcast WHAT: Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr . will welcome military mother and Blue Star Families advisory member Suzanne Pollack , NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman , "Army Wives" cast members Brian McNamara , and...

Blue Star Families Joins Forces with the First Lady, Dr. Biden and 1,600 American Museums to Give Free Admission to Military Families

May 22, 2012

NEW YORK, NY - Today, Blue Star Families announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,600 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty...

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