Reddick Mansion and other museums to participate in Blue Star Museum Program

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Posted 6/21/18

The Reddick Mansion will again offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families this summer as part of the Blue Star Museums program.

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Reddick Mansion and other museums to participate in Blue Star Museum Program

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OTTAWA – The Reddick Mansion will again offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families this summer as part of the Blue Star Museums program. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration of the National Endowments for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more that 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to all military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day, 2018.

Blue Star Families is a national, nonprofit network of military families from all ranks and services, including guard and reserve, dedicated to supporting, connecting, and empowering military families.

According to Lorraine McCallister, President of the Reddick Mansion Association, “The Reddick Mansion is proud to be part of this national appreciation program—it is one way for us to express our gratitude to military families for their sacrifice, service and dedication. We look forward to showing them the Reddick Mansion--one of Ottawa’s and Illinois’ cultural treasures. During the past five years, we have had several veterans and their families tour the Mansion as part of this program and we are hoping for even more participants this year.”

The Reddick Mansion, built in 1858, is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites and is open for tours four days a week, Friday-Monday.

Other Illinois museums include: Addison Historical Museum, Addison; Aurora Regional Fire Museum, SciTech Hands On Museum, Aurora; McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington; Charnley-Persky House, Chicago History Museum, DePaul Art Museum, DuSable Museum of African American History, Glessner House Museum, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Swedish American Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago; Vermilion County War Museum, Danville; Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Preservation Foundation, Dixon; Elgin History Museum, Elgin; Elizabeth Histoical Society, Elizabeth; Elmhurst Art Museum, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst; Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston; Galena & U.S. Grant Museum, Galena Jo-Daviess County Historical Society, Galena; Geneva History Museum, Geneva; Stacy’s Tavern Museum, Stacy’s Tavern Museum, Glen Ellyn Historical Society, Glen Ellyn; Highwood Historical Society, Highwood; Hinsdale History Museum, Hinsdale; Joliet Area Historical Museum, Joliet; French Heritage Museum at the Stone Barn, Kankakee County Museum, Kankakee; Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County, Libertyville; The Morton Arboretum, The Museums at Lisle Station Park, Lisle; Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mahomet; Seattle Sutton Marseilles Museum, Marseilles; DuPage Children’s Museum, Naper Settlement, Naperville; Children’s Discovery Museum, Normal; The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn, Oak Lawn; Pleasant Home Foundation, Oak Park; Little White School Museum, Oswego; Reddick Mansion Association, Ottawa; Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Wheels O’ Time Museum, Peoria; Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum, Poplar Grove; Flagg Township Museum, Rochelle; Discovery Center Museum, Rockford Art Museum, Veterans Memorial Hall and Museum, Rockford; Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie; Illinois State Museum, Springfield; Air Classics Museum of Aviation, Sugar Grove; DeKalb County History Center, Sycamore; McHenry County Historical Society & Museum, Union; Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, Urbana; LaSalle County Historical Society, Utica; Iroquois County Historical Society, Watseka; Wauconda Township Historical Society, Wauconda; Gregg House Museum, Westmont; and DuPage County Historical Museum, Wheaton. The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.