Bank of America Kicks Off 19th Season of Museums on Us®
Nationally Recognized Program Provides Bank of America and Merrill
Lynch Cardholders Free Access to 150 Participating Arts and Culture
Institutions Across the U.S.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bank of America has announced the 2016 Museums on Us program
roster, featuring many of the nation’s favorite arts, cultural and
historical institutions. Museums on Us provides a cultural
benefit to Bank of America and Merrill Lynch debit and credit
cardholders across the U.S. by providing each cardholder free admission
to 150 prominent cultural institutions across 101 cities in 33 states on
the first full weekend of every month.
“These cultural institutions help local economies thrive,” said Rena De
Sisto, Bank of America global arts and culture executive. “We’re
thrilled to make these unique cultural experiences accessible to our
customers for the 19th year.”
Bank of America has partnerships with a variety of cultural institutions
in the United States including museums, science centers, botanical
gardens and aquariums. New members of the program in 2016 include the
Nevada Museum of Art, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, the Hudson River
Museum and the National Museum of Mexican Art (full list below). Notable
institutions such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Shedd
Aquarium in Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City and the National Constitution Center in
Philadelphia continue to participate in the program.
2016 museum roster additions:
- Heard Museum – Phoenix, Ariz.
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History – New Haven, Conn.
- Coral Gables Museum – Miami, Fla.
- HistoryMiami Museum – Miami, Fla.
- Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Museum of Art – Savannah, Ga.
- Boise Art Museum – Boise, Idaho
- DuSable Museum of African American History – Chicago, Ill.
- National Hellenic Museum – Chicago, Ill.
- National Museum of Mexican Art – Chicago, Ill.
-
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History &
Culture – Baltimore, Md. - Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate – Boston, Mass.
- Nevada Museum of Art – Reno, Nev.
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum – New York, N.Y.
- Museum of Arts and Design – New York, N.Y.
- Museum of the Moving Image – New York, N.Y.
- Hudson River Museum – Yonkers, N.Y.
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts – Philadelphia, Penn.
- International Tennis Hall of Fame – Newport, R.I.
- Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage – Nashville, Tenn.
- Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture – Spokane, Wash.
To take advantage of or to benefit from the Museums on Us program, Bank
of America and Merrill Lynch customers simply present their credit or
debit card and a valid photo ID to gain one free general admission to
any participating institution. Admission is limited to the cardholder
and excludes fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed shows,
and is not to be combined with other offers. For more information about
Museums on Us and to view a full list of institutions, visit http://museums.bankofamerica.com.
Through programs like Museums on Us, sharing art, funding art
conservation and global sponsorships of a wide range of world-class
organizations, Bank of America aims to make an impact on economies and
societies throughout the world and remains one of the world’s leading
corporate supporters of arts organizations globally.
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