The Blue Star Museums program is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting members of the U.S. military and their families. Through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, active-duty military personnel and their families receive free admission to a number of museums around Phoenix. The program began on May 17.
The following local attractions are included in the Blue Star Museums program:
- Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler
- Arizona Science Center
- Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve
- Heard Museum
- HD SOUTH: Home of the Gilbert Historical Museum, Gilbert
- idea Museum, Mesa
- Phoenix Art Museum
- Rosson House Museum
- Superstition Mountain Museum Historical Society, Apache Junction
- Tempe History Museum, Tempe
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West, Scottsdale
- Amerind Museum, Dragoon
- Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg
- Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Tucson
- Northern Gila County Historical Society (Rim Country Museum), Payson
- Phippen Museum, Prescott
- Santa Cruz Valley Historic Museum, Eloy
- Sedona Heritage Museum, Sedona
- Tohono Chul Park, Tucson
- Tucson Museum of Art & Historic Block, Tucson
The offer includes members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard, including Reservists, National Guardsman (regardless of status), 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.
For the purposes of the offer, family members can include spouses, children, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles and more. The active-duty military member does not have to be present for their family to take advantage of the program, but family members should bring the proper ID.
See full details on the Blue Star Museums website.
