Bank of America: Museums on Us – July 7 & 8, 2012

Two free museum days coming up (for Bank of America customers). I’ll post this again but I wanted you to know about it and get it on your calendar!

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BANK OF AMERICA AND MERRILL LYNCH CARDHOLDERS CONTINUE THE CELEBRATION OF OUR NATION’S BIRTHDAY WITH MUSEUMS ON US®

Cardholders will receive free admission on Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 8

WHAT:                 Bank of America’s Museums on Us offers free access to Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders nationwide

WHEN:                 Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 8 (and the first full weekend of each month)

Check participating museums’ days and hours of operation

WHERE:               More than 150 institutions nationwide (link to full list here)

WHY:                    Bank of America has strong long-term relationships with an array of institutions nationwide including museums, science centers, botanical gardens and aquariums and created Museums on Us to promote these institutions and provide a free cultural benefit to Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders.

DETAILS:              Photo ID and a valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card must be presented at the time of visit. One free general admission limited to each cardholder at a participating institution, excluding fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed shows the first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of each month. Not to be combined with other offers.

Bank of America is offering its cardholders a way to continue the celebration of our nation’s birthday with Museums on Us, giving bank cardholders free admission to some of the most exciting cultural venues nationwide, including The Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, FL, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY, The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD and the American Textile History Museum outside of Boston, MA.  As part of Museums on Us, more than 150 leading U.S. cultural institutions, in 91 cities across the country, open their doors to bank cardholders on the first full weekend of each month. Other upcoming weekends include: August 4-5 and September 1-2.

Museums on Us – a national program – includes some of the country’s favorite cultural institutions like the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, CA, Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL, Dallas Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas, TX and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY. For more information about Museums on Us, visit: http://museums.bankofamerica.com.

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Bank of America Museums on Us® Participating Museums

(2012 Program)

ALASKA

Anchorage

Anchorage Museum**

ARIZONA

Phoenix

Musical Instrument Museum

Phoenix Art Museum

Children’s Museum of Phoenix

Tucson

Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block

CALIFORNIA

Inland Empire/Palm Springs

The Living Desert***

Palm Springs Art Museum

Riverside Art Museum

Los Angeles/Orange County

Autry National Center of the American West

Discovery Science Center**

Hammer Museum

Laguna Art Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Museum of Latin American Art

Skirball Cultural Center

Sacramento

Discovery Museum Science & Space Center

The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts

Crocker Art Museum

San Diego

Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA)***

The San Diego Museum of Art

San Francisco/Oakland

Children’s Creativity Museum

Chabot Space & Science Center

Contemporary Jewish Museum

de Young Museum

Legion of Honor

Silicon Valley/San Jose

San Jose Museum of Art

The Tech Museum of Innovation

CONNECTICUT

Greenwich

Bruce Museum

Hartford

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

New Britain

New Britain Museum of American Art

DELAWARE

Wilmington

Delaware Art Museum**

Delaware Museum of Natural History

Winterthur

FLORIDA

Jacksonville

Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville

The Cummer Museum of Arts & Gardens

The Museum of Science and History (MOSH)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale

Bass Museum of Art

IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum

Miami Art Museum

Miami Children’s Museum

Miami Science Museum

Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

Museum of Discovery & Science

Orlando

The Mennello Museum of American Art

Orange County Regional History Center

Orlando Museum of Art

Tampa-St. Petersburg

Florida Holocaust Museum***

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Tampa Museum of Art

West Palm Beach

South Florida Science Museum

GEORGIA

Atlanta

Atlanta History Center

High Museum of Art

Cartersville

Booth Western Art Museum

Tellus Science Museum

Savannah

Telfair Museums

ILLINOIS

Chicago

Adler Planetarium***

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago History Museum

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Shedd Aquarium

MAINE

Rockland

Farnsworth Art Museum

MARYLAND

Baltimore

The American Visionary Art Museum

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston

American Textile History Museum

Cape Cod Museum of Art

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA)***

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Worcester Art Museum

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

MICHIGAN

Detroit

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History**

Detroit Children’s Museum*

Detroit Historical Museum

Flint Institute of Arts

The Henry Ford

Motown Museum*

Grand Rapids

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Grand Rapids Art Museums

MINNESOTA

Minneapolis

Mill City Museum

St. Paul

Historic Fort Snelling***

James J. Hill House

Minnesota History Center

MISSOURI

Kansas City

National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial

Union Station Science City

Saint Louis

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

NEVADA

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Natural History Museum

Lied Discovery Children’s Museum

Springs Preserve

Reno

Nevada Museum of Art

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Currier Museum of Art

NEW JERSEY

Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art*

Liberty Science Center

Montclair Art Museum

Morris Museum

Newark Museum***

Garden State Discovery Museum***

The Noyes Museum of Art of Richard Stockton College

WheatonArts and Cultural Center

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque

The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History

NEW YORK

New York City

Brooklyn Children’s Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York Hall of Science

New-York Historical Society

Rubin Museum of Art

Staten Island Children’s Museum

Whitney Museum of American Art

Long Island

Old Westbury Gardens***

Long Island Children’s Museum

Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages***

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture

Levine Museum of the New South

Mint Museum Randolph

Mint Museum Uptown

Durham

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Raleigh

Marbles Kids Museum

OHIO

Cleveland

Great Lakes Science Center***

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

Oklahoma City Museum of Art

City Arts Center*

Tulsa

Gilcrease Museum

Philbrook Museum of Art

OREGON

Portland

Lan Su Chinese Garden***

Pittock Mansion***

Portland Art Museum

PENNSYLVANIA

Allentown

Allentown Art Museum

Philadelphia

African American Museum in Philadelphia

National Constitution Center

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Museum of Art

Scranton

Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art

RHODE ISLAND

Providence

Providence Children’s Museum

The RISD Museum

Newport Art Museum

SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia

EdVenture Children’s Museum

TENNESSEE

Memphis

Dixon Gallery and Gardens

Nashville

Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

TEXAS

Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas Museum of Nature & Science

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Dallas Museum of Art

Houston

Children’s Museum of Houston

Houston Zoo

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

VIRGINIA

Richmond

Children’s Museum of Richmond

Roanoke

Taubman Museum of Art

Williamsburg

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum

WASHINGTON

Seattle

Northwest African American Museum

Seattle Art Museum

Tacoma Art Museum

WASHINGTON, D.C.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

The Phillips Collection

* Closed Sundays

** Program not available on Sundays

*** Contact the institution’s website for variable hours

† Museum already offers free admission on Saturdays