Free Admission to The Wildlife Experience for Active Military and Their Families
The Wildlife Experience is pleased to announce it will participate in the Blue Star Museums program providing free admission to active military and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day of this year.
The Blue Star Museums program was created by The National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families. Blue Star Families is a non-profit organization that works to support America’s military families from all branches of the service. The goal of the Blue Star Museums program is to offer free admission to museums across the country for active duty military personnel and their families. The initiative will begin on Memorial Day, May 31, 2010 and extend through Labor Day, September 6, 2010.
“The Wildlife Experience is proud to join the National Endowment for the Arts and host our Nation’s heroes and their families, who give up so much in defense of this great nation.” explains Gino Greco, President & CEO of The Wildlife Experience. “It’s a way we can offer a heartfelt thank you for all that they do.”
“Over a million Americans have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, over 900,000 children have said goodbye to a parent at least once since the fighting began, many have endured 2, 3, 4 or more deployments. These families often feel that their sacrifices may seem to go unnoticed. The Blue Star Museum program says to our nation’s military families that the arts community recognizes and honors their contribution, by opening the doors to our nation’s art treasures to those who have been serving so long and so faithfully. Blue Star Families is thrilled to be a partner with the National Endowment for the Arts in developing and promoting the Blue Star Museum initiative, and hope you will join us in bringing the beauty and inspiration of your collection to military families this summer” — Blue Star Families.
The Wildlife Experience is pleased to take part in this initiative. For free museum admission, active military should present military ID at main admissions. The Wildlife Experience is open Tuesday – Sunday 9a.m. – 5p.m. and is open on Memorial Day. For more information, please call 720.488.3300.
A natural history and wildlife art museum, The Wildlife Experience is located at 10035 South Peoria St., Parker, CO., one mile east of I-25 at the intersection of Lincoln Ave. and S. Peoria. Please visit thewildlifeexperience.org or call 720.488.3300 for more information.
