{"id":9888,"date":"2014-04-15T08:33:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T13:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2014-04-15T08:33:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T13:33:29","slug":"call-for-participants-blue-star-museums-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/04\/15\/call-for-participants-blue-star-museums-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participants: Blue Star Museums Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following message is posted on behalf of\u00a0Wendy Clark, the Acting Director of Museums, Visual Arts &amp; Indemnity for the National Endowment for the Arts.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NEA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9889\" alt=\"NEA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NEA.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BlueStar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9890\" alt=\"BlueStar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BlueStar.jpg\" width=\"179\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI\u2019m writing to ask you to help us spread the word about the Blue Star Museums Program, which invites museums to offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families during the summer. Last summer we surpassed our goal of 2,000 participating museums, and were proud that more than 700,000 military personnel and their families were treated to outstanding museum experiences. <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">It may be that your institution\/museum is already registered, but I felt compelled to try to spread the word to as many people as possible.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nWe hope it might be possible for your museum to participate, if so <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.nea.gov\/BlueStarSignUp\/MainPage.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow this link to sign up online<\/a>. Even if your institution is already offering a similar program or already offers free admission to all, registering as a Blue Star Museum provides a national platform to showcase your museum to the military community.<br \/>\nIf you have any questions please e-mail <a href=\"bluestarmuseums@arts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bluestarmuseums@arts.gov<\/a><br \/>\nSincerely,<br \/>\nWendy Clark<br \/>\nActing Director of Museums, Visual Arts and Indemnity<br \/>\nNational Endowment for the Arts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following message is posted on behalf of\u00a0Wendy Clark, the Acting Director of Museums, Visual Arts &amp; Indemnity for the National Endowment for the Arts. \u00a0 I\u2019m writing to ask you to help us spread the word about the Blue Star Museums Program, which invites museums to offer free admission to active duty military personnel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/04\/15\/call-for-participants-blue-star-museums-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call for Participants: Blue Star Museums Program&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}