Free or Reduced Admission and Special Programs at Art Museums Across North America

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May 10, 2011, 03:37 ET

NEW YORK, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over 100 art museums across North America will offer free or reduced admission, special programs, or other initiatives as part of their celebrations of Art Museum Day on May 18, 2011. These museums—all members of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), and located across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—include smaller regional museums as well as leading international institutions. AAMD's Art Museum Day coincides with International Museum Day, organized annually around the world by the International Council of Museums. Participation by AAMD member museums emphasizes the lasting impact art museums have on their communities, highlights the value of the visual arts in society, and provides a range of opportunities for audiences to engage with the diverse programs that art museums offer.

A comprehensive list of participating AAMD member museums will be available on the AAMD website (http ://www .aamd .org /newsroom /). Participants include:

Amon Carter Museum
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Institute of Chicago
Aspen Art Museum
Birmingham Museum of Art
Brandywine River Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Bronx Museum of Art
Butler Museum of American Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Columbus Museum
Columbus Museum of Art
Crocker Art Museum
Currier Museum of Art
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art
Dayton Art Institute
Delaware Art Museum
Des Moines Art Center
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
El Paso Museum of Art
Flint Institute of Arts
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Georgia Museum of Art
Guggenheim Museum
Hammer Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Henry Art Gallery
High Museum of Art
Hudson River Museum
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
J. Paul Getty Museum
Japan Society Gallery
Jewish Museum
Joslyn Museum of Art
Kimbell Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
McNay Art Museum
Meadows Museum, SMU
Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miami Art Museum
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Montclair Art Museum
Museo de Arte de Ponce
Museo Dolores Olmedo
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Glass
Museum of Modern Art
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Nasher Sculpture Center
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
New Orleans Museum of Art
Norman Rockwell Museum
North Carolina Museum of Art
Peabody Essex Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Phoenix Art Museum
Portland (Oregon) Art Museum
Princeton University Art Museum
Saint Louis Art Museum
Salvador Dali Museum
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Jose Museum of Art
Seattle Art Museum
Smith College Museum of Art
Snite Museum of Art
Speed Art Museum
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute
Studio Museum in Harlem
Tacoma Art Museum
Taft Museum of Art
Tampa Museum of Art
Telfair Museum of Art
The Ackland Art Museum
The Menil Collection
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Morgan Library and Museum
The Noguchi Museum
The Phillips Collection
The Wolfsonian
Toledo Museum of Art
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Vero Beach Museum of Art
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wadsworth Atheneum
Walker Art Center
Walters Art Museum
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Wichita Art Museum
Worcester Art Museum
Yale University Art Gallery