Free admission, discounts for military families all summer

MAY 29, 2017 (AUSTIN, TX) — The Bullock Texas State History Museum is proud to announce the launch of the 2017 season of Blue Star Museums and once again will offer free admission to active duty, National Guard, and Reserve military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2017.

The Bullock Museum offers military discounts to provide educational and entertainment opportunities all year long. Each summer this is expanded to include free exhibition admission to active military members and their families, making the museum an affordable summer travel destination for Texas military families.

The Blue Star Museums program is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, the MetLife Foundation, and more than 2,000 museums and cultural institutions across the country, including nearly 100 in Texas. The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/national/blue-star-museums.

The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty U.S. military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps - and up to five family members.

Find out more about Blue Star Museums admission eligibility and program details through the Blue Star Museum FAQ page.

Blue Star Museums was created as a way of adding to the quality of life for active duty military families, with a special focus on providing free cultural and educational opportunities to the approximately 2 million American children who have had at least one parent deployed since 2001. A parent guide has been created to help families get the most from museum visits.

The Bullock Museum has a full lineup of family exhibitions, programs, and films in its Summer at the Bullock program. The museum is hosting Pride & Joy: The Texas Blues of Stevie Ray Vaughan, an exhibition curated by the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live and on display through July 23, 2017. The exhibition's only stop in Texas features numerous guitars, including Vaughan’s “Number One” Fender Stratocaster; early family photographs; original stage outfits, including Vaughan’s iconic hat; handwritten lyrics; original concert posters/ tour ephemera; and much more. In addition, Common Ground: The Music Festival Experience, produced by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, shows through original artifacts how music festival experiences can break through barriers of age, geography, race, and class.

Both of these special exhibitions and the Texas History Galleries, which detail thousands of years of Texas history, are included in the free admission offer through Blue Star Museums program. The Bullock Museum also offers military discounts on documentaries and Hollywood feature films that show daily in the museum’s IMAX® Theatre. Located in downtown Austin, the museum features on-site parking, a cafe and museum store. Follow @BullockMuseum on Facebook and Twitter to find out about upcoming programs, or visit TheStoryofTexas.com for a full calendar of exhibitions, events and programs.

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​​The Bullock Texas State History Museum, a division of the State Preservation Board and an accredited institution of the American Alliance of Museums, creates experiences that educate, engage, and encourage a deeper understanding of Texas. With dynamic, award-winning exhibitions that illuminate Texas history, people, and culture, educational programming for all ages, and an IMAX® theater with a screen the size of Texas, the Museum collaborates with more than 700 museums, libraries, archives, organizations, and individuals across the world to bring the Story of Texas to life. For more information, visit www.TheStoryofTexas.com or call (866)369-7108.