Boeing band music, Tuskegee Airmen, and Blue Star Museum program begins with free admission active military through Labor Day
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight honors military service with patriotic music and ceremonies on Memorial Day, May 30. Veterans and active U.S. Military personnel receive free admission to the Museum with identification. The Boeing Employees Concert Band will set the stage by performing patriotic music, beginning at noon. At 1 p.m. Museum President and CEO Doug King will preside over a ceremony with City of Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton. Other special guests include Tuskegee Airmen veterans Lt. Col. LeRoy Gillead, Lt. Col. Ed Drummond and Capt. George Hickmann.
Blue Star Museums Program Begins at The Museum of Flight – Active Military Receive Free Admission for the Summer
Blue Star Museums is a partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more than 1,000 museums in all 50 states that will offer free admission to active military personnel and up to five members of their family from Memorial Day, May 30, 2011, through Labor Day, September 5, 2011. Veterans admitted free to The Museum of Flight on Memorial Day and Veterans Day only (unless otherwise specified).
For more information about Blue Star Museums, see: www.nea.gov/national/bluestarmuseums/index_ongoing.php
World War II B-17 Bomber Rides
A Memorial Day weekend tradition continues as The Museum of Flight hosts the Experimental Aircraft Association’s B-17 bomber, Aluminum Overcast, for rides and ground tours during the last week in May. The Flying Fortress will be open to the public May 25 through May 30 for rides and ground tours. For costs, reservations and more information, please call the EAA at 1-800-359-6217 or visit www.b17.org
The Museum of Flight is located at 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, Exit 158 off Interstate 5 on Boeing Field half-way between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport. The Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $16 for adults, $14 for seniors 65 and older, $13 for active military, $9 for youth 5 to 17, and free for children under 5. Group rates are available. Admission on the first Thursday of the month is free from 5 to 9 p.m. courtesy of Wells Fargo.
For general Museum information, please call 206-764-5720 or visit www.museumofflight.org