Grohmann Museum is a 2025 Blue Star Museum
Free admission for military personnel and their families from May 17 until Sept. 1
The Grohmann Museum is pleased to participate in Blue Star Museums, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families during the summer. The 2025 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 17, 2025, and end on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is honored to help connect military service members and their families with their communities through the Blue Star Museums program,” said Mary Anne Carter, senior advisor for the National Endowment for the Arts. “Institutions like the Grohmann Museum offer opportunities for military members to create special memories and connect with our country’s heritage and culture.”
In addition to the Grohmann Museum, participants include history, art, and children’s museums, historical sites, botanical gardens, zoos, aquariums and more, and can be found in all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.
The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military—Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy and Space Force, members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps—and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), DD Form 1173-1 ID card or the Next Generation Uniformed Services (Real) ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum. Learn more and find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/BlueStarMuseums.
About the Grohmann Museum
The Grohmann Museum collection currently comprises more than 2,000 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from 1500 to the present. They reflect a variety of artistic styles and subjects that document the evolution of organized work from manpower and horsepower to water, steam, and electrical power. The collection was gifted to MSOE in 2001 by Milwaukee businessman and collector Dr. Eckhart Grohmann.
The earlier paintings depict forms household labor, including in the farm fields. Later images show tradespeople engaged in their craft, such as the blacksmith, chemist, cobbler, cork maker, glass blower, and taxidermist. This includes a unique collection of approximately thirty 17th century medical paintings depicting the primitive beginning of early medical treatments. More recent works are images of machines and men embodying the paradoxes of industrialism of the mid-18th century to post-World War II. These works, often commissioned by the factory’s owner, are views of steel mills and foundries surrounded by hefty train tracks or dark factory interiors where glowing molten metal is juxtaposed with factory workers and managers.
About the National Endowment for the Arts
Established by Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that is the largest funder of the arts and arts education in communities nationwide and a catalyst of public and private support for the arts. By advancing opportunities for arts participation and practice, the NEA fosters and sustains an environment in which the arts benefit everyone in the United States. To learn more, visit arts.gov or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube.
About Blue Star Families
Blue Star Families (BSF) is the nation’s largest military and veteran family support organization. Its research-driven approach builds strong communities with a focus on human-centered design and innovative solutions. A “blue star family” is the family of a currently serving military member, including active duty, National Guard, reserve forces, and those transitioning out of service. Since its founding in 2009, BSF has delivered more than $336 million in benefits and impacts more than 1.5 million people annually through an expansive network of chapters and outposts. For more information, click here.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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