Museums free for military families this summer

Updated July 5, 2017 to include Curtiss Mansion 

If you’re in the military, you and your family can get free admission to museums across the country from Memorial Day (May 29) to Labor Day (Sept. 4) in 2017 through the Blue Star Museums program.

The program is organized by the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense, plus more than 2,000 museums. You can read the rules and find participating museums here.

These are the museums and institutions with free admission for the military and their families through the Blue Star Museums program in South Florida in 2017.

Miami-Dade

• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables
• Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables
• Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami
• The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami *
• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami
• The Ancient Spanish Monastery, North Miami Beach
• Deering Estate at Cutler, Miami
• Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, Miami
• Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, Miami Beach *
• Rubell Family Collection Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami
• Miami Design Preservation League (Art Deco Museum), Miami Beach
• Curtiss Mansion, Miami Springs

Broward

• Old Davie School Historical Museum, Davie
• Historic Stranahan House Museum, Fort Lauderdale
• NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale

 Palm Beach

• Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, Jupiter
• Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center, Boynton Beach
• South Florida Science  Center and Aquarium, West Palm Beach
• Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach
• Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum, Boca Raton
• Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton

Florida Keys

• Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Gardens, Key West
• Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Key West
• History of Diving Museum, Islamorada

* Admission is always free for everyone