Free museum entry all summer for Military personnel

First launched in the summer of 2010, Blue Star Museums once again are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 30, 2011, through Labor Day, September 5, 2011. The Blue Star Museums initiative is a partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more than 1,000 museums across America.   Six hundred museums signed up for the kickoff in late May, and throughout the summer, more than 400 more museums – from fine art museums to science centers – have joined the effort, providing greater access to America’s cultural heritage for the 1.4 million active duty members of the military and their families.   

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL 

Children’s Discovery Museum, Normal, IL
Clarke House Museum, Chicago, IL DuPage 

Children’s Museum, Naperville, IL
The DuSable Museum of African American History

First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, IL
Gilman Historical Society, Gilman , IL

Glessner House Museum, Chicago, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 

Iroquois County Historical Society, Watseka, IL
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IL 

Joliet Area Historical Museum, Joliet, IL
Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda, IL 

Livingston County War Museum/Dal Estes Education Center, Pontiac , IL
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, IL

Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum

McHenry County Historical Society, Union, IL
McLean County Museum of History Bloomington, IL

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Evanston, IL
The Morton Arboretum Lisle, IL

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Chicago, IL
Naper Settlement Naperville, IL 

National Veterans Art Museum Chicago, IL
Orpheum Children’s Science Museum Champaign, IL 

Robert R. McCormick Museum Wheaton, IL
Rockford Art Museum Rockford, IL 

The Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures Aurora, IL
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicag

Sycamore History Museum Sycamore, IL
Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University 

Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens Rockford , IL
Veterans Memorial Hall, Rockford, IL

Village of Bartlett Museums, Bartlett, IL
West Chicago City Museum, West Chicago, IL 

Wheels O’ Time Museum, Dunlap, IL