Harvard
Art Museums to Join in Association of Art Museum Directors’ Sixth Annual
Celebration of Art Museum Day on May 18, 2015, with Free Admission and
Membership Discount
Cambridge,
MA May 1, 2015
The
Harvard Art Museums—comprising the Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and
Arthur M. Sackler Museum—announced today that they will offer free admission,
as well as 10 percent off all new memberships, on Monday, May 18, 2015. The
promotion is part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum
Day, coinciding with International Museum Day.
Art
Museum Day underscores the critical role that art museums play as cultural
resources in their communities and celebrates the unique opportunities that
AAMD member museums offer visitors to engage with works of art. The Harvard Art
Museums also invite visitors to share their experiences on Art Museum Day via
social media with the hashtag #ArtMuseumDay.
On
Monday, May 18, all visitors to the Harvard Art Museums will receive free
admission to the newly renovated and expanded facility, featuring works from
the ancient world to the present, and from the Americas, Europe, North Africa,
the Mediterranean, and Asia. Visitors will also receive free admission to the
special exhibition Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, which returns the
artist’s 1962 commission for Harvard University to public view through an
innovative digital projection conservation approach. See the museums’
exhibition listings for more detail: www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/exhibitions.
A 10
percent discount will also be offered on all new memberships
purchased on May 18. Memberships can be purchased at the museums’ admissions
desk or shop, adjacent to the Calderwood Courtyard. For more information about
the many benefits of membership, visit www.harvardartmuseums.org/support/members.
“Art
museums are invaluable communal spaces that bring people together to experience
the arts across cultures and generations,” said Chris Anagnos, executive
director of the Association of Art Museum Directors. “AAMD is so pleased that
the Harvard Art Museums are joining us in this celebration by welcoming
everyone in Cambridge and the greater Boston area to participate in Art Museum
Day.”
AAMD
represents 242 art museums across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—from
regional museums to large museums in major urban centers. International Museum
Day is organized annually around the world by the International Council of
Museums (ICOM). AAMD’s Art Museum Day is an opportunity to focus attention on
the role of art museums in North America.
A
comprehensive list of participating Art Museum Day museums is available on the
AAMD website: https://aamd.org/our-members/from-the-field/art-museum-day-2015.
A list of International Museum Day participating museums is available on the
ICOM website: http://network.icom.museum/international-
museum-day.
Details
about the Harvard Art Museums’ free admission day on May 18 can be found in the
museums’ calendar: www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/free-admission-day-for-international-museum-
day-and-art-museum-day.
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