Free Museum Admission for the Military

Active duty military members and their family can enjoy free museum admission on Labor Day, thanks to the Blue Star Museums program.

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,800 museums across America. This free admission program runs from Memorial Day, May 28, through Labor Day, September 3, 2012.

There are more than 50 museums within a two-hour drive of Philadelphia, in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, that are a part of this program. They are:

Allentown

• Allentown Art Museum
• Liberty Bell Museum

Bethlehem

• 1810 Goundie House
• Moravian Museum of Bethlehem

Bristol

• The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum

Bryn Athyn

• Glencairn Museum

Chadds Ford

• Brandywine Battlefield
• Brandywine River Museum

Devon

• Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

Doylestown

• Fonthill Castle
• James A. Michener art Museum
• Mercer Museum

Ephrata

• Historic Ephrata Cloister

Havertown

• Haverford Township Historical Society

Horsham

• Graeme Park

Lancaster

• The Demuth Museum
• Lancaster Science Factory
• Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum
• North Museum of Natural History & Science

Macungie

• Macungie Historical Society

Morrisville

• Pennsbury Manor

New Hope

• Bucks County Childrens Museum

North East

• Hornby School Museum

Perkasie

• Pearl S. Buck House

Philadelphia

• The Academy of Natural Sciences
• American Swedish Historical Museum
• Arthur Ross Gallery
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia
• The Barnes Foundation
• Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc
• Fireman’s Hall Museum
• Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
• La Salle University Art Museum
• National Liberty Museum
• National Museum of American Jewish History
• Penn Museum
• Pennsylvania Hospital Historic Collections
• Philadelphia History Museum
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks
• Please Touch Museum
• Rosenbach Museum & Library
• Simeone Automotive Museum
• Woodford Mansion
• Woodmere Art Museum
• Wyck Historic House, Garden and Farm

Princeton

• Historical Society of Princeton
• Morven Museum & Garden
• Princeton University Art Museum

Reading

• Historical Society of Berks County

Somers Point

• Atlantic County Historical Society

Strasburg

• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Toms River

• Ocean County Historical Society

Trenton

• Old Barracks Museum

Tuckerton

• Tuckerton Seaport Museum a project of the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen’s Museum

Washington Crossing

• Washington Crossing Historic Park

West Chester

• American Helicopter Museum & Education Center
• Chester County Historical Society