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Ogdensburg's Remington Art Museum offering free admission to military personnel and their families

Posted 7/18/11

OGDENSBURG -- The Frederic Remington Art Museum is offering free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day. The Remington is one of 1,480 museums across …

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Ogdensburg's Remington Art Museum offering free admission to military personnel and their families

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OGDENSBURG -- The Frederic Remington Art Museum is offering free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day.

The Remington is one of 1,480 museums across American offering the free admission in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families.

Financial support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families.

The free admission program is available to active-duty Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserve members and their family members.

To view a list of other participating museums nationwide, visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.

“Last year the success of the inaugural year of the Blue Star Museums program showed that partnerships between the nation’s museum and military communities are a natural,” said Blue Star Families Chairman Kathy Roth-Douquet. “We are thrilled that 300,000 military family members visited our partner museums in the summer of 2010. We hope to exceed that number this year as the military community takes advantage of the rich cultural heritage they defend and protect every day. We appreciate the NEA and the nation’s museums who chose to partner with us. We also are grateful to our friends at the MetLife Foundation, the lead supporter of the Blue Star Museums outreach initiative, whose generous donation helps make our work possible.”

The Frederic Remington Art Museum is located at 303 Washington St. and is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving and interpreting the art and archives of Frederic Remington, and contains an unmatched collection of his works.

The museum is open May 15 - October 15, Monday -Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday, 1 to 5 pm and October 16 – May 14, Wednesday -Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm and Sunday, 1 to 5 pm.