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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.