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Military Personal Get Free Access to City Museums this Summer

NEW YORK CITY — Military personnel and their families will get free admission to dozens of city museums this summer.

The Blue Star Museums program allows all active duty members as well as National Guard and active Reserve members and their families entry to more than 1,600 museums nationwide from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

“We are honored to once again welcome U.S. service members and their families to the Metropolitan Museum,” said Emily Rafferty, President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in a statement.

“The Museum is an American treasure and we are grateful to share it with those who have given so much to our nation.”

City museums participating in the program include the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, The MET, Brooklyn Museum and New York Botanical Garden.

Service members can get access for free and take up to five family members by showing their military ID, according to the program's website.

Their website had a complete listing of all participating museums across the country.