50 Free Museums in Washington & Oregon for Military Families
This summer, military families get free passes into over 50 fantastic Pacific Northwest museums. The Blue Star Museums initiative is a partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more than 1,000 museums across America. Blue Star Museums offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 30, 2011, through Labor Day, September 5, 2011. Read more at the Blue Star Museums page.
A few of my favorite family museums: High Desert Museum (in Bend, Ore.), Portland Art Museum (Portland, Ore.), University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History (Eugene, Ore.), Kids Discovery Museum (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), KidsQuest Children’s Museum (Bellevue, Wash.), Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum (Leavenworth, Wash.), and the Burke Museum, Museum of Flight, Seattle Art Museum and Museum of History & Industry (Seattle).
Oregon Museums participating in Blue Star Museums
- Albany Regional Museum
Albany, OR - Architectural Heritage Center
Portland, OR - Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
The Dalles , OR - Coos County Fairgrounds Museum
Myrtle Point, OR - Coos Historical & Maritime Museum
North Bend, OR - Crater Rock Museum
Central Point , OR - Des Chutes Historical Museum
Bend, OR - Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University
Salem, OR - Heritage Museum Society
Independence, OR - Heritage Station Museum / Umatilla County Historical Society
Pendleton, OR - High Desert Museum
Bend, OR - Historic Deepwood Estate
Salem, OR - The History Museum of Hood River County
Hood River, OR - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Eugene, OR - Lane County Historical Society and Museum
Eugene, OR - The Museum At Warm Springs
Warm Springs, OR - Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR - Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University
Ashland , OR - Science Factory Children’s Museum and Exploration Dome
Eugene, OR - ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum
Ashland, OR - Shelton McMurphey Johnson House
Eugene, OR - Sherman County Historical Museum
Moro, OR - Tamástslikt Cultural Institute
Pendleton, OR - Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
Tillamook, OR - University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Eugene, OR - Washington County Museum
Portland, OR - Willamette Heritage Center at The Mill
Salem, OR - World Beat Gallery
Salem, OR
Washington Museums participating in Blue Star Museums
- Appelo Archives Center
Naselle, WA - Burke Museum
Seattle, WA - Children’s Museum of Tacoma
Tacoma , WA - Clark County Historical Museum
Vancouver, WA - Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum
Stevenson, WA - Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
Ilwaco, WA - DuPont Museum
DuPont, WA - The Henry Art Gallery
Seattle, WA - Kids Discovery Museum
Bainbridge Island, WA - KidsQuest Children’s Museum
Bellevue, WA - Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum
Leavenworth, WA - Lynden Pioneer Museum
Lynden , WA - Maryhill Museum of Art
Goldendale, WA - The Museum of Flight
Seattle, WA - Museum of Glass
Tacoma, WA - Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
Seattle, WA - Naval Undersea Museum
Keyport, WA - Ocean Shores Interpretive Center
Ocean Shores , WA - Polson Museum
Hoquiam, WA - Puget Sound Navy Museum
Bremerton, WA - Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA - Shafer Historical Museum
Winthrop, WA - Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA - Wenatchee Valley Museum
Wenatchee, WA - White Pass Country Museum
Packwood, WA - Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Seattle, WA
