Q&A
Museum admission policies and programs for veterans
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Council Member Robert Holden, Ellen Greeley, Curtis Dorval, and Commissioner James Hendon discuss museum admission policies and programs for veterans in New York City.
- Council Member Holden suggests compiling a list of museums and galleries offering reduced or free admission for veterans
- Curtis Dorval notes that many museums offer veteran rates comparable to senior citizen rates, but free admission is less common
- Commissioner Hendon highlights the IDNYC program, which provides free access to various arts and cultural institutions
- The Blue Star Museums program is mentioned, offering free admission to active-duty military from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with some museums extending this to veterans
- Holden proposes reaching out to museums to suggest offering free or reduced admission for veterans during slow periods
- The discussion emphasizes the need to better promote and expand these opportunities for veterans to access cultural institutions
Robert Holden
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We we know we see that the American Alliance of Museums supports free museum admissions for veterans and does a lot of work.
0:49:46
But, again, the local, museums, what you know, what's your experience or anyone on the panel with local museums like the Museum of Modern Art?
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I when I went to school, in my master's program, especially I hung out at the Museum of Modern Art.
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It actually inspires you.
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You get a lot of adrenaline going in there just looking at so many images and it's it it actually I think all veterans should should take that opportunity, especially if they're interested in the arts and and visiting museums.
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But now the prices are very high.
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So if we can get if you could give us a list of or somebody can give us a list of veterans, programs with these museums, we can we can publish them.
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I know it's it's probably a lot more than we know.
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But
Ellen Greeley
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I would say, certainly, the Intrepid comes to mind.
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Yeah.
Robert Holden
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We know about that one.
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I fund that.
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We fund it.
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But we if there's,
Ellen Greeley
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A veteran price to get
Robert Holden
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a loan There should be there should be a veteran's price.
0:50:41
There should be free admissions for veterans if they show their ID.
0:50:45
The or at least days with the Museum of Modern Art used to do that for everyone.
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And certain like for students, they would have free admission or reduced admission to some of the other museums.
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But if we can do something for veterans.
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Yeah.
Curtis Dorval
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I will say oh, it's on.
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Okay.
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Sorry.
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I will say in my experience going to museums, my wife and I are both veterans, and she's in the museum space, at the New York Public Library, specifically, but it's worked around.
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They typically do offer a veteran rate that is very comparable to the senior citizen rate.
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But as for free tickets, that does not necessarily exist in the space.
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It it's usually at the discretion of the museum itself.
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So finding a program that does offer free ticketing, for veterans looking to experience the museums is a great idea.
James Hendon
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I I I wanna take a moment too to give roses to our our colleagues who run the IDNYC program, HRA, where with that IDNYC card, there are several different arts and cultural institutions where folks do have, you know, you know, free access.
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And I want to acknowledge the Blue Star Museums program, which is a program where from Memorial Day to Labor Day each year, those who are still serving, are able to go to select museums at no cost.
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And it's a list of map of those museums.
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And many of those museums don't just offer free admission to the military members, but also if someone says I'm a veteran, they also will confer that.
0:52:03
So we, we're happy to look into that too, mister Chair, as far as making sure folks know where they can go for these things.
Robert Holden
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Yeah.
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Just so it's a it's a few phone calls, a list of museums and galleries that might, offer reduced, admission or free for or veterans on certain days.
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Certain Certainly, we could, you know, when they're a slow period or a slow slow day, we could try to suggest that.
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But that would be good.
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So that's my second question on that one.
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And you answered it, about, you know, expanding it.
