The Blue Star Museums program is back for it's 10th year! Blue Star Museums is a collaboration of the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and over 2,000 museums throughout the United States.

This program allows military personnel and their families to visit participating museums for FREE. The 2019 season starts this year on Armed Forces Day (Saturday May 18, 2019) and runs through Labor Day (Monday, September 2, 2019) Participating local museums this year include (this list may grow as more museums register!):

Joint Base Langley-Eustis

• US Army Transportation Museum

Fort Monroe

• Casement Museum at Fort Monroe

Hampton

Newport News

• Peninsula Fine Arts Center

Norfolk 

• The Chrysler Museum

• The Hermitage Museum & Gardens

• MacArthur Memorial

Portsmouth

• Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center

• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum

Smithfield

• Historic St. Luke's

Williamsburg

• Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

For more information and a list of participating museums throughout Virginia and the United States Click HERE.