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With temperatures climbing and school being out for summer, wandering through museums is a great way for you and your family to cool off indoors while also learning about history, art, science and more.

Blue Star Museums – a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, in collaboration with the Department of Defense and museums across America—is offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families.

The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard–including Reservists, National Guardsman (regardless of status), U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members.

Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum.

The 2023 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, 2023 and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023. For more information on the Blue Star Museum Program visit arts.gov/initiatives/blue-star-museums

Here is a list of museums across Arizona that are participating in the Blue Star program:

APACHE JUNCTION

•   Superstition Mountain Museum 

CHANDLER

• Arizona Railway Museum
• Chandler Museum

DRAGOON

• Amerind Museum

ELOY

• Santa Cruz Valley Historic Museum

FLORENCE

• Pinal County Historical Museum

GILBERT

• HD South, Home Of The Gilbert Historical Museum

MESA

• Arizona Museum Of Natural History
• Caf Airbase Arizona
• I.D.E.A. Museum

PHOENIX

• Arizona Science Center
• Heard Museum
• Phoenix Art Museum
• Rosson House Museum At Heritage Square
• S’edav Va’aki Museum (Formerly Pueblo Grande Museum)

PRESCOTT

• Phippen Museum

SEDONA

• Sedona Heritage Museum

TEMPE

• ASU Buseck Center For Meteorite Studies

TUCSON

• Mini Time Machine Museum Of Miniatures
• Presidio San Agustín Del Tucson Museum
• Tohono Chul Park
• Tucson Museum Of Art & Historic Block

WICKENBURG

• Desert Caballeros Western Museum

WINSLOW

• Homolovi State Park & Winslow Homolovi Observatory