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STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 |
M. Jodi Rell Governor |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2010
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Contact: 860-524-7313
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Governor Rell: Museums Offering Free Admission
To Military Families Through Labor Day
“Blue Star Museums” Campaign Begins Memorial Day
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that nearly two dozen Connecticut museums will offer free admission this summer to active duty military members and their families as part of “Operation Appreciation: Blue Star Museums.”
“This is a wonderful gesture of gratitude for the men and women of our military and their families,” Governor Rell said. “It is just one more way we can say a collective “Thank You” for their service to our country. This initiative also opens more doors of opportunity for the public to enjoy and appreciate culture and arts in Connecticut.”
The campaign is a collaboration between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star families, a nonprofit group that supports U.S. military families.
The promotion runs from Memorial Day, May 31 through Labor Day, September 6. (List of participating museums attached)
The participating museums are:
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum, Cheshire
Bruce Museum, Greenwich
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk
Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Danbury
Fairfield Musem and History Center, Fairfield
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford
Imagine Nation Museum, Bristol
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London
Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center, Waterbury
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain
New Canaan Historical Society, New Canaan
Norwalk Museum, South Norwalk
Old Tolland County Jail Museum, Tolland
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich
Stamford Historical Society, Stamford
Stanley-Whitman House, Farmington
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk
The Golden Age of Trucking Museum, Middlebury
Torrington Historical Society, Torrington
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven
For more information on participating museums visit
http://www.arts.gov/national/bluestarmuseums/index.php?st=CT#list
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