Blue Star Museums: Free Admission to Active Duty Military and Family

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,500 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 28, through Labor Day, September 3, 2012.

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, which includes active duty military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard), National Guard and Reserve members and up to five family members. Please see the chart of the acceptable IDs.

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.

For a list of participating Blue Star Museums, go to map.  In Atlanta, the musems include:

• Atlanta History Center
• David J. Sencer CDC Museum
• High Museum of Art
• Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
• Margaret Mitchell House
• The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA)