Local museums offering free admission for active military and their family members

NORFOLK, Va. – Several Hampton Roads museums are offering free admission for active military personnel and up to five of their family members, thanks to Blue Star Museums.

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense. More than 2,000 museums across America are offering free admission for active military and their family members from Memorial Day through Labor Day, September 4.

Here are the local participating museums:

• Hampton History Museum
• Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News
• Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk
• Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk
• Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk
• MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk
• The Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries in Norfolk
• Lightship Portsmouth Museum
• Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
• Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
• Virginia Beach History Museums
• Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Virginia Beach
• Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
• DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Williamsburg
• Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg

Some special or limited-time museum exhibits may not be included in the free admission program. For questions on exhibits or museums, contact the museums directly.

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