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Museums on Us® Offers Free Admission to Georgia Cultural Attractions for Labor Day Weekend 9/5-9/6
Bank of America cardholders can receive free general admission to 14 cultural attractions across Georgia September 5 - 6 through the Museums on Us® program.
Bank of America’s Museums on Us® program provides Bank of America, Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank credit and debit cardholders with free general admission to more than 225 cultural institutions nationwide on the first full weekend of each month.
For more than 25 years, Museums on Us® has expanded access to some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions while helping drive new audiences to partner museums. Cardholders can use the Museums on Us® location finder to search for participating institutions. With locations across the country, the program offers a wide range of experiences for all interests.
Participating locations in Georgia include:
Atlanta
- Atlanta History Center (Sunday only)
- Bartow History Museum (Saturday only)
- Booth Western Art Museum
- High Museum of Art
- National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- Savoy Automobile Museum
- Tellus Museum
FEATURED EXHIBITS
Atlanta History Center
Our War Too: Women in Service
See it before it's gone! Labor Day weekend is the last chance to see Our War Too: Women in Service at Atlanta History Center. On loan from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, this exhibition honors the nearly 350,000 American women who answered the call to serve their country during World War II, with hundreds of artifacts, interactive technology, and more.
Bartow History Center
Last chance to view Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition presented with Georgia Humanities. It explores the history of U.S. democracy and civic participation over nearly 250 years. The exhibition features historical artifacts, archival media, photographs, and interactive displays that trace both the evolution and challenges of democratic participation.
Booth Western Art Museum
Preternatural and the American West: Michael Scott, a compelling exhibition bringing together more than 30 works created over a six-year period, including a selection of field studies that explore the four elemental forces of the planet: earth, air, fire and water, and the complex relationship between the natural world and human intervention.
High Museum of Art
New Acquisitions: Photography will highlight the extraordinary breadth of photographs the institution owns and celebrate how crafting a collection is an art form in and of itself. Featured photographers include Dawoud Bey, Rahim Fortune, Nikita Gale, Martine Gutierrez, Richard Learoyd, Baldwin Lee, Catherine Opie, Ed Panar, Susan Worsham and more. The exhibit will close on September 6.
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The Center's Children's Gallery, we will host an interactive "Change Agent Side Quest”. Visitors who complete the quest will receive a free prize. The Children's Gallery will also host "Change Agent Crafts" for children, which will include making your own hats or creating trading cards.
Savoy Automobile Museum
New Temporary Exhibit, Henry Ford’s Versatile Model T
Henry Ford’s Model T not only provided transportation to everyday men and women, but it was also used in various ways throughout the years. This exhibit will focus on variations created off the Model T platform.
Tellus Museum
Located on a 50-acre park-like campus just off I-75 in Cartersville, GA, Tellus is a world-class Smithsonian affiliate museum designed to open minds and ignite a passion for science. Tellus features six main galleries between two buildings, a 4K digital planetarium, an interactive fossil dig and gem panning area, and an observatory with a 20-inch telescope. With hands-on exhibits and eye-popping artifacts like an 80-foot-long Brontosaurus, a replica Wright flyer and an amethyst geode weighing two metric tons, visitors of all ages can find something to enjoy.
Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6 (the first full weekend of each month)
Bank of America believes the arts play a vital role in connecting communities and supporting local economies. Through Museums on Us®, Bank of America provides cardholders with access to artistic and cultural experiences at institutions such as art, children’s and history museums, aquariums, botanical gardens and science centers nationwide.
Cardholders can visit the Museums on Us® location finder to identify participating institutions, review admission details and confirm operating hours.
Present your Bank of America, Merrill, or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain free general admission at participating institutions during the first full weekend of each month. Cardholders only; guests are not eligible for free admission.
The program excludes fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed experiences. It may not be combined with other offers. Participation varies.