What’s the Freebie?
Blue Star Families announced on May 22, 2012 the launch of the Blue Star Museums Initiative, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,500 museums across America to offer FREE admission to all active duty military personnel, including active Reserve and National Guard, and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012.

Some participating Museums in and around the Tampa Bay area include:
— Armed Forces History Museum (Largo, FL)
— Plant City Photo Archives and History Center (Plant City, FL)
— Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL)
— Henry B. Plant Museum (Tampa, FL)
— Tampa Museum of Art Cornelia Corbett Center (Tampa, FL)
— Tarpon Springs Area Historical Society (Tarpon Springs, FL)
— Explorations V Children’s Museum (Lakeland, FL)
— Polk Museum of Art (Lakeland, FL)

Click here to find a participating museum near you. Simply click on your state for a list of participating Museums by city.

Thanks, Michelle V., for sending us the link to this awesome program!