Dozens of venues in Florida are participating in a national program that offers free entry to personnel on active duty in the U.S. armed forces and their families.
The Blue Star Museums program for military, which includes members of National Guard and Reserve, is offered in May until Labor Day.
The program is organized by the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense, and hundreds of museums.
Read the rules and find participating museums on the website.
Examples of Florida museums include
- Boca Raton Museum of Art
- Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center
- NSU Art Museum
- History Fort Lauderdale
- Manatee Observation and Education Center
- Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville
- History of Diving Museum, Islamorada
- MOCA Jacksonville
- Beaches Museum in Jacksonville Beach
- Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
- Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum
- HistoryMiami Museum
- Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
- many others
