Military Families: Final Day for Free Museum Admission is Labor Day

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The March Field Air Museum in Riverside is offering free admission to Active-Duty Military personnel AND their families this summer, but the last day for this program is Monday, September 3—Labor Day! The Museum is proud to participate in Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, 2018.

This year, more than 2,000 (and counting) museums in all 50 states are taking part in the Blue Star Museums initiative that represents the fine arts, science, history, nature centers, children’s museums and, of course, aviation. The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard), National Guard and Reserve members and up to five immediate family members. The March Field Air Museum is one of three participating museums in the Riverside area.

Regularly open Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March Field Air Museum will also be open on Monday, September 3 (Labor Day). The museum, a top-rated Trip Advisor attraction, strives to promote an understanding of humanity’s reach for the skies, and historic March Field’s pioneering role in the development of flight. Engaging exhibits and knowledgeable docents bring the subject to life, with thousands of artifacts and 80 historic aircraft on display ranging from a replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer (which launched powered flight worldwide), to early examples of military aircraft and some of America’s most iconic military planes (including World War II bombers), to the world’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft (the SR-71 Blackbird) and a modern-day MQ-1 Predator (remotely piloted aircraft).

The March Field Air Museum is located alongside Interstate Highway 215 at Van Buren Boulevard, just south of downtown Riverside and adjacent to March Air Reserve Base. For more information about the Museum, please call 951-902-5949 or visit www.marchfield.org. For a complete list of participating Blue Star museums or more information about the program, please visit https://www.arts.gov/national/blue-star-museums.

About Blue Star Museums

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America. The program runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as Active Duty and Reservists, National Guardsman (regardless of status), U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Follow Blue Star Museums on Twitter @NEAarts and @BlueStarFamily, #bluestarmuseums.