Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden offering  free admission to military personnel and their families this summer

Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden offering  free admission to military personnel and their families this summer

Key West, Florida –It’s not too late to take advantage of the Garden’s tenth summer participating in the Blue Star Museums program which provides free admission to our nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families. The 2019 program began on Saturday, May 18, 2019, Armed Forces Day, and will end on Monday, September 2, 2019, Labor Day.

Blue Star Museums is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums nationwide.   The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum.

The Garden is located at 5210 College Road, on Stock Island, Key West, Florida.  For information about visiting the Garden, please visit www.keywest.garden or call 305.296.1504.

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