Written By TravelingMom with Teens Friday, February 04, 2011 10:50
If you are among the 50 percent of American households with a debit or credit card from Bank of America or Merrill Lynch, you're eligible for free admssion to 150 museums and cultural centers across America the first full weekend of each month through December, 2011.The "Museums on Us" program, designed to increase access to the arts across the nation, allows cardholders one free admission to 150 museums and cultural landmarks. Participants range from prominent fine arts institutions – such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago – to regional institutions such as the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, Calif., and the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. (see full list below).
To qualify for Museums on Us, customers simply present their Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain one free general admission to any participating institution. Not valid for special exhibitions, fundraising events or ticketed shows. Not to be combined with any other discounts or offers. Free admission does not guarantee reservation. Offer valid the first full weekend of each month through December 3-4, 2011.
The full list of museums is below. For more free things to do with your family, check out our feature, Free in the 50 States.
Bank of America Museums on Us® Participating MuseumsARIZONA
Phoenix
Musical Instrument Museum – NEW
Phoenix Art Museum
Tucson
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block
CALIFORNIA
Inland Empire/Palm Springs
The Living Desert***
Palm Springs Art Museum
Riverside Art Museum*
Los Angeles/Orange County
Autry National Center of the American West
Discovery Science Center
Hammer Museum – NEW
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Latin American Art
MUZEO
Skirball Cultural Center – NEW
Sacramento
The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts
Crocker Art Museum
Explorit Science Center, Davis
San Diego
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
The New Children’s Museum***
Museum of Photographic Arts*** – NEW
San Francisco/Oakland
Chabot Space & Science Center – NEW
Contemporary Jewish Museum
de Young Museum
Legion of Honor
Museum of the African Diaspora
Zeum, San Francisco’s Children’s Museum – NEW
Silicon Valley/San Jose
San Jose Museum of Art
The Tech Museum of Innovation
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
The Discovery Museum and Planetarium – NEW
Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
New Haven
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History – NEW
DELAWARE
Wilmington
Delaware Art Museum**
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville
The Museum of Science and History (MOSH)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Bass Museum of Art
IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum – NEW
Miami Art Museum
Miami Children’s Museum
Miami Science Museum
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Museum of Discovery & Science
Young At Art Children’s Museum (Davie)
Orlando
The Mennello Museum of American Art
Orange County Regional History Center – NEW
Orlando Museum of Art
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Florida Holocaust Museum***
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Tampa Museum of Art
West Palm Beach
South Florida Science Museum
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Atlanta History Center
High Museum of Art
Cartersville
Booth Western Art Museum
Tellus Science Museum
Savannah
Telfair Museums – NEW
ILLINOIS
Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago History Museum
DuSable Museum of African American History
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Shedd Aquarium
MAINE
Rockland
Farnsworth Art Museum
MARYLAND
Baltimore
The American Visionary Art Museum
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Cape Cod Museum of Art– NEW
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA)*** – NEW
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Worcester Art Museum – NEW
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History**
Detroit Children’s Museum* – NEW
Detroit Historical Museum – NEW
Detroit Science Center
Flint Institute of Arts – NEW
The Henry Ford **
Motown Museum*
Grand Rapids
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
MISSOURI
Kansas City
National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
Union Station Science City
Saint Louis
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
NEVADA
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Lied Discovery Children’s Museum
Springs Preserve
Reno
Nevada Museum of Art
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Currier Museum of Art
NEW JERSEY
North Jersey
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art*
Liberty Science Center
Montclair Art Museum
Morris Museum
Newark Museum***
South/Central Jersey
Garden State Discovery Museum ***
The Noyes Museum of Art of Richard Stockton College – NEW
WheatonArts and Cultural Center – NEW
NEW MEXICO – NEW
Albuquerque
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center – NEW
Sante Fe
SITE Santa Fe – NEW
NEW YORK
New York City
Bronx Zoo
El Museo del Barrio – NEW
International Center of Photography – NEW
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum***
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of the City of New York – NEW
New York Aquarium
New York Hall of Science – NEW
Staten Island Children’s Museum – NEW
Long Island
Old Westbury Gardens***
Long Island Children’s Museum
Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages***
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum – NEW
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art – NEW
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture – NEW
Levine Museum of the New South
Mint Museum Randolph
Mint Museum Uptown
NASCAR Hall of Fame – NEW
Durham
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University – NEW
Raleigh
Marbles Kids Museum – NEW
OHIO – NEW
Cleveland
Great Lakes Science Center*** – NEW
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Tulsa
Gilcrease Museum
Philbrook Museum of Art
OREGON
Portland
Lan Su Chinese Garden*** – NEW
Pittock Mansion***
Portland Art Museum
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
African America Museum in Philadelphia
National Constitution Center
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Please Touch Museum®
Pittsburgh
The Andy Warhol Museum - NEW
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Museum of Work and Culture
Providence Children’s Museum
The RISD Museum
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia
EdVenture Children’s Museum
TENNESSEE
Memphis
Dixon Gallery and Gardens – NEW
Nashville
Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum – NEW
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
TEXAS
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Museum of Nature & Science
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Dallas Museum of Art
Houston
Children’s Museum of Houston
Houston Zoo
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – NEW
VIRGINIA
Richmond
Children’s Museum of Richmond
Williamsburg
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum – NEW
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum – NEW
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Northwest African American Museum
Seattle Art Museum – NEW
Tacoma Art Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.
National Museum of Women in the Arts - NEW
* Closed Sundays
** Program not available on Sundays
*** Contact the institution’s website for variable hours
† Museum already offers free admission on Saturdays
For more information on Museums On Us, visit http://museums.bankofamerica.com/
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