Published: May 25, 2021
The Bayou Teche Museum continues its membership as a Blue Star Museum, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer.
The 2021 program began on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15, and will end on Labor Day, Monday, September 6.
Free admission is available for those in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, as well as member of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps and up to five family members.
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration of the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense. The program provides families an opportunity to enjoy the nation’s cultural heritage and learn more about their new communities after a military move.
Other participating museums in the state include:
Abbeville
- Louisiana Military Museum
Alexandria
- Alexandria Museum of Art
Avery Island
- McIlhenny Company: Tabasco Factory Tour and Museum
Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Art & Science Museum
- LSU Museum of Art
- LSU Rural Life Museum
- USS KIDD Veterans Museum
Lafayette
- Vermilionville Living History Museum
Monroe
- Chennault Aviation And Military Museum New Iberia
- Bayou Teche Museum
- Shadows-on-the-Teche New Orleans
- National WWII Museum
- New Canal Lighthouse Museum: Pontchartrain Conservancy
- New Orleans Museum of Art
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Acadia Parish Today
Blue Star Museums to Offer Free Admission to U.S. Military Personnel
May 25, 2021
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