Blue Star Museums: Free Admission for Military Members and Their Families

This Memorial Day, the Blue Star Museums program opens again for the summer. Blue Star Museums offer free museum admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from May 28, through September 3, 2012.

Wichita has several participating museums, but this can also be a great way to enjoy museums when you go on vacation. For a complete list of participating museums, go to www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums and click on the map.

Blue Star Museums in Wichita:

• Botanica
• Mid-America All-Indian Center
• Wichita Art Museum
• Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Hutchinson:

• Kansas Underground Salt Museum
• Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center

Kansas City area:

• The American Jazz Museum
• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
• Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City
• Lee’s Summit Historical Society Museum
• Children’s Peace Pavilion
• National Frontier Trails Museum

Oklahoma City area:

• Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
• Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
• American Banjo Museum
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma History Center
• Oklahoma Museum of Telephone History

Tulsa:

• Elsing Museum at Oral Roberts University
• Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
• Tulsa Historical Society & Museum