The Peninsula Fine Arts Center will offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel from May 26 to Labor Day, Sept. 7.
PFAC is proud to again be participating in the Blue Star Museums program, a collaboration of the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 2,000 museums. Beginning May 26, active duty military personnel (including the National Guard and Reserve) and their families will receive free admission to PFAC.
The Blue Star Museums program provides families an opportunity to enjoy the nation’s cultural heritage and learn more about their new communities after a military move.
Families visiting PFAC between May 26 and June 28 will see the “The Original Art: Celebrating Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration” exhibit, featuring the year’s best children’s books published in the U.S. in 2014. Families are invited to return after July 11, when the new exhibition, “American Scenery: Different Views in the Hudson River School Painting,” will showcase 116 paintings from the Hudson River School, a loose collective of artists working in New England from 1825-1875. Works comprise American’s first native style, and the collection was first exhibited at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Pennsylvania.
The Blue Star Museum Program runs from May 25, 2015 to Sept. 1, 2015 (PFAC is closed on Mondays, and will begin offering free admission on May 26). 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, which includes any 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.
The Peninsula Fine Arts Center is located at 101 Museum Drive within Mariners’ Museum Park in Newport News, Va. The center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays; PFAC is closed on Mondays. Admission is regularly $7.50 for adults, $4 for children (ages 6-12) and free for children 5 and under. Annual membership is $40 for individuals and $60 for families. For more information, call (757) 596-8175 or visit www.pfac-va.org
