CHARLOTTE.- Bank of America today announced the expansion of its Museums on Us® program, which now provides cardholders free access to 120 of the nation’s finest arts, cultural and educational institutions during the first full weekend of every month.

Museums on Us has experienced major growth since the 2008 season due to increased demand, adding more than 40 institutions to bring the total geographic reach to 40 markets. Bank of America has broadened the program to include museums in Jacksonville, Fla.; Las Vegas, Nev.; St. Louis, Mo.; Tucson, Ariz. and Nashville, Tenn., among others. This year’s program also includes many new family-oriented institutions, including the Phoenix Zoo, the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, the Please Touch Museum® in Philadelphia, the Detroit Science Center, and more.

“Museums on Us is a unique consumer program that makes arts and culture highly accessible and affordable to cultural enthusiasts and families nationwide,” said Rena M. DeSisto, Arts and Culture Executive, Bank of America. “The program rewards our customers and provides a free cultural resource at a time when it’s needed most. Museums on Us also benefits our museum partners and our communities by creating new revenue opportunities locally. In addition, Museums on Us is a strong business driver and avidity program for the bank.”

Bank of America does business with one in two U.S. households, making the Museums on Us program accessible to a large population.

Participants in Museums on Us range from some of the nation’s largest institutions – such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago – to a wide range of regional cultural institutions, science centers and zoos (see full list below).

To qualify for Museums on Us, Bank of America customers simply present their ATM, credit or check card and a valid photo ID to gain free general admission to any participating institution. Not valid for special exhibitions, fundraising events or ticketed shows. Not to be combined with any other discounts or offers. Free admission does not guarantee reservation. Offer valid the first full weekend of each month through December 4-5, 2010.

For more information on Museums on Us or Bank of America’s arts and culture programming, please visit www.bankofamerica.com/museums. The new Museums on Us program will become more dynamic with additional offers added over time, so visitors are encouraged to visit often.

Bank of America and the Arts - Bank of America is a major supporter of the arts and heritage of the United States, with a unique approach that combines responsible business practices with good corporate citizenship. As a financial institution, Bank of America is accountable for serving its shareholders, customers, associates and the communities it serves. The bank’s support of the arts and arts-related nonprofit organizations serves stakeholders in the short term by combining unique incentives and appeal to current and prospective customers by supporting local economies and the nonprofits that serve them, and ultimately by creating a positive economic environment in which to do business. Over the long term, our arts support enhances access to the arts and arts education, helping to fuel the creativity and innovation essential to our nation’s progress.

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Current Bank of America Museums on Us® Participating Museums
(May 2009-December 2010)


ARIZONA

Phoenix
Phoenix Art Museum (new)
Phoenix Zoo*** (new)

Tucson (new)
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block


CALIFORNIA

Fresno (new)
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science

Inland Empire/Palm Springs
The Living Desert, Palm Desert*** (new)
Palm Springs Art Museum
Riverside Art Museum*

Los Angeles/Orange County
Autry National Center of the American West
Discovery Science Center, Orange County**
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Latin American Art

Sacramento
The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts
Crocker Art Museum
Explorit Science Center, Davis

San Diego
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
MUZEO (new)
The New Children’s Museum*** (new)

San Francisco
Contemporary Jewish Museum (new)
De Young Museum
Legion of Honor
Museum of African Diaspora

Silicon Valley/San Jose
San Jose Museum of Art
The Tech Museum of Innovation


CONNECTICUT

Hartford-New Haven
Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Mashantucket*
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk (new)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art


DELAWARE

Wilmington
Delaware Art Museum**
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur


FLORIDA

Jacksonville (new)
Museum of Contemporary Art
The Museum of Science and History

Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (new)
Miami Art Museum
Miami Children’s Museum
Miami Science Museum
Museum of Art-Fort Lauderdale, Broward County
Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Discovery & Science, Broward County
Young At Art Children’s Museum, Davie (new)

Tampa-St. Petersburg (new)
Florida Holocaust Museum***
Museum of Fine Arts

West Palm Beach
South Florida Science Museum


GEORGIA

Atlanta
Atlanta Botanical Garden***
Atlanta History Center
Zoo Atlanta (new)
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Millennium Gate (new)


ILLINOIS

Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago History Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Shedd Aquarium (new)


MAINE

Bangor
The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland


MASSACHUSETTS

Boston
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham
DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln
EcoTarium, Worcester (new)
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge
Museum of Fine Arts


MARYLAND

Baltimore
The American Visionary Art Museum
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture


MICHIGAN

Detroit
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History**
Detroit Science Center (new)
Motown Historical Museum* (new)
Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn**

Grand Rapids (new)
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park


MISSOURI (new)

Kansas City
National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
Union Station Science City


Saint Louis
Contemporary Art Museum


NEVADA (new)

Las Vegas
Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Lied Discovery Children’s Museum


NEW HAMPSHIRE (new)

Currier Museum of Art, Manchester (new)


NEW JERSEY

North Jersey
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark* (new)
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City* (new) – closed Sundays through September 2009
Liberty Science Center, Jersey City***
Morris Museum, Morristown (new)
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair
The Newark Museum, Newark***

South/Central Jersey
Garden State Discovery Museum, Cherry Hill*** (new)
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton (new)


NEW YORK

New York City
Bronx Zoo
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum***
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Aquarium
Whitney Museum of American Art (new)

Long Island (new)
Parrish Art Museum, Southampton
Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury***
Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages, Stony Brook


NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte
Charlotte Museum of History
Levine Museum of the New South
Mint Museum of Art
Mint Museum of Craft and Design


OKLAHOMA (new)

Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Tulsa
Gilcrease Museum
Philbrook Museum of Art


OREGON (new)

Portland
Pittock Mansion***
Portland Art Museum


PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia
African America Museum in Philadelphia (new) – beginning on June 19, 2009
National Constitution Center
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Please Touch Museum® (new)


RHODE ISLAND

Providence
Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket
Providence Children’s Museum
The RISD Museum


SOUTH CAROLINA (new)

Columbia
EdVenture Children’s Museum


TENNESSEE (new)

Nashville
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
First Center for the Visual Arts


TEXAS

Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Nature & Science
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History

Houston
Houston Museum of Natural Science
San Jacinto Museum of History, La Porte


VIRGINIA (new)

Norfolk
Chrysler Museum of Art

Richmond
Children’s Museum of Richmond