Several museums throughout the area are offering free admission to active military personnel and their families all summer long as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Blue Star Museums program. Present your military identification between Memorial Day and Labor Day to enjoy the following activities, free of charge:

Bainbridge Island

• Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
• Kids Discovery Museum

Bellevue

• Bellevue Arts Museum
• KidsQuest Children's Museum

Bremerton

• Kitsap County Historical Society Museum
• Puget Sound Navy Museum

Gig Harbor

• Harbor History Museum

Keyport

• Naval Undersea Museum

La Conner

• Skagit County Historical Museum

Seattle

• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
• The Henry Art Gallery
• Log House Museum
• The Museum of Flight
• Nordic Heritage Museum
• Northwest African American Museum
• Seattle Art Museum
• Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

Tacoma

• 9th & 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum
• Children's Museum of Tacoma
• Job Carr Cabin Museum
• Museum of Glass
• Tacoma Art Museum

To learn more about this initiative, visit www.arts.gov/national/bluestarmuseums/index2012.php.

In addition to the Blue Star Museums, the Northwest Railway Museum is offering $5 roundtrip train fare on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend to anyone with a valid current military ID card. For more information, visit www.trainmuseum.org.

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